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authorSumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>2017-08-15 14:42:42 +0530
committerSumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>2017-08-15 14:42:42 +0530
commit27f659ddd0ab03ddf2a8248c6cd0d005a933ee01 (patch)
tree3748cc6b25dfcbf5ad3ee77018e49d71fa2052fa /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parentf5ec4ffd9c9ddf29aaf339a8619a5cd145f62342 (diff)
parentf7c8f04f49568e772560bbe388895daaf9b053f6 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'stable-rc/linux-4.4.y' into 4.4.83-rc-hikey4.4-83-rc-hikey-20170815
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@@ -810,14 +810,13 @@ via the /proc/sys interface:
Each write syscall must fully contain the sysctl value to be
written, and multiple writes on the same sysctl file descriptor
will rewrite the sysctl value, regardless of file position.
- 0 - (default) Same behavior as above, but warn about processes that
- perform writes to a sysctl file descriptor when the file position
- is not 0.
- 1 - Respect file position when writing sysctl strings. Multiple writes
- will append to the sysctl value buffer. Anything past the max length
- of the sysctl value buffer will be ignored. Writes to numeric sysctl
- entries must always be at file position 0 and the value must be
- fully contained in the buffer sent in the write syscall.
+ 0 - Same behavior as above, but warn about processes that perform writes
+ to a sysctl file descriptor when the file position is not 0.
+ 1 - (default) Respect file position when writing sysctl strings. Multiple
+ writes will append to the sysctl value buffer. Anything past the max
+ length of the sysctl value buffer will be ignored. Writes to numeric
+ sysctl entries must always be at file position 0 and the value must
+ be fully contained in the buffer sent in the write syscall.
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