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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt')
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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 57baff5bdb8..75511efefc6 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - overflowuid - panic - panic_on_oops -- panic_on_unrecovered_nmi - panic_on_stackoverflow +- panic_on_unrecovered_nmi +- panic_on_warn - pid_max - powersave-nap [ PPC only ] - printk @@ -115,10 +116,12 @@ set during run time. auto_msgmni: -Enables/Disables automatic recomputing of msgmni upon memory add/remove -or upon ipc namespace creation/removal (see the msgmni description -above). Echoing "1" into this file enables msgmni automatic recomputing. -Echoing "0" turns it off. auto_msgmni default value is 1. +This variable has no effect and may be removed in future kernel +releases. Reading it always returns 0. +Up to Linux 3.17, it enabled/disabled automatic recomputing of msgmni +upon memory add/remove or upon ipc namespace creation/removal. +Echoing "1" into this file enabled msgmni automatic recomputing. +Echoing "0" turned it off. auto_msgmni default value was 1. ============================================================== @@ -527,19 +530,6 @@ the recommended setting is 60. ============================================================== -panic_on_unrecovered_nmi: - -The default Linux behaviour on an NMI of either memory or unknown is -to continue operation. For many environments such as scientific -computing it is preferable that the box is taken out and the error -dealt with than an uncorrected parity/ECC error get propagated. - -A small number of systems do generate NMI's for bizarre random reasons -such as power management so the default is off. That sysctl works like -the existing panic controls already in that directory. - -============================================================== - panic_on_oops: Controls the kernel's behaviour when an oops or BUG is encountered. @@ -563,6 +553,30 @@ This file shows up if CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW is enabled. ============================================================== +panic_on_unrecovered_nmi: + +The default Linux behaviour on an NMI of either memory or unknown is +to continue operation. For many environments such as scientific +computing it is preferable that the box is taken out and the error +dealt with than an uncorrected parity/ECC error get propagated. + +A small number of systems do generate NMI's for bizarre random reasons +such as power management so the default is off. That sysctl works like +the existing panic controls already in that directory. + +============================================================== + +panic_on_warn: + +Calls panic() in the WARN() path when set to 1. This is useful to avoid +a kernel rebuild when attempting to kdump at the location of a WARN(). + +0: only WARN(), default behaviour. + +1: call panic() after printing out WARN() location. + +============================================================== + perf_cpu_time_max_percent: Hints to the kernel how much CPU time it should be allowed to |