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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-11 19:13:04 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-11 19:13:04 -0800
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Merge branch 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
* 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86, reboot: Fix typo in nmi reboot path x86, NMI: Add to_cpumask() to silence compile warning x86, NMI: NMI selftest depends on the local apic x86: Add stack top margin for stack overflow checking x86, NMI: NMI-selftest should handle the UP case properly x86: Fix the 32-bit stackoverflow-debug build x86, NMI: Add knob to disable using NMI IPIs to stop cpus x86, NMI: Add NMI IPI selftest x86, reboot: Use NMI instead of REBOOT_VECTOR to stop cpus x86: Clean up the range of stack overflow checking x86: Panic on detection of stack overflow x86: Check stack overflow in detail
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt14
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index a8d389d72405..eb93fd0ec734 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1824,6 +1824,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
+ nonmi_ipi [X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
+ shutdown the other cpus. Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
+ irq.
+
nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
pagetables) support.
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 1f2463671a1a..6d8cd8b2c30d 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- panic
- panic_on_oops
- panic_on_unrecovered_nmi
+- panic_on_stackoverflow
- pid_max
- powersave-nap [ PPC only ]
- printk
@@ -393,6 +394,19 @@ Controls the kernel's behaviour when an oops or BUG is encountered.
==============================================================
+panic_on_stackoverflow:
+
+Controls the kernel's behavior when detecting the overflows of
+kernel, IRQ and exception stacks except a user stack.
+This file shows up if CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW is enabled.
+
+0: try to continue operation.
+
+1: panic immediately.
+
+==============================================================
+
+
pid_max:
PID allocation wrap value. When the kernel's next PID value