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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 17 |
4 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 408781ee142c..e7b5c49702bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3092,6 +3092,14 @@ timeout < 0: reboot immediately Format: <timeout> + panic_print= Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens. + User can chose combination of the following bits: + bit 0: print all tasks info + bit 1: print system memory info + bit 2: print timer info + bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on + bit 4: print ftrace buffer + panic_on_warn panic() instead of WARN(). Useful to cause kdump on a WARN(). diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index 277c113376a6..b78dd680c038 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ In function prototypes, include parameter names with their data types. Although this is not required by the C language, it is preferred in Linux because it is a simple way to add valuable information for the reader. +Do not use the `extern' keyword with function prototypes as this makes +lines longer and isn't strictly necessary. + 7) Centralized exiting of functions ----------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index c0917107b90a..30dc00a364e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ tracking your trees, and to people trying to troubleshoot bugs in your tree. -12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by: +12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-developed-by: ------------------------------------------------------- The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ person it names - but it should indicate that this person was copied on the patch. This tag documents that potentially interested parties have been included in the discussion. -A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer +A Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer along with the original author. This is useful at times when multiple people work on a single patch. Note, this person also needs to have a Signed-off-by: line in the patch as well. diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 1b8775298cf7..c0527d8a468a 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - panic_on_stackoverflow - panic_on_unrecovered_nmi - panic_on_warn +- panic_print - panic_on_rcu_stall - perf_cpu_time_max_percent - perf_event_paranoid @@ -654,6 +655,22 @@ a kernel rebuild when attempting to kdump at the location of a WARN(). ============================================================== +panic_print: + +Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens. User can chose +combination of the following bits: + +bit 0: print all tasks info +bit 1: print system memory info +bit 2: print timer info +bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on +bit 4: print ftrace buffer + +So for example to print tasks and memory info on panic, user can: + echo 3 > /proc/sys/kernel/panic_print + +============================================================== + panic_on_rcu_stall: When set to 1, calls panic() after RCU stall detection messages. This |