x86, nmi-watchdog: update procfs nmi_watchdog file documentation v2
Impact: improve documentation This patch updates the /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog documentation. Updated: included Randy Dunlap's corrections. Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@redhat.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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@ -1338,10 +1338,13 @@ nmi_watchdog
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Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero
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the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to
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determine whether or not they are still functioning properly.
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determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently,
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passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function
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to work.
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Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI
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watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize.
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If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the
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NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog,
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oprofile may have more registers to utilize.
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msgmni
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@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ to the overall system performance.
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On x86 nmi_watchdog is disabled by default so you have to enable it with
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a boot time parameter.
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It's possible to disable the NMI watchdog in run-time by writing "0" to
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/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog. Writing "1" to the same file will re-enable
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the NMI watchdog. Notice that you still need to use "nmi_watchdog=" parameter
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at boot time.
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NOTE: In kernels prior to 2.4.2-ac18 the NMI-oopser is enabled unconditionally
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on x86 SMP boxes.
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