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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-01-31 11:59:46 -0500 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-01-31 11:59:46 -0500 |
commit | ab5318788c6725b6d5c95aff28e63af4c35a0e2c (patch) | |
tree | fb4a81d66ed06828948e3272ebe15088d405ec1e /Documentation | |
parent | 14164b46fc994bcf82963ace00372cf808a31af1 (diff) | |
parent | 270750dbc18a71b23d660df110e433ff9616a2d4 (diff) |
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')
-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: | |||
33 | - domainname | 33 | - domainname |
34 | - hostname | 34 | - hostname |
35 | - hotplug | 35 | - hotplug |
36 | - hung_task_panic | ||
37 | - hung_task_check_count | ||
38 | - hung_task_timeout_secs | ||
39 | - hung_task_warnings | ||
36 | - kexec_load_disabled | 40 | - kexec_load_disabled |
37 | - kptr_restrict | 41 | - kptr_restrict |
38 | - kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ] | 42 | - kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ] |
@@ -288,6 +292,44 @@ Default value is "/sbin/hotplug". | |||
288 | 292 | ||
289 | ============================================================== | 293 | ============================================================== |
290 | 294 | ||
295 | hung_task_panic: | ||
296 | |||
297 | Controls the kernel's behavior when a hung task is detected. | ||
298 | This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. | ||
299 | |||
300 | 0: continue operation. This is the default behavior. | ||
301 | |||
302 | 1: panic immediately. | ||
303 | |||
304 | ============================================================== | ||
305 | |||
306 | hung_task_check_count: | ||
307 | |||
308 | The upper bound on the number of tasks that are checked. | ||
309 | This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. | ||
310 | |||
311 | ============================================================== | ||
312 | |||
313 | hung_task_timeout_secs: | ||
314 | |||
315 | Check interval. When a task in D state did not get scheduled | ||
316 | for more than this value report a warning. | ||
317 | This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. | ||
318 | |||
319 | 0: means infinite timeout - no checking done. | ||
320 | |||
321 | ============================================================== | ||
322 | |||
323 | hung_task_warning: | ||
324 | |||
325 | The maximum number of warnings to report. During a check interval | ||
326 | When this value is reached, no more the warnings will be reported. | ||
327 | This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. | ||
328 | |||
329 | -1: report an infinite number of warnings. | ||
330 | |||
331 | ============================================================== | ||
332 | |||
291 | kexec_load_disabled: | 333 | kexec_load_disabled: |
292 | 334 | ||
293 | A toggle indicating if the kexec_load syscall has been disabled. This | 335 | A toggle indicating if the kexec_load syscall has been disabled. This |