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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst14
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4220477079bd..b3b5aa7408df 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4516,10 +4516,10 @@
Format: <integer>
A nonzero value instructs the soft-lockup detector
- to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. This
- is also controlled by CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
- which is the respective build-time switch to that
- functionality.
+ to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
+ also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
+ and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
+ respective build-time switch to that functionality.
softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 1c48ab4bfe30..335696d3360d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -1036,6 +1036,20 @@ NMI.
= ============================================
+softlockup_panic
+=================
+
+This parameter can be used to control whether the kernel panics
+when a soft lockup is detected.
+
+= ============================================
+0 Don't panic on soft lockup.
+1 Panic on soft lockup.
+= ============================================
+
+This can also be set using the softlockup_panic kernel parameter.
+
+
soft_watchdog
=============