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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-01-11 15:37:06 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-01-11 15:37:06 -0800
commit4f19b8803bddbecbd8c3ac44a2cfadd9d2b85b8f (patch)
tree8abc90bf4c31f6ce9575e3611f21368ff65341ac /Documentation
parentaf345201ea948d0976d775958d8aa22fe5e5ba58 (diff)
parentc8f3e518d3444ee9200a4987421fcee60f768f11 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 apic updates from Ingo Molnar: "The main changes in this cycle were: - introduce optimized single IPI sending methods on modern APICs (Linus Torvalds, Thomas Gleixner) - kexec/crash APIC handling fixes and enhancements (Hidehiro Kawai) - extend lapic vector saving/restoring to the CMCI (MCE) vector as well (Juergen Gross) - various fixes and enhancements (Jake Oshins, Len Brown)" * 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (23 commits) x86/irq: Export functions to allow MSI domains in modules Documentation: Document kernel.panic_on_io_nmi sysctl x86/nmi: Save regs in crash dump on external NMI x86/apic: Introduce apic_extnmi command line parameter kexec: Fix race between panic() and crash_kexec() panic, x86: Allow CPUs to save registers even if looping in NMI context panic, x86: Fix re-entrance problem due to panic on NMI x86/apic: Fix the saving and restoring of lapic vectors during suspend/resume x86/smpboot: Re-enable init_udelay=0 by default on modern CPUs x86/smp: Remove single IPI wrapper x86/apic: Use default send single IPI wrapper x86/apic: Provide default send single IPI wrapper x86/apic: Implement single IPI for apic_noop x86/apic: Wire up single IPI for apic_numachip x86/apic: Wire up single IPI for x2apic_uv x86/apic: Implement single IPI for x2apic_phys x86/apic: Wire up single IPI for bigsmp_apic x86/apic: Remove pointless indirections from bigsmp_apic x86/apic: Wire up single IPI for apic_physflat x86/apic: Remove pointless indirections from apic_physflat ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt15
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index d8186da15ca1..1a44a7a7f71d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -472,6 +472,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Change the amount of debugging information output
when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
+ apic_extnmi= [APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
+ Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
+ bsp: External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
+ all: External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
+ backup of CPU 0
+ none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
+ useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
+ shot down by NMI
+
autoconf= [IPV6]
See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
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.