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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index f2b802cd6208..46e3d62c0eea 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ Highest valid capability of the running kernel. Exports ``CAP_LAST_CAP`` from the kernel. +.. _core_pattern: + core_pattern ============ @@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ core_pattern %f executable filename %E executable path %c maximum size of core file by resource limit RLIMIT_CORE + %C CPU the task ran on %<OTHER> both are dropped ======== ========================================== @@ -667,6 +670,15 @@ This is the default behavior. an oops event is detected. +oops_limit +========== + +Number of kernel oopses after which the kernel should panic when +``panic_on_oops`` is not set. Setting this to 0 disables checking +the count. Setting this to 1 has the same effect as setting +``panic_on_oops=1``. The default value is 10000. + + osrelease, ostype & version =========================== @@ -1314,6 +1326,29 @@ watchdog work to be queued by the watchdog timer function, otherwise the NMI watchdog — if enabled — can detect a hard lockup condition. +split_lock_mitigate (x86 only) +============================== + +On x86, each "split lock" imposes a system-wide performance penalty. On larger +systems, large numbers of split locks from unprivileged users can result in +denials of service to well-behaved and potentially more important users. + +The kernel mitigates these bad users by detecting split locks and imposing +penalties: forcing them to wait and only allowing one core to execute split +locks at a time. + +These mitigations can make those bad applications unbearably slow. Setting +split_lock_mitigate=0 may restore some application performance, but will also +increase system exposure to denial of service attacks from split lock users. + += =================================================================== +0 Disable the mitigation mode - just warns the split lock on kernel log + and exposes the system to denials of service from the split lockers. +1 Enable the mitigation mode (this is the default) - penalizes the split + lockers with intentional performance degradation. += =================================================================== + + stack_erasing ============= @@ -1500,6 +1535,16 @@ entry will default to 2 instead of 0. 2 Unprivileged calls to ``bpf()`` are disabled = ============================================================= + +warn_limit +========== + +Number of kernel warnings after which the kernel should panic when +``panic_on_warn`` is not set. Setting this to 0 disables checking +the warning count. Setting this to 1 has the same effect as setting +``panic_on_warn=1``. The default value is 0. + + watchdog ======== |