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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 57653a44b128..daabdd7ee543 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - panic_on_warn - perf_cpu_time_max_percent - perf_event_paranoid +- perf_event_max_stack - pid_max - powersave-nap [ PPC only ] - printk @@ -645,7 +646,7 @@ 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 +655,19 @@ 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. + +============================================================== + pid_max: PID allocation wrap value. When the kernel's next PID value |