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diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/provoke-crashes.txt b/Documentation/fault-injection/provoke-crashes.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7a9d3d81525b..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/fault-injection/provoke-crashes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@ -The lkdtm module provides an interface to crash or injure the kernel at -predefined crashpoints to evaluate the reliability of crash dumps obtained -using different dumping solutions. The module uses KPROBEs to instrument -crashing points, but can also crash the kernel directly without KRPOBE -support. - - -You can provide the way either through module arguments when inserting -the module, or through a debugfs interface. - -Usage: insmod lkdtm.ko [recur_count={>0}] cpoint_name=<> cpoint_type=<> - [cpoint_count={>0}] - - recur_count : Recursion level for the stack overflow test. Default is 10. - - cpoint_name : Crash point where the kernel is to be crashed. It can be - one of INT_HARDWARE_ENTRY, INT_HW_IRQ_EN, INT_TASKLET_ENTRY, - FS_DEVRW, MEM_SWAPOUT, TIMERADD, SCSI_DISPATCH_CMD, - IDE_CORE_CP, DIRECT - - cpoint_type : Indicates the action to be taken on hitting the crash point. - It can be one of PANIC, BUG, EXCEPTION, LOOP, OVERFLOW, - CORRUPT_STACK, UNALIGNED_LOAD_STORE_WRITE, OVERWRITE_ALLOCATION, - WRITE_AFTER_FREE, - - cpoint_count : Indicates the number of times the crash point is to be hit - to trigger an action. The default is 10. - -You can also induce failures by mounting debugfs and writing the type to -<mountpoint>/provoke-crash/<crashpoint>. E.g., - - mount -t debugfs debugfs /mnt - echo EXCEPTION > /mnt/provoke-crash/INT_HARDWARE_ENTRY - - -A special file is `DIRECT' which will induce the crash directly without -KPROBE instrumentation. This mode is the only one available when the module -is built on a kernel without KPROBEs support. |