diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index 4380f46618a1..d9432ca841f3 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 12caa1b6fc3a9772535227c723c11878b5ca618e +refs/heads/master: 656e6c0050fd63ce42c55a6cb454a9b4b2f9ccf7 diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index f566ad9bcb7b..d2f77d959561 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1322,6 +1322,18 @@ debugging information is displayed on console. NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires unknown NMI up, for example. If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch. +panic_on_unrecovered_nmi +------------------------ + +The default Linux behaviour on an NMI of either memory or unknown is to continue +operation. For many environments such as scientific computing it is preferable +that the box is taken out and the error dealt with than an uncorrected +parity/ECC error get propogated. + +A small number of systems do generate NMI's for bizarre random reasons such as +power management so the default is off. That sysctl works like the existing +panic controls already in that directory. + nmi_watchdog ------------