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-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt13
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index bac23c198360..ce61d1fe08ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- perf_cpu_time_max_percent
- perf_event_paranoid
- perf_event_max_stack
+- perf_event_mlock_kb
- perf_event_max_contexts_per_stack
- pid_max
- powersave-nap [ PPC only ]
@@ -654,7 +655,9 @@ Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged
users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 2.
-1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users
->=0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK
+ Ignore mlock limit after perf_event_mlock_kb without CAP_IPC_LOCK
+>=0: Disallow ftrace function tracepoint by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+ Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
>=1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
>=2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
@@ -673,6 +676,14 @@ The default value is 127.
==============================================================
+perf_event_mlock_kb:
+
+Control size of per-cpu ring buffer not counted agains mlock limit.
+
+The default value is 512 + 1 page
+
+==============================================================
+
perf_event_max_contexts_per_stack:
Controls maximum number of stack frame context entries for