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authorStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2006-09-17 18:17:19 +0200
committerStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2006-09-17 18:19:31 +0200
commit9b4f2e9576658c4e52d95dc8d309f51b2e2db096 (patch)
tree7b1902b0f931783fccc6fee45c6f9c16b4fde5ce /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parent3c6c65f5ed5a6d307bd607aecd06d658c0934d88 (diff)
parent803db244b9f71102e366fd689000c1417b9a7508 (diff)
ieee1394: merge from Linus
Conflicts: drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c Patch "lockdep: annotate ieee1394 skb-queue-head locking" was meddling with patch "ieee1394: fix kerneldoc of hpsb_alloc_host". Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index b0c7ab93dcb..89bf8c20a58 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- shmmax [ sysv ipc ]
- shmmni
- stop-a [ SPARC only ]
-- suid_dumpable
- sysrq ==> Documentation/sysrq.txt
- tainted
- threads-max
@@ -211,9 +210,8 @@ Controls the kernel's behaviour when an oops or BUG is encountered.
0: try to continue operation
-1: delay a few seconds (to give klogd time to record the oops output) and
- then panic. If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the machine will
- be rebooted.
+1: panic immediatly. If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the
+ machine will be rebooted.
==============================================================
@@ -311,25 +309,6 @@ kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX.
==============================================================
-suid_dumpable:
-
-This value can be used to query and set the core dump mode for setuid
-or otherwise protected/tainted binaries. The modes are
-
-0 - (default) - traditional behaviour. Any process which has changed
- privilege levels or is execute only will not be dumped
-1 - (debug) - all processes dump core when possible. The core dump is
- owned by the current user and no security is applied. This is
- intended for system debugging situations only. Ptrace is unchecked.
-2 - (suidsafe) - any binary which normally would not be dumped is dumped
- readable by root only. This allows the end user to remove
- such a dump but not access it directly. For security reasons
- core dumps in this mode will not overwrite one another or
- other files. This mode is appropriate when adminstrators are
- attempting to debug problems in a normal environment.
-
-==============================================================
-
tainted:
Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which