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@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- panic_on_stackoverflow
- panic_on_unrecovered_nmi
- panic_on_warn
+- panic_print
- panic_on_rcu_stall
- perf_cpu_time_max_percent
- perf_event_paranoid
@@ -654,6 +655,22 @@ a kernel rebuild when attempting to kdump at the location of a WARN().
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+panic_print:
+
+Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens. User can chose
+combination of the following bits:
+
+bit 0: print all tasks info
+bit 1: print system memory info
+bit 2: print timer info
+bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
+bit 4: print ftrace buffer
+
+So for example to print tasks and memory info on panic, user can:
+ echo 3 > /proc/sys/kernel/panic_print
+
+==============================================================
+
panic_on_rcu_stall:
When set to 1, calls panic() after RCU stall detection messages. This