i'd appreciate some advise before having my server on production.
my current default kernel settings are:

cat /proc/sys/kernel/softlockup_thresh
10
cat /proc/sys/kernel/softlockup_panic
0
what would this imply, as in what implications does the softlock have, will it freeze my system under heavy load?

googling tells me setting kernel.softlockup_panic to 1 is for deliberate system crashing for debug, fair enough....

but softlockup_thresh default setting of 10sec seems very aggressive if the result id a freeze or hang...
or do i have it totally wrong - will softlockup_panic set to 0 disable softlockup_thresh(what ever it does), but i'm thinking i got to set softlockup_thresh to 0 to disable that??

thanks in advance
david