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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2014-07-16 15:10:07 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2014-07-16 15:10:07 +0200
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tree04b524a69a0129c181567445bff18847a1b44721 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parente720fff6341fe4b95e5a93c939bd3c77fa55ced4 (diff)
parent1795cd9b3a91d4b5473c97f491d63892442212ab (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.16-rc5' into sched/core, to refresh the branch before applying bigger tree-wide changes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 708bb7f1b7e0..c14374e71775 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- shmall
- shmmax [ sysv ipc ]
- shmmni
+- softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace
- stop-a [ SPARC only ]
- sysrq ==> Documentation/sysrq.txt
- sysctl_writes_strict
@@ -783,6 +784,22 @@ via the /proc/sys interface:
==============================================================
+softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace:
+
+This value controls the soft lockup detector thread's behavior
+when a soft lockup condition is detected as to whether or not
+to gather further debug information. If enabled, each cpu will
+be issued an NMI and instructed to capture stack trace.
+
+This feature is only applicable for architectures which support
+NMI.
+
+0: do nothing. This is the default behavior.
+
+1: on detection capture more debug information.
+
+==============================================================
+
tainted:
Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which