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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 33 |
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index af70d1541d3a..73c6b1ef0e84 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. diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index f72370b440b1..89a887c76629 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - min_slab_ratio - min_unmapped_ratio - mmap_min_addr +- mmap_rnd_bits +- mmap_rnd_compat_bits - nr_hugepages - nr_overcommit_hugepages - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) @@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ Contains, as a percentage of total available memory that contains free pages and reclaimable pages, the number of pages at which the background kernel flusher threads will start writing out dirty data. -The total avaiable memory is not equal to total system memory. +The total available memory is not equal to total system memory. ============================================================== @@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ Contains, as a percentage of total available memory that contains free pages and reclaimable pages, the number of pages at which a process which is generating disk writes will itself start writing out dirty data. -The total avaiable memory is not equal to total system memory. +The total available memory is not equal to total system memory. ============================================================== @@ -485,6 +487,33 @@ against future potential kernel bugs. ============================================================== +mmap_rnd_bits: + +This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to +determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions +resulting from mmap allocations on architectures which support +tuning address space randomization. This value will be bounded +by the architecture's minimum and maximum supported values. + +This value can be changed after boot using the +/proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_bits tunable + +============================================================== + +mmap_rnd_compat_bits: + +This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to +determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions +resulting from mmap allocations for applications run in +compatibility mode on architectures which support tuning address +space randomization. This value will be bounded by the +architecture's minimum and maximum supported values. + +This value can be changed after boot using the +/proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_compat_bits tunable + +============================================================== + nr_hugepages Change the minimum size of the hugepage pool. |