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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-01-31 08:59:46 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-01-31 08:59:46 -0800 |
| commit | ab5318788c6725b6d5c95aff28e63af4c35a0e2c (patch) | |
| tree | fb4a81d66ed06828948e3272ebe15088d405ec1e /Documentation/sysctl | |
| parent | 14164b46fc994bcf82963ace00372cf808a31af1 (diff) | |
| parent | 270750dbc18a71b23d660df110e433ff9616a2d4 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull core debug changes from Ingo Molnar:
"This contains mostly kernel debugging related updates:
- make hung_task detection more configurable to distros
- add final bits for x86 UV NMI debugging, with related KGDB changes
- update the mailing-list of MAINTAINERS entries I'm involved with"
* 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
hung_task: Display every hung task warning
sysctl: Add neg_one as a standard constraint
x86/uv/nmi, kgdb/kdb: Fix UV NMI handler when KDB not configured
x86/uv/nmi: Fix Sparse warnings
kgdb/kdb: Fix no KDB config problem
MAINTAINERS: Restore "L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" entries
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 42 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index ee9a2f983b99..e55124e7c40c 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - domainname - hostname - hotplug +- hung_task_panic +- hung_task_check_count +- hung_task_timeout_secs +- hung_task_warnings - kexec_load_disabled - kptr_restrict - kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ] @@ -288,6 +292,44 @@ Default value is "/sbin/hotplug". ============================================================== +hung_task_panic: + +Controls the kernel's behavior when a hung task is detected. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +0: continue operation. This is the default behavior. + +1: panic immediately. + +============================================================== + +hung_task_check_count: + +The upper bound on the number of tasks that are checked. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +============================================================== + +hung_task_timeout_secs: + +Check interval. When a task in D state did not get scheduled +for more than this value report a warning. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +0: means infinite timeout - no checking done. + +============================================================== + +hung_task_warning: + +The maximum number of warnings to report. During a check interval +When this value is reached, no more the warnings will be reported. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +-1: report an infinite number of warnings. + +============================================================== + kexec_load_disabled: A toggle indicating if the kexec_load syscall has been disabled. This |