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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-03-09 09:56:17 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-03-09 09:56:17 -0800 |
commit | 1a29e857507046e413ca7a4a7c9cd32fed9ea255 (patch) | |
tree | 5a46d9c4dcab39fc588a9ac2c9f5e4c866d41254 /Documentation/sysctl | |
parent | c4703acd6d4a58dc4b31ad2a8f8b14becb898d25 (diff) | |
parent | 4064174becc09a5a2385a27c8a6fd40888b0e13c (diff) |
Merge tag 'docs-5.1' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"A fairly routine cycle for docs - lots of typo fixes, some new
documents, and more translations. There's also some LICENSES
adjustments from Thomas"
* tag 'docs-5.1' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (74 commits)
docs: Bring some order to filesystem documentation
Documentation/locking/lockdep: Drop last two chars of sample states
doc: rcu: Suspicious RCU usage is a warning
docs: driver-api: iio: fix errors in documentation
Documentation/process/howto: Update for 4.x -> 5.x versioning
docs: Explicitly state that the 'Fixes:' tag shouldn't split lines
doc: security: Add kern-doc for lsm_hooks.h
doc: sctp: Merge and clean up rst files
Docs: Correct /proc/stat path
scripts/spdxcheck.py: fix C++ comment style detection
doc: fix typos in license-rules.rst
Documentation: fix admin-guide/README.rst minimum gcc version requirement
doc: process: complete removal of info about -git patches
doc: translations: sync translations 'remove info about -git patches'
perf-security: wrap paragraphs on 72 columns
perf-security: elaborate on perf_events/Perf privileged users
perf-security: document collected perf_events/Perf data categories
perf-security: document perf_events/Perf resource control
sysfs.txt: add note on available attribute macros
docs: kernel-doc: typo "if ... if" -> "if ... is"
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 50 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 2 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 379063e58326..aa058aa7bf28 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - stop-a [ SPARC only ] - sysrq ==> Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst - sysctl_writes_strict -- tainted +- tainted ==> Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst - threads-max - unknown_nmi_panic - watchdog @@ -1031,39 +1031,33 @@ compilation sees a 1% slowdown, other systems and workloads may vary. 1: kernel stack erasing is enabled (default), it is performed before returning to the userspace at the end of syscalls. - ============================================================== -tainted: +tainted Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which can be ORed together. The letters are seen in "Tainted" line of Oops reports. - 1 (P): A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this - includes modules with no license. - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. - 2 (F): A module was force loaded by insmod -f. - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. - 4 (S): Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. - 8 (R): A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f. - 16 (M): A hardware machine check error occurred on the system. - 32 (B): A bad page was discovered on the system. - 64 (U): The user has asked that the system be marked "tainted". This - could be because they are running software that directly modifies - the hardware, or for other reasons. - 128 (D): The system has died. - 256 (A): The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user - instead of using the one provided by the hardware. - 512 (W): A kernel warning has occurred. - 1024 (C): A module from drivers/staging was loaded. - 2048 (I): The system is working around a severe firmware bug. - 4096 (O): An out-of-tree module has been loaded. - 8192 (E): An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module - signature. - 16384 (L): A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system. - 32768 (K): The kernel has been live patched. - 65536 (X): Auxiliary taint, defined and used by for distros. -131072 (T): The kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin. + 1 (P): proprietary module was loaded + 2 (F): module was force loaded + 4 (S): SMP kernel oops on an officially SMP incapable processor + 8 (R): module was force unloaded + 16 (M): processor reported a Machine Check Exception (MCE) + 32 (B): bad page referenced or some unexpected page flags + 64 (U): taint requested by userspace application + 128 (D): kernel died recently, i.e. there was an OOPS or BUG + 256 (A): an ACPI table was overridden by user + 512 (W): kernel issued warning + 1024 (C): staging driver was loaded + 2048 (I): workaround for bug in platform firmware applied + 4096 (O): externally-built ("out-of-tree") module was loaded + 8192 (E): unsigned module was loaded + 16384 (L): soft lockup occurred + 32768 (K): kernel has been live patched + 65536 (X): Auxiliary taint, defined and used by for distros +131072 (T): The kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin + +See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for more information. ============================================================== diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 187ce4f599a2..6af24cdb25cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ used: cat (1234): drop_caches: 3 These are informational only. They do not mean that anything is wrong -with your system. To disable them, echo 4 (bit 3) into drop_caches. +with your system. To disable them, echo 4 (bit 2) into drop_caches. ============================================================== |