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    Subject[PATCH 5/5] Document unknown_nmi_dump_log variable
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    Mention unknown_nmi_dump_log in sysctl documentation.

    Signed-off-by: Vitaly Mayatskikh <v.mayatskih@gmail.com>
    ---
    Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 10 ++++++++++
    1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

    diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
    index 3894eaa..b554838 100644
    --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
    +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
    @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
    - tainted
    - threads-max
    - unknown_nmi_panic
    +- unknown_nmi_dump_log
    - version

    ==============================================================
    @@ -515,6 +516,15 @@ If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch.

    ==============================================================

    +unknown_nmi_dump_log:
    +
    +The value in this file affects behavior of handling NMI. When dump
    +capture kernel is loaded, the value is non-zero and unknown NMI is
    +trapped, then vmcore's log buffer and CPU registers are extracted and
    +displayed on console.
    +
    +==============================================================
    +
    panic_on_unrecovered_nmi:

    The default Linux behaviour on an NMI of either memory or unknown is to continue
    --
    1.7.1


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