The patch titled
Subject: lib/Kconfig.debug: document panic= command line option and procfs entry for PANIC_TIMEOUT
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
lib-kconfigdebug-document-panic=-command-line-option-and-procfs-entry-for-panic_timeout.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/lib-kconfigdebug-document-panic=-command-line-option-and-procfs-entry-for-panic_timeout.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Brian Masney <bmasney@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/Kconfig.debug: document panic= command line option and procfs entry for PANIC_TIMEOUT
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 11:24:43 -0400
PANIC_TIMEOUT can also be controlled with the panic= kernel command line
option and the file /proc/sys/kernel/panic. Let's document both of these
in the Kconfig help text.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240607152443.925168-1-bmasney@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Brian Masney <bmasney@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/Kconfig.debug | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug~lib-kconfigdebug-document-panic=-command-line-option-and-procfs-entry-for-panic_timeout
+++ a/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1043,7 +1043,9 @@ config PANIC_TIMEOUT
Set the timeout value (in seconds) until a reboot occurs when
the kernel panics. If n = 0, then we wait forever. A timeout
value n > 0 will wait n seconds before rebooting, while a timeout
- value n < 0 will reboot immediately.
+ value n < 0 will reboot immediately. This setting can be overridden
+ with the kernel command line option panic=, and from userspace via
+ /proc/sys/kernel/panic.
config LOCKUP_DETECTOR
bool
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from bmasney@xxxxxxxxxx are
lib-kconfigdebug-document-panic=-command-line-option-and-procfs-entry-for-panic_timeout.patch
