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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 861820d27c19..83acf5025488 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -646,6 +646,22 @@ rate for each task. scanned for a given scan. +oops_all_cpu_backtrace: +================ + +If this option is set, the kernel will send an NMI to all CPUs to dump +their backtraces when an oops event occurs. It should be used as a last +resort in case a panic cannot be triggered (to protect VMs running, for +example) or kdump can't be collected. This file shows up if CONFIG_SMP +is enabled. + +0: Won't show all CPUs backtraces when an oops is detected. +This is the default behavior. + +1: Will non-maskably interrupt all CPUs and dump their backtraces when +an oops event is detected. + + osrelease, ostype & version =========================== |