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authorAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300
committerAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300
commit863981e96738983919de841ec669e157e6bdaeb0 (patch)
treed6d89a12e7eb8017837c057935a2271290907f76 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parent8dec7c70575785729a6a9e6719a955e9c545bcab (diff)
Linux-libre 4.7.1-gnupck-4.7.1-gnu
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@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ 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
@@ -666,6 +668,32 @@ users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 2.
==============================================================
+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