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authorStephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>2020-03-15 13:26:48 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-04-20 16:59:23 -0600
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docs: sysctl/kernel: document BPF entries
Based on the implementation in kernel/bpf/syscall.c, kernel/bpf/trampoline.c, include/linux/filter.h, and the documentation in bpftool-prog.rst. Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200315122648.20558-1-steve@sk2.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -102,6 +102,20 @@ See the ``type_of_loader`` and ``ext_loader_ver`` fields in
:doc:`/x86/boot` for additional information.
+bpf_stats_enabled
+=================
+
+Controls whether the kernel should collect statistics on BPF programs
+(total time spent running, number of times run...). Enabling
+statistics causes a slight reduction in performance on each program
+run. The statistics can be seen using ``bpftool``.
+
+= ===================================
+0 Don't collect statistics (default).
+1 Collect statistics.
+= ===================================
+
+
cap_last_cap
============
@@ -1178,6 +1192,16 @@ NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires unknown NMI up, for
example. If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch.
+unprivileged_bpf_disabled
+=========================
+
+Writing 1 to this entry will disable unprivileged calls to ``bpf()``;
+once disabled, calling ``bpf()`` without ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN`` will return
+``-EPERM``.
+
+Once set, this can't be cleared.
+
+
watchdog
========