Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: document panic_on_unrecoverable_memory_failure sysctl

Breno Leitao
2026-03-24T10:09:50Z

Hello Randy,

On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 09:51:55AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 3/23/26 8:29 AM, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > Document the new vm.panic_on_unrecoverable_memory_failure sysctl in the
> > admin guide, following the same format as panic_on_unrecovered_nmi.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
> > ---
> > Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
> > index 97e12359775c9..3310fb8272fb9 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
>
>
> > +
> > += ===================================================================
> > +0 Try to continue operation (default).
> > +1 Panic immediately. If the ``panic`` sysctl is also non-zero then the
> > + machine will be rebooted.
> > += ===================================================================
>
> The table begin and end lines must be at least as long as the text (may be
> longer). Please extend the =========== lines by a few characters.

The HTML renders correctly in Sphinx (likely due to automatic column
expansion), but I agree the raw table format should be properly
structured.

I'll send v2 with this corrected.

Thanks for the review,
--breno