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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dontdiff | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/tty.txt | 2 |
4 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff index 9a33bb94f74f..d4fda25db868 100644 --- a/Documentation/dontdiff +++ b/Documentation/dontdiff @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ mkdep mktables modpost modversions.h* +offset.h offsets.h oui.c* parse.c* diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 26414bc87c65..e67c90d4ee17 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ Who: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> --------------------------- +What: remove verify_area() +When: July 2006 +Files: Various uaccess.h headers. +Why: Deprecated and redundant. access_ok() should be used instead. +Who: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> + +--------------------------- + What: IEEE1394 Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol driver, Connection Management Procedures driver When: November 2005 diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 35159176997b..9f11d36a8c10 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - shmmax [ sysv ipc ] - shmmni - stop-a [ SPARC only ] +- suid_dumpable - sysrq ==> Documentation/sysrq.txt - tainted - threads-max @@ -300,6 +301,25 @@ kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX. ============================================================== +suid_dumpable: + +This value can be used to query and set the core dump mode for setuid +or otherwise protected/tainted binaries. The modes are + +0 - (default) - traditional behaviour. Any process which has changed + privilege levels or is execute only will not be dumped +1 - (debug) - all processes dump core when possible. The core dump is + owned by the current user and no security is applied. This is + intended for system debugging situations only. Ptrace is unchecked. +2 - (suidsafe) - any binary which normally would not be dumped is dumped + readable by root only. This allows the end user to remove + such a dump but not access it directly. For security reasons + core dumps in this mode will not overwrite one another or + other files. This mode is appropriate when adminstrators are + attempting to debug problems in a normal environment. + +============================================================== + tainted: Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which diff --git a/Documentation/tty.txt b/Documentation/tty.txt index 3958cf746dde..8ff7bc2a0811 100644 --- a/Documentation/tty.txt +++ b/Documentation/tty.txt @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ copy of the structure. You must not re-register over the top of the line discipline even with the same data or your computer again will be eaten by demons. -In order to remove a line discipline call tty_register_ldisc passing NULL. +In order to remove a line discipline call tty_unregister_ldisc(). In ancient times this always worked. In modern times the function will return -EBUSY if the ldisc is currently in use. Since the ldisc referencing code manages the module counts this should not usually be a concern. |
