From: Scott Wood <swood@redhat.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>,
Christoph von Recklinghausen <crecklin@redhat.com>,
Scott Wood <swood@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Better document the hardlockup_panic sysctl
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 01:48:46 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171210074846.20180-1-swood@redhat.com> (raw)
Commit ac1f591249d95372f ("kernel/watchdog.c: add sysctl knob
hardlockup_panic") added the hardlockup_panic sysctl, but did not add it
to Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt. Add this, and reference it from the
corresponding entry in Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt.
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <swood@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6571fbfdb2a1..dfb7c35b5826 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2538,6 +2538,9 @@
This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
need the box quickly up again.
+ These settings can be accessed at runtime via
+ the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
+
netpoll.carrier_timeout=
[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 694968c7523c..63663039acb7 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- hostname
- hotplug
- hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace
+- hardlockup_panic
- hung_task_panic
- hung_task_check_count
- hung_task_timeout_secs
@@ -313,6 +314,19 @@ will be initiated.
1: on detection capture more debug information.
==============================================================
+hardlockup_panic:
+
+This parameter can be used to control whether the kernel panics
+when a hard lockup is detected.
+
+ 0 - don't panic on hard lockup
+ 1 - panic on hard lockup
+
+See Documentation/lockup-watchdogs.txt for more information. This can
+also be set using the nmi_watchdog kernel parameter.
+
+==============================================================
+
hotplug:
Path for the hotplug policy agent.
--
2.9.5
next reply other threads:[~2017-12-10 7:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-10 7:48 Scott Wood [this message]
2017-12-10 11:35 ` [PATCH] Documentation: Better document the hardlockup_panic sysctl Christoph von Recklinghausen
2017-12-11 14:43 ` Don Zickus
2017-12-11 21:56 ` Jonathan Corbet
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