From 22b8ab66deb2600f93d24d30df17b9d9e5273d05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernhard Walle Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:02:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document panic_on_unrecovered_nmi sysctl This adds "panic_on_unrecovered_nmi" sysctl to Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt. The text is mainly taken from http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/43/217998.html. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index b488edad743c..c032bf39e8b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1321,6 +1321,18 @@ 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 ------------ -- 2.30.2