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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-12 03:13:04 (GMT) |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-12 03:13:04 (GMT) |
| commit | 541048a1d31399ccdda27346a37eae4a2ad55186 (patch) | |
| tree | e2a820ee478b18d4214347631b94b9a9b2d8562b /Documentation/sysctl | |
| parent | bcede2f64a3b5cb50c0bdec1553ab480fd75d659 (diff) | |
| parent | e58d429209105e698e9d0357481d62b37fe9a7dd (diff) | |
| download | linux-fsl-qoriq-541048a1d31399ccdda27346a37eae4a2ad55186.tar.xz | |
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/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 1f24636..6d8cd8b 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 |