Re: Disambiguation for panic_timeout's sysctl

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> > The /proc/sys/kernel/panic file looked to me like it was something like
>> > /proc/sysrq-trigger -- until I looked into the kernel sources which reveal that
>> > it sets the variable "panic_timeout" in kernel/sched.c.
>>
>> This will probably break applications that expect the filename 'panic'.
>
>And why should applications care for the panic timeout?  Especially only
>a few days after it's been added to the kernel?

So it's a brand new variable in sysctl after all? Well then I'd like the change
even more :)



Jan Engelhardt
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