tree 84be163fdc5fe36eb8d3f1aa5e60bfd1d794c641
parent 41c28ff1635e71af072c4711ff5fadd5855d48e7
author Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> 1143111657 -0800
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> 1143128296 -0800

[PATCH] pause_on_oops command line option

Attempt to fix the problem wherein people's oops reports scroll off the screen
due to repeated oopsing or to oopses on other CPUs.

If this happens the user can reboot with the `pause_on_oops=<seconds>' option.
It will allow the first oopsing CPU to print an oops record just a single
time.  Second oopsing attempts, or oopses on other CPUs will cause those CPUs
to enter a tight loop until the specified number of seconds have elapsed.

The patch implements the infrastructure generically in the expectation that
architectures other than x86 will find it useful.

Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>