From 3dd07500930888c6175ce3c494d11147b31a16b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:33:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] proc.5: Document /proc/sys/vm/memory_failure_recovery New in Linux 2.6.32. Description based on the text in Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man5/proc.5 | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 8ebd59926..3d3a50a19 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -2406,7 +2406,6 @@ Kill all processes that have the corrupted-and-not-reloadable page mapped as soon as the corruption is detected. Note this is not supported for a few types of pages, like kernel internally allocated data or the swap cache, but works for the majority of user pages. - .IP 0: 4 Only unmap the corrupted page from all processes and only kill a process who tries to access it. @@ -2432,6 +2431,16 @@ setting individually with the .B PR_MCE_KILL operation. .TP +.IR /proc/sys/vm/memory_failure_recovery " (since Linux 2.6.32)" +.\" The following is based on the text in Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +Enable memory failure recovery (when supported by the platform) +.RS +.IP 1: 4 +Attempt recovery. +.IP 0: 4 +Always panic on a memory failure. +.RE +.TP .IR /proc/sys/vm/oom_dump_tasks " (since Linux 2.6.25)" .\" The following is from Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt Enables a system-wide task dump (excluding kernel threads) to be