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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-03-31 01:45:38 +0200
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Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux
Pull ACPI & Power Management changes from Len Brown: - ACPI 5.0 after-ripples, ACPICA/Linux divergence cleanup - cpuidle evolving, more ARM use - thermal sub-system evolving, ditto - assorted other PM bits Fix up conflicts in various cpuidle implementations due to ARM cpuidle cleanups (ARM at91 self-refresh and cpu idle code rewritten into "standby" in asm conflicting with the consolidation of cpuidle time keeping), trivial SH include file context conflict and RCU tracing fixes in generic code. * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux: (77 commits) ACPI throttling: fix endian bug in acpi_read_throttling_status() Disable MCP limit exceeded messages from Intel IPS driver ACPI video: Don't start video device until its associated input device has been allocated ACPI video: Harden video bus adding. ACPI: Add support for exposing BGRT data ACPI: export acpi_kobj ACPI: Fix logic for removing mappings in 'acpi_unmap' CPER failed to handle generic error records with multiple sections ACPI: Clean redundant codes in scan.c ACPI: Fix unprotected smp_processor_id() in acpi_processor_cst_has_changed() ACPI: consistently use should_use_kmap() PNPACPI: Fix device ref leaking in acpi_pnp_match ACPI: Fix use-after-free in acpi_map_lsapic ACPI: processor_driver: add missing kfree ACPI, APEI: Fix incorrect APEI register bit width check and usage Update documentation for parameter *notrigger* in einj.txt ACPI, APEI, EINJ, new parameter to control trigger action ACPI, APEI, EINJ, limit the range of einj_param ACPI, APEI, Fix ERST header length check cpuidle: power_usage should be declared signed integer ...
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@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ directory apei/einj. The following files are provided.
This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of
parameter depends on error_type specified.
+- notrigger
+ The EINJ mechanism is a two step process. First inject the error, then
+ perform some actions to trigger it. Setting "notrigger" to 1 skips the
+ trigger phase, which *may* allow the user to cause the error in some other
+ context by a simple access to the cpu, memory location, or device that is
+ the target of the error injection. Whether this actually works depends
+ on what operations the BIOS actually includes in the trigger phase.
+
BIOS versions based in the ACPI 4.0 specification have limited options
to control where the errors are injected. Your BIOS may support an
extension (enabled with the param_extension=1 module parameter, or