From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit de92f65719cd672f4b48397540b9f9eff67eca40 upstream. In preparation for keeping oops_limit logic in sync with warn_limit, have oops_limit == 0 disable checking the Oops counter. Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 5 +++-- kernel/exit.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -671,8 +671,9 @@ oops_limit ========== Number of kernel oopses after which the kernel should panic when -``panic_on_oops`` is not set. Setting this to 0 or 1 has the same effect -as setting ``panic_on_oops=1``. +``panic_on_oops`` is not set. Setting this to 0 disables checking +the count. Setting this to 1 has the same effect as setting +``panic_on_oops=1``. The default value is 10000. osrelease, ostype & version --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ void __noreturn make_task_dead(int signr * To make sure this can't happen, place an upper bound on how often the * kernel may oops without panic(). */ - if (atomic_inc_return(&oops_count) >= READ_ONCE(oops_limit)) + if (atomic_inc_return(&oops_count) >= READ_ONCE(oops_limit) && oops_limit) panic("Oopsed too often (kernel.oops_limit is %d)", oops_limit); /*