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| author | Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> | 2011-01-19 11:22:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> | 2011-01-19 11:22:54 +0000 |
| commit | a1926d1745114789687ac029ae8c58944b7d2256 (patch) | |
| tree | c303e75615e378451a80b97bfd2c1ba54029d9bb /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |
| parent | 492e917635a0fa05439bb562fd51577efc9cef30 (diff) | |
| parent | 52fc43f7c1c416b114e88ff39635c36e67ef15b6 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-2.6.38' into for-2.6.39
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 209e1584c3d..11d5ceda5bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - hotplug - java-appletviewer [ binfmt_java, obsolete ] - java-interpreter [ binfmt_java, obsolete ] +- kptr_restrict - kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ] - l2cr [ PPC only ] - modprobe ==> Documentation/debugging-modules.txt @@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ dmesg_restrict: This toggle indicates whether unprivileged users are prevented from using dmesg(8) to view messages from the kernel's log buffer. When dmesg_restrict is set to (0) there are no restrictions. When -dmesg_restrict is set set to (1), users must have CAP_SYS_ADMIN to use +dmesg_restrict is set set to (1), users must have CAP_SYSLOG to use dmesg(8). The kernel config option CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT sets the default @@ -261,6 +262,19 @@ This flag controls the L2 cache of G3 processor boards. If ============================================================== +kptr_restrict: + +This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on +exposing kernel addresses via /proc and other interfaces. When +kptr_restrict is set to (0), there are no restrictions. When +kptr_restrict is set to (1), the default, kernel pointers +printed using the %pK format specifier will be replaced with 0's +unless the user has CAP_SYSLOG. When kptr_restrict is set to +(2), kernel pointers printed using %pK will be replaced with 0's +regardless of privileges. + +============================================================== + kstack_depth_to_print: (X86 only) Controls the number of words to print when dumping the raw |