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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Sriram V <vshrirama@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic sysrq questions
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:23:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170919002306.GI378890@devbig577.frc2.facebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fddea111-4188-b14e-8f8e-f79de50ef9c9@infradead.org>

Hello,

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 03:35:36PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > My Understanding is When a fatal panic happens, The Kernel is in
> > frozen state (no workques
> > or tasks get executed).
> > 
> > Is my understanding correct or am i missing something here.
> 
> Hi,
> What kernel version?
> 
> I don't see anything in the wq docs about that specific point.

There's nothing workqueue specific there.  Panic doesn't bring the
system to a complete stop in general.  If you wanna change how the
system behaves post-panic, please take a look at panic= boot param.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

      reply	other threads:[~2017-09-19  0:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-18 15:40 Sriram V
2017-09-18 22:35 ` Randy Dunlap
2017-09-19  0:23   ` Tejun Heo [this message]

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