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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2016-03-15 16:54:45 -0700
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2016-03-15 16:54:45 -0700
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parentInput: synaptics-rmi4 - using logical instead of bitwise AND (diff)
parentLinux 4.5 (diff)
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Merge tag 'v4.5' into next
Merge with Linux 4.5 to get PROPERTY_ENTRY_INTEGER() that is needed to fix pxa/raumfeld rotary encoder properties.
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@@ -551,6 +551,21 @@ the recommended setting is 60.
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+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.
@@ -810,14 +825,13 @@ via the /proc/sys interface:
Each write syscall must fully contain the sysctl value to be
written, and multiple writes on the same sysctl file descriptor
will rewrite the sysctl value, regardless of file position.
- 0 - (default) Same behavior as above, but warn about processes that
- perform writes to a sysctl file descriptor when the file position
- is not 0.
- 1 - Respect file position when writing sysctl strings. Multiple writes
- will append to the sysctl value buffer. Anything past the max length
- of the sysctl value buffer will be ignored. Writes to numeric sysctl
- entries must always be at file position 0 and the value must be
- fully contained in the buffer sent in the write syscall.
+ 0 - Same behavior as above, but warn about processes that perform writes
+ to a sysctl file descriptor when the file position is not 0.
+ 1 - (default) Respect file position when writing sysctl strings. Multiple
+ writes will append to the sysctl value buffer. Anything past the max
+ length of the sysctl value buffer will be ignored. Writes to numeric
+ sysctl entries must always be at file position 0 and the value must
+ be fully contained in the buffer sent in the write syscall.
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