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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-08-03 16:23:09 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-08-03 16:23:09 -0700
commite991acf1bce7a428794514cbbe216973c9c0a3c8 (patch)
tree0f2bdee8143718218252d8f5fd5373057e2ab8d9 /Documentation/admin-guide
parent3c4a063b1f8ab71352df1421d9668521acb63cd9 (diff)
parent085dece6cc88b5c6fc6f2eca0403bfd2c5fbc7cb (diff)
Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2025-08-03-12-47' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mmHEADtorvalds/mastertorvalds/HEADmaster
Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton: "Significant patch series in this pull request: - "squashfs: Remove page->mapping references" (Matthew Wilcox) gets us closer to being able to remove page->mapping - "relayfs: misc changes" (Jason Xing) does some maintenance and minor feature addition work in relayfs - "kdump: crashkernel reservation from CMA" (Jiri Bohac) switches us from static preallocation of the kdump crashkernel's working memory over to dynamic allocation. So the difficulty of a-priori estimation of the second kernel's needs is removed and the first kernel obtains extra memory - "generalize panic_print's dump function to be used by other kernel parts" (Feng Tang) implements some consolidation and rationalization of the various ways in which a failing kernel splats information at the operator * tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2025-08-03-12-47' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (80 commits) tools/getdelays: add backward compatibility for taskstats version kho: add test for kexec handover delaytop: enhance error logging and add PSI feature description samples: Kconfig: fix spelling mistake "instancess" -> "instances" fat: fix too many log in fat_chain_add() scripts/spelling.txt: add notifer||notifier to spelling.txt xen/xenbus: fix typo "notifer" net: mvneta: fix typo "notifer" drm/xe: fix typo "notifer" cxl: mce: fix typo "notifer" KVM: x86: fix typo "notifer" MAINTAINERS: add maintainers for delaytop ucount: use atomic_long_try_cmpxchg() in atomic_long_inc_below() ucount: fix atomic_long_inc_below() argument type kexec: enable CMA based contiguous allocation stackdepot: make max number of pools boot-time configurable lib/xxhash: remove unused functions init/Kconfig: restore CONFIG_BROKEN help text lib/raid6: update recov_rvv.c zero page usage docs: update docs after introducing delaytop ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt48
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst20
3 files changed, 87 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
index 20fabdf6567e..9c6cd52f69cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
@@ -311,6 +311,27 @@ crashkernel syntax
crashkernel=0,low
+4) crashkernel=size,cma
+
+ Reserve additional crash kernel memory from CMA. This reservation is
+ usable by the first system's userspace memory and kernel movable
+ allocations (memory balloon, zswap). Pages allocated from this memory
+ range will not be included in the vmcore so this should not be used if
+ dumping of userspace memory is intended and it has to be expected that
+ some movable kernel pages may be missing from the dump.
+
+ A standard crashkernel reservation, as described above, is still needed
+ to hold the crash kernel and initrd.
+
+ This option increases the risk of a kdump failure: DMA transfers
+ configured by the first kernel may end up corrupting the second
+ kernel's memory.
+
+ This reservation method is intended for systems that can't afford to
+ sacrifice enough memory for standard crashkernel reservation and where
+ less reliable and possibly incomplete kdump is preferable to no kdump at
+ all.
+
Boot into System Kernel
-----------------------
1) Update the boot loader (such as grub, yaboot, or lilo) configuration
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 8981ae1c9355..c1a5cd991f2e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -994,6 +994,28 @@
0: to disable low allocation.
It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
or memory reserved is below 4G.
+ crashkernel=size[KMG],cma
+ [KNL, X86] Reserve additional crash kernel memory from
+ CMA. This reservation is usable by the first system's
+ userspace memory and kernel movable allocations (memory
+ balloon, zswap). Pages allocated from this memory range
+ will not be included in the vmcore so this should not
+ be used if dumping of userspace memory is intended and
+ it has to be expected that some movable kernel pages
+ may be missing from the dump.
+
+ A standard crashkernel reservation, as described above,
+ is still needed to hold the crash kernel and initrd.
+
+ This option increases the risk of a kdump failure: DMA
+ transfers configured by the first kernel may end up
+ corrupting the second kernel's memory.
+
+ This reservation method is intended for systems that
+ can't afford to sacrifice enough memory for standard
+ crashkernel reservation and where less reliable and
+ possibly incomplete kdump is preferable to no kdump at
+ all.
cryptomgr.notests
[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
@@ -4557,7 +4579,7 @@
bit 2: print timer info
bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
bit 4: print ftrace buffer
- bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
+ bit 5: replay all messages on consoles at the end of panic
bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
bit 7: print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
@@ -4565,6 +4587,25 @@
Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
+ panic_sys_info= A comma separated list of extra information to be dumped
+ on panic.
+ Format: val[,val...]
+ Where @val can be any of the following:
+
+ tasks: print all tasks info
+ mem: print system memory info
+ timers: print timers info
+ locks: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
+ ftrace: print ftrace buffer
+ all_bt: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
+ blocked_tasks: print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
+
+ This is a human readable alternative to the 'panic_print' option.
+
+ panic_console_replay
+ When panic happens, replay all kernel messages on
+ consoles at the end of panic.
+
parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
connected to, default is 0.
Format: <parport#>
@@ -7032,6 +7073,11 @@
consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
to false.
+ stack_depot_max_pools= [KNL,EARLY]
+ Specify the maximum number of pools to use for storing
+ stack traces. Pools are allocated on-demand up to this
+ limit. Default value is 8191 pools.
+
stacktrace [FTRACE]
Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 3c8faad03d01..8b49eab937d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ bit 1 print system memory info
bit 2 print timer info
bit 3 print locks info if ``CONFIG_LOCKDEP`` is on
bit 4 print ftrace buffer
-bit 5 print all printk messages in buffer
+bit 5 replay all messages on consoles at the end of panic
bit 6 print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
bit 7 print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
===== ============================================
@@ -900,6 +900,24 @@ So for example to print tasks and memory info on panic, user can::
echo 3 > /proc/sys/kernel/panic_print
+panic_sys_info
+==============
+
+A comma separated list of extra information to be dumped on panic,
+for example, "tasks,mem,timers,...". It is a human readable alternative
+to 'panic_print'. Possible values are:
+
+============= ===================================================
+tasks print all tasks info
+mem print system memory info
+timer print timers info
+lock print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
+ftrace print ftrace buffer
+all_bt print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
+blocked_tasks print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
+============= ===================================================
+
+
panic_on_rcu_stall
==================