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-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt2
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index af70d15..73c6b1e 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -551,6 +551,21 @@ the recommended setting is 60.
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+panic_on_io_nmi:
+
+Controls the kernel's behavior when a CPU receives an NMI caused by
+an IO error.
+
+0: try to continue operation (default)
+
+1: panic immediately. The IO error triggered an NMI. This indicates a
+ serious system condition which could result in IO data corruption.
+ Rather than continuing, panicking might be a better choice. Some
+ servers issue this sort of NMI when the dump button is pushed,
+ and you can use this option to take a crash dump.
+
+==============================================================
+
panic_on_oops:
Controls the kernel's behaviour when an oops or BUG is encountered.
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index 8e4025e..8ee925c 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ and don't use much of it.
The default value is 0.
See Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting and
-security/commoncap.c::cap_vm_enough_memory() for more information.
+mm/mmap.c::__vm_enough_memory() for more information.
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