Documentation: Document kernel.panic_on_io_nmi sysctl

kernel.panic_on_io_nmi sysctl was introduced by commit

  5211a242d0cb ("x86: Add sysctl to allow panic on IOCK NMI error")

but its documentation is missing. So, add it.

Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
Requested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@m4x.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20151210014637.25437.71903.stgit@softrs
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index af70d1541d3af5b18834bce320ddd3e37009d29b..73c6b1ef0e8456a5de653305c1f9c783f0d958c1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -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.