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| author | Linus Torvalds | 2009-12-05 09:52:33 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds | 2009-12-05 09:52:33 -0800 |
| commit | 69f061e0c2ed47304b3eeac7fb7bd5268652dc50 (patch) | |
| tree | 69bca9d5c7e7eb5e79dae030cbce713686e4d209 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
| parent | 607781762e7aae9c976f0a9a8829d4ba3e2da4ab (diff) | |
| parent | f84d49b218b7d4c6cba2e0b41f24bd4045403962 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'core-signal-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-signal-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
signal: Print warning message when dropping signals
signal: Fix alternate signal stack check
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 332fe3b47e0c..1d28812260cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2031,8 +2031,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file print-fatal-signals= [KNL] debug: print fatal signals - print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to - the kernel console. + + If enabled, warn about various signal handling + related application anomalies: too many signals, + too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a + coredump - etc. + + If you hit the warning due to signal overflow, + you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited". + default: off. printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line |