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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 73c6b1ef0e84..57653a44b128 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -58,12 +58,15 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- panic_on_stackoverflow
- panic_on_unrecovered_nmi
- panic_on_warn
+- perf_cpu_time_max_percent
+- perf_event_paranoid
- pid_max
- powersave-nap [ PPC only ]
- printk
- printk_delay
- printk_ratelimit
- printk_ratelimit_burst
+- pty ==> Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt
- randomize_va_space
- real-root-dev ==> Documentation/initrd.txt
- reboot-cmd [ SPARC only ]
@@ -639,6 +642,17 @@ allowed to execute.
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+perf_event_paranoid:
+
+Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged
+users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 1.
+
+ -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users
+>=0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK
+>=1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+>=2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+
+==============================================================
pid_max:
@@ -760,6 +774,14 @@ rtsig-nr shows the number of RT signals currently queued.
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+sched_schedstats:
+
+Enables/disables scheduler statistics. Enabling this feature
+incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler but is
+useful for debugging and performance tuning.
+
+==============================================================
+
sg-big-buff:
This file shows the size of the generic SCSI (sg) buffer.
@@ -825,14 +847,13 @@ via the /proc/sys interface:
Each write syscall must fully contain the sysctl value to be
written, and multiple writes on the same sysctl file descriptor
will rewrite the sysctl value, regardless of file position.
- 0 - (default) Same behavior as above, but warn about processes that
- perform writes to a sysctl file descriptor when the file position
- is not 0.
- 1 - Respect file position when writing sysctl strings. Multiple writes
- will append to the sysctl value buffer. Anything past the max length
- of the sysctl value buffer will be ignored. Writes to numeric sysctl
- entries must always be at file position 0 and the value must be
- fully contained in the buffer sent in the write syscall.
+ 0 - Same behavior as above, but warn about processes that perform writes
+ to a sysctl file descriptor when the file position is not 0.
+ 1 - (default) Respect file position when writing sysctl strings. Multiple
+ writes will append to the sysctl value buffer. Anything past the max
+ length of the sysctl value buffer will be ignored. Writes to numeric
+ sysctl entries must always be at file position 0 and the value must
+ be fully contained in the buffer sent in the write syscall.
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