Bug 516582

Summary:	Documentation error for softlockup_panic in 5.3 Release notes and original Bugzilla
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Gary Smith <gasmith>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
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Priority:	low
Version:	5.3	CC:	rlerch, syeghiay
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Description Gary Smith 2009-08-10 14:57:18 UTC

Description of problem:

Release notes and bugzilla (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445422) both state that the kernel option to enable panic on softlockup is "soft_lockup=1" when it is in fact "softlockup_panic=1".

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
5.3

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Expected results:
Please correct the release notes and anywhere else that might state the incorrect syntax.

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Comment 1 Prarit Bhargava 2009-08-12 12:49:40 UTC

Oops.  Good catch.

Must fix.

P.

Comment 2 Prarit Bhargava 2009-08-12 13:11:20 UTC

    Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt contains the correct option,
    softlockup_panic.

    This is likely only a release-note issue.

    P.

Comment 3 Prarit Bhargava 2009-08-12 15:06:05 UTC

It doesn't seem like we can make changes to already released release notes, but FWIW, this link is wrong:

https://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Kernel_Related_Updates.html

It should be softlockup_panic, not soft_lockup.

P.

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2009-08-12 15:08:45 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 13 Prarit Bhargava 2011-10-17 14:24:57 UTC

Remained open only for kbase article which was written.  Closing ...