From 8a1c8eb75be492e20003966652c9cd5ff57a559d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aristeu Rozanski Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:08:50 -0400 Subject: x86, nmi-watchdog: update procfs nmi_watchdog file documentation v2 Impact: improve documentation This patch updates the /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog documentation. Updated: included Randy Dunlap's corrections. Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index bcceb99b81dd..86be879ed70e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1338,10 +1338,13 @@ nmi_watchdog Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to -determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. +determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently, +passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function +to work. -Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI -watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize. +If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the +NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog, +oprofile may have more registers to utilize. msgmni ------ -- cgit v1.2.3