Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:04:15 +0100 (CET) | | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | | Subject | Re: How to compile kernel so it automatically reboots upon a crash instead of generating stack trace and then hang. | |
On Mar 11 2008 23:52, Prakhar Krishna wrote:
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>[I did search the mailing lists archives and the Web but did not find an answer,
> apololgies if this is duplicate question]
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>i need my linux box to automatically reboot if it ever runs into a
>kernel panic/crash etc.
panic=<timeout> boot parameter, as per
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.
>For my production evvironment, it is not desired that kernel generate the stack
>trace and then wait there. We want it to reboot and comeback up again.
Kernel panic is not the only problem one can run into; there are
also deadlocks-after-oops situations, in which case some sort of
watchdog is best for triggering reboots.
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