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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-29 09:45:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-29 09:45:15 +0100 |
| commit | e1df957670aef74ffd9a4ad93e6d2c90bf6b4845 (patch) | |
| tree | bca1fcfef55b3e3e82c9a822b4ac6428fce2b419 /Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt | |
| parent | 2b583d8bc8d7105b58d7481a4a0ceb718dac49c6 (diff) | |
| parent | 3c92ec8ae91ecf59d88c798301833d7cf83f2179 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core
Conflicts:
fs/exec.c
include/linux/init_task.h
Simple context conflicts.
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diff --git a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt index 90aa453..bf9f80a 100644 --- a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt +++ b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt @@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ to the overall system performance. On x86 nmi_watchdog is disabled by default so you have to enable it with a boot time parameter. +It's possible to disable the NMI watchdog in run-time by writing "0" to +/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog. Writing "1" to the same file will re-enable +the NMI watchdog. Notice that you still need to use "nmi_watchdog=" parameter +at boot time. + NOTE: In kernels prior to 2.4.2-ac18 the NMI-oopser is enabled unconditionally on x86 SMP boxes. |
