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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-01-05 20:16:18 +0300 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-01-05 20:16:18 +0300 |
commit | a65981109f294ba7e64b33ad3b4575a4636fce66 (patch) | |
tree | 1061a49f11544e18775630938a8bc53920fa0421 /Documentation | |
parent | 3fed6ae4b027f9c93be18520f87bd06bdffd196b (diff) | |
parent | b685a7350ae76bc0f388e24b36d06a63776c68ee (diff) |
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge more updates from Andrew Morton:
- procfs updates
- various misc bits
- lib/ updates
- epoll updates
- autofs
- fatfs
- a few more MM bits
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (58 commits)
mm/page_io.c: fix polled swap page in
checkpatch: add Co-developed-by to signature tags
docs: fix Co-Developed-by docs
drivers/base/platform.c: kmemleak ignore a known leak
fs: don't open code lru_to_page()
fs/: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions
mm/: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions
arch/arc/mm/fault.c: remove caller signal_pending_branch predictions
kernel/sched/: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions
kernel/locking/mutex.c: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions
mm: select HAVE_MOVE_PMD on x86 for faster mremap
mm: speed up mremap by 20x on large regions
mm: treewide: remove unused address argument from pte_alloc functions
initramfs: cleanup incomplete rootfs
scripts/gdb: fix lx-version string output
kernel/kcov.c: mark write_comp_data() as notrace
kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl
panic: add options to print system info when panic happens
bfs: extra sanity checking and static inode bitmap
exec: separate MM_ANONPAGES and RLIMIT_STACK accounting
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 17 |
4 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 408781ee142c..e7b5c49702bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3092,6 +3092,14 @@ timeout < 0: reboot immediately Format: <timeout> + panic_print= Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens. + User can chose combination of the following bits: + bit 0: print all tasks info + bit 1: print system memory info + bit 2: print timer info + bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on + bit 4: print ftrace buffer + panic_on_warn panic() instead of WARN(). Useful to cause kdump on a WARN(). diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index 277c113376a6..b78dd680c038 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ In function prototypes, include parameter names with their data types. Although this is not required by the C language, it is preferred in Linux because it is a simple way to add valuable information for the reader. +Do not use the `extern' keyword with function prototypes as this makes +lines longer and isn't strictly necessary. + 7) Centralized exiting of functions ----------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index c0917107b90a..30dc00a364e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ tracking your trees, and to people trying to troubleshoot bugs in your tree. -12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-Developed-by: +12) When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-developed-by: ------------------------------------------------------- The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ person it names - but it should indicate that this person was copied on the patch. This tag documents that potentially interested parties have been included in the discussion. -A Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer +A Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer along with the original author. This is useful at times when multiple people work on a single patch. Note, this person also needs to have a Signed-off-by: line in the patch as well. diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 1b8775298cf7..c0527d8a468a 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - panic_on_stackoverflow - panic_on_unrecovered_nmi - panic_on_warn +- panic_print - panic_on_rcu_stall - perf_cpu_time_max_percent - perf_event_paranoid @@ -654,6 +655,22 @@ a kernel rebuild when attempting to kdump at the location of a WARN(). ============================================================== +panic_print: + +Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens. User can chose +combination of the following bits: + +bit 0: print all tasks info +bit 1: print system memory info +bit 2: print timer info +bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on +bit 4: print ftrace buffer + +So for example to print tasks and memory info on panic, user can: + echo 3 > /proc/sys/kernel/panic_print + +============================================================== + panic_on_rcu_stall: When set to 1, calls panic() after RCU stall detection messages. This |