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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/exit.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 09f3fb2f8585..a31d8d81ea07 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -671,8 +671,9 @@ oops_limit ========== Number of kernel oopses after which the kernel should panic when -``panic_on_oops`` is not set. Setting this to 0 or 1 has the same effect -as setting ``panic_on_oops=1``. +``panic_on_oops`` is not set. Setting this to 0 disables checking +the count. Setting this to 1 has the same effect as setting +``panic_on_oops=1``. The default value is 10000. osrelease, ostype & version diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index dc1a32149f94..deffb8e4b1b2 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ void __noreturn make_task_dead(int signr) * To make sure this can't happen, place an upper bound on how often the * kernel may oops without panic(). */ - if (atomic_inc_return(&oops_count) >= READ_ONCE(oops_limit)) + if (atomic_inc_return(&oops_count) >= READ_ONCE(oops_limit) && oops_limit) panic("Oopsed too often (kernel.oops_limit is %d)", oops_limit); /* |