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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index f3ee807b5d8b..9aed74e65cf4 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -397,13 +397,14 @@ a hung task is detected. hung_task_panic =============== -Controls the kernel's behavior when a hung task is detected. +When set to a non-zero value, a kernel panic will be triggered if the +number of hung tasks found during a single scan reaches this value. This file shows up if ``CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK`` is enabled. -= ================================================= += ======================================================= 0 Continue operation. This is the default behavior. -1 Panic immediately. -= ================================================= +N Panic when N hung tasks are found during a single scan. += ======================================================= hung_task_check_count @@ -421,6 +422,11 @@ the system boot. This file shows up if ``CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK`` is enabled. +hung_task_sys_info +================== +A comma separated list of extra system information to be dumped when +hung task is detected, for example, "tasks,mem,timers,locks,...". +Refer 'panic_sys_info' section below for more details. hung_task_timeout_secs ====================== @@ -515,6 +521,15 @@ default), only processes with the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability may create io_uring instances. +kernel_sys_info +=============== +A comma separated list of extra system information to be dumped when +soft/hard lockup is detected, for example, "tasks,mem,timers,locks,...". +Refer 'panic_sys_info' section below for more details. + +It serves as the default kernel control knob, which will take effect +when a kernel module calls sys_info() with parameter==0. + kexec_load_disabled =================== @@ -576,6 +591,14 @@ if leaking kernel pointer values to unprivileged users is a concern. When ``kptr_restrict`` is set to 2, kernel pointers printed using %pK will be replaced with 0s regardless of privileges. +For disabling these security restrictions early at boot time (and once +for all), use the ``hash_pointers`` boot parameter instead. + +softlockup_sys_info & hardlockup_sys_info +========================================= +A comma separated list of extra system information to be dumped when +soft/hard lockup is detected, for example, "tasks,mem,timers,locks,...". +Refer 'panic_sys_info' section below for more details. modprobe ======== @@ -910,8 +933,8 @@ to 'panic_print'. Possible values are: ============= =================================================== tasks print all tasks info mem print system memory info -timer print timers info -lock print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on +timers print timers info +locks print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on ftrace print ftrace buffer all_bt print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch) blocked_tasks print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state @@ -1215,12 +1238,6 @@ that support this feature. == =========================================================================== -real-root-dev -============= - -See Documentation/admin-guide/initrd.rst. - - reboot-cmd (SPARC only) ======================= |