Merge branch 'core-signal-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel...

[linux-2.6-block.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 332fe3b47e0c9a2a98e861c17ef5dcba90c6cc50..1d28812260cd2cc696bf504932cb7a65f5f4f59d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2031,8 +2031,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        print-fatal-signals=
                        [KNL] debug: print fatal signals
-                       print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to
-                       the kernel console.
+
+                       If enabled, warn about various signal handling
+                       related application anomalies: too many signals,
+                       too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
+                       coredump - etc.
+
+                       If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
+                       you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
+
                        default: off.
 
        printk.time=    Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line