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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index f77a2514e..4bd13e0b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -59,12 +59,15 @@ 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 ] @@ -651,6 +654,17 @@ allowed to execute. ============================================================== +perf_event_paranoid: + +Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged +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 +>=1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN +>=2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN + +============================================================== pid_max: |