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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index a93b414672a7..f886fbb1ad05 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - panic_on_stackoverflow - panic_on_unrecovered_nmi - panic_on_warn +- perf_cpu_time_max_percent +- perf_event_paranoid - pid_max - powersave-nap [ PPC only ] - printk @@ -639,6 +641,17 @@ 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. + + -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users +>=0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK +>=1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN +>=2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN + +============================================================== pid_max: |