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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-11 12:16:39 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-11 12:16:39 -0400 |
commit | 89af571ca633ada14d17746519a179553a732d31 (patch) | |
tree | 7d5486cc43b4ce4c258cb2fcfc449e6a94cdc33d /Documentation | |
parent | 1b195b170da6d75abafa290deeb8863dc8a4d79b (diff) | |
parent | 59e36927ee08f3bf06d8d14597e57389bf1b41dc (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: (54 commits)
[S390] tape: Use pr_xxx instead of dev_xxx in shared driver code
[S390] Wire up page fault events for software perf counters.
[S390] Remove smp_cpu_not_running.
[S390] Get rid of cpuid.h header file.
[S390] Limit cpu detection to 256 physical cpus.
[S390] tape: Fix device online messages
[S390] Enable guest page hinting by default.
[S390] use generic scatterlist.h
[S390] s390dbf: Add description for usage of "%s" in sprintf events
[S390] Initialize __LC_THREAD_INFO early.
[S390] fix recursive locking on page_table_lock
[S390] kvm: use console_initcall() to initialize s390 virtio console
[S390] tape: reversed order of labels
[S390] hypfs: Use "%u" instead of "%d" for unsigned ints in snprintf
[S390] kernel: Print an error message if kernel NSS cannot be defined
[S390] zcrypt: Free ap_device if dev_set_name fails.
[S390] zcrypt: Use spin_lock_bh in suspend callback
[S390] xpram: Remove checksum validation for suspend/resume
[S390] vmur: Invalid allocation sequence for vmur class
[S390] hypfs: remove useless variable qname
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 16 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt b/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt index 2d10053dd97e..ae66f9b90a25 100644 --- a/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt +++ b/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt | |||
@@ -495,6 +495,13 @@ and for each vararg a long value. So e.g. for a debug entry with a format | |||
495 | string plus two varargs one would need to allocate a (3 * sizeof(long)) | 495 | string plus two varargs one would need to allocate a (3 * sizeof(long)) |
496 | byte data area in the debug_register() function. | 496 | byte data area in the debug_register() function. |
497 | 497 | ||
498 | IMPORTANT: Using "%s" in sprintf event functions is dangerous. You can only | ||
499 | use "%s" in the sprintf event functions, if the memory for the passed string is | ||
500 | available as long as the debug feature exists. The reason behind this is that | ||
501 | due to performance considerations only a pointer to the string is stored in | ||
502 | the debug feature. If you log a string that is freed afterwards, you will get | ||
503 | an OOPS when inspecting the debug feature, because then the debug feature will | ||
504 | access the already freed memory. | ||
498 | 505 | ||
499 | NOTE: If using the sprintf view do NOT use other event/exception functions | 506 | NOTE: If using the sprintf view do NOT use other event/exception functions |
500 | than the sprintf-event and -exception functions. | 507 | than the sprintf-event and -exception functions. |
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 322a00bb99d9..2dbff53369d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |||
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration) | |||
19 | show up in /proc/sys/kernel: | 19 | show up in /proc/sys/kernel: |
20 | - acpi_video_flags | 20 | - acpi_video_flags |
21 | - acct | 21 | - acct |
22 | - callhome [ S390 only ] | ||
22 | - auto_msgmni | 23 | - auto_msgmni |
23 | - core_pattern | 24 | - core_pattern |
24 | - core_uses_pid | 25 | - core_uses_pid |
@@ -91,6 +92,21 @@ valid for 30 seconds. | |||
91 | 92 | ||
92 | ============================================================== | 93 | ============================================================== |
93 | 94 | ||
95 | callhome: | ||
96 | |||
97 | Controls the kernel's callhome behavior in case of a kernel panic. | ||
98 | |||
99 | The s390 hardware allows an operating system to send a notification | ||
100 | to a service organization (callhome) in case of an operating system panic. | ||
101 | |||
102 | When the value in this file is 0 (which is the default behavior) | ||
103 | nothing happens in case of a kernel panic. If this value is set to "1" | ||
104 | the complete kernel oops message is send to the IBM customer service | ||
105 | organization in case the mainframe the Linux operating system is running | ||
106 | on has a service contract with IBM. | ||
107 | |||
108 | ============================================================== | ||
109 | |||
94 | core_pattern: | 110 | core_pattern: |
95 | 111 | ||
96 | core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. | 112 | core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. |