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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/net.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 31 |
3 files changed, 63 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 57653a44b128..a3683ce2a2f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - panic_on_warn - perf_cpu_time_max_percent - perf_event_paranoid +- perf_event_max_stack +- perf_event_max_contexts_per_stack - pid_max - powersave-nap [ PPC only ] - printk @@ -645,7 +647,7 @@ allowed to execute. perf_event_paranoid: Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged -users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 1. +users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 2. -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users >=0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK @@ -654,6 +656,32 @@ users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 1. ============================================================== +perf_event_max_stack: + +Controls maximum number of stack frames to copy for (attr.sample_type & +PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) configured events, for instance, when using +'perf record -g' or 'perf trace --call-graph fp'. + +This can only be done when no events are in use that have callchains +enabled, otherwise writing to this file will return -EBUSY. + +The default value is 127. + +============================================================== + +perf_event_max_contexts_per_stack: + +Controls maximum number of stack frame context entries for +(attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) configured events, for +instance, when using 'perf record -g' or 'perf trace --call-graph fp'. + +This can only be done when no events are in use that have callchains +enabled, otherwise writing to this file will return -EBUSY. + +The default value is 8. + +============================================================== + pid_max: PID allocation wrap value. When the kernel's next PID value diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt index 809ab6efcc74..f0480f7ea740 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt @@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ Values : 1 - enable the JIT 2 - enable the JIT and ask the compiler to emit traces on kernel log. +bpf_jit_harden +-------------- + +This enables hardening for the Berkeley Packet Filter Just in Time compiler. +Supported are eBPF JIT backends. Enabling hardening trades off performance, +but can mitigate JIT spraying. +Values : + 0 - disable JIT hardening (default value) + 1 - enable JIT hardening for unprivileged users only + 2 - enable JIT hardening for all users + dev_weight -------------- diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index cb0368459da3..720355cbdf45 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - panic_on_oom - percpu_pagelist_fraction - stat_interval +- stat_refresh - swappiness - user_reserve_kbytes - vfs_cache_pressure @@ -581,15 +582,16 @@ Specify "[Nn]ode" for node order "Zone Order" orders the zonelists by zone type, then by node within each zone. Specify "[Zz]one" for zone order. -Specify "[Dd]efault" to request automatic configuration. Autoconfiguration -will select "node" order in following case. -(1) if the DMA zone does not exist or -(2) if the DMA zone comprises greater than 50% of the available memory or -(3) if any node's DMA zone comprises greater than 70% of its local memory and - the amount of local memory is big enough. +Specify "[Dd]efault" to request automatic configuration. -Otherwise, "zone" order will be selected. Default order is recommended unless -this is causing problems for your system/application. +On 32-bit, the Normal zone needs to be preserved for allocations accessible +by the kernel, so "zone" order will be selected. + +On 64-bit, devices that require DMA32/DMA are relatively rare, so "node" +order will be selected. + +Default order is recommended unless this is causing problems for your +system/application. ============================================================== @@ -754,6 +756,19 @@ is 1 second. ============================================================== +stat_refresh + +Any read or write (by root only) flushes all the per-cpu vm statistics +into their global totals, for more accurate reports when testing +e.g. cat /proc/sys/vm/stat_refresh /proc/meminfo + +As a side-effect, it also checks for negative totals (elsewhere reported +as 0) and "fails" with EINVAL if any are found, with a warning in dmesg. +(At time of writing, a few stats are known sometimes to be found negative, +with no ill effects: errors and warnings on these stats are suppressed.) + +============================================================== + swappiness This control is used to define how aggressive the kernel will swap |
