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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index af70d1541d3a..5728779df1ab 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 @@ -624,6 +626,19 @@ allowed to execute. ============================================================== +perf_event_paranoid: + +Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged +users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 3 if +CONFIG_SECURITY_PERF_EVENTS_RESTRICT is set, or 1 otherwise. + + -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 +>=3: Disallow all event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN + +============================================================== pid_max: |