From 863981e96738983919de841ec669e157e6bdaeb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 04:34:46 -0300 Subject: Linux-libre 4.7.1-gnu --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/sysctl/net.txt | 11 +++++++++++ Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 53 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl') diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 4bd13e0b8..855aabb22 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -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 diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt index 809ab6efc..f0480f7ea 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 34a5fece3..720355cbd 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 @@ -755,6 +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 -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf