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author | Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> | 2020-03-15 13:26:48 +0100 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2020-04-20 16:59:23 -0600 |
commit | 5d8e5aee0e9391141fe2ab892d0ac98de5783537 (patch) | |
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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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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 0d427fd10941..55b24eada13c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -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 ======== |