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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt')
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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index af70d1541d3a..a93b414672a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -551,6 +551,21 @@ the recommended setting is 60. ============================================================== +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. @@ -810,14 +825,13 @@ via the /proc/sys interface: Each write syscall must fully contain the sysctl value to be written, and multiple writes on the same sysctl file descriptor will rewrite the sysctl value, regardless of file position. - 0 - (default) Same behavior as above, but warn about processes that - perform writes to a sysctl file descriptor when the file position - is not 0. - 1 - Respect file position when writing sysctl strings. Multiple writes - will append to the sysctl value buffer. Anything past the max length - of the sysctl value buffer will be ignored. Writes to numeric sysctl - entries must always be at file position 0 and the value must be - fully contained in the buffer sent in the write syscall. + 0 - Same behavior as above, but warn about processes that perform writes + to a sysctl file descriptor when the file position is not 0. + 1 - (default) Respect file position when writing sysctl strings. Multiple + writes will append to the sysctl value buffer. Anything past the max + length of the sysctl value buffer will be ignored. Writes to numeric + sysctl entries must always be at file position 0 and the value must + be fully contained in the buffer sent in the write syscall. ============================================================== |