drm/drm_crtc: return -EFAULT on copy_to_user errors

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / Documentation / sysctl / kernel.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 3e5b63e..3894eaa 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration)
 show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
 - acpi_video_flags
 - acct
+- bootloader_type           [ X86 only ]
+- bootloader_version        [ X86 only ]
 - callhome                  [ S390 only ]
 - auto_msgmni
 - core_pattern
+- core_pipe_limit
 - core_uses_pid
 - ctrl-alt-del
 - dentry-state
@@ -92,6 +95,35 @@ valid for 30 seconds.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+bootloader_type:
+
+x86 bootloader identification
+
+This gives the bootloader type number as indicated by the bootloader,
+shifted left by 4, and OR'd with the low four bits of the bootloader
+version.  The reason for this encoding is that this used to match the
+type_of_loader field in the kernel header; the encoding is kept for
+backwards compatibility.  That is, if the full bootloader type number
+is 0x15 and the full version number is 0x234, this file will contain
+the value 340 = 0x154.
+
+See the type_of_loader and ext_loader_type fields in
+Documentation/x86/boot.txt for additional information.
+
+==============================================================
+
+bootloader_version:
+
+x86 bootloader version
+
+The complete bootloader version number.  In the example above, this
+file will contain the value 564 = 0x234.
+
+See the type_of_loader and ext_loader_ver fields in
+Documentation/x86/boot.txt for additional information.
+
+==============================================================
+
 callhome:
 
 Controls the kernel's callhome behavior in case of a kernel panic.
@@ -135,6 +167,27 @@ core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+core_pipe_limit:
+
+This sysctl is only applicable when core_pattern is configured to pipe core
+files to a user space helper (when the first character of core_pattern is a '|',
+see above).  When collecting cores via a pipe to an application, it is
+occasionally useful for the collecting application to gather data about the
+crashing process from its /proc/pid directory.  In order to do this safely, the
+kernel must wait for the collecting process to exit, so as not to remove the
+crashing processes proc files prematurely.  This in turn creates the possibility
+that a misbehaving userspace collecting process can block the reaping of a
+crashed process simply by never exiting.  This sysctl defends against that.  It
+defines how many concurrent crashing processes may be piped to user space
+applications in parallel.  If this value is exceeded, then those crashing
+processes above that value are noted via the kernel log and their cores are
+skipped.  0 is a special value, indicating that unlimited processes may be
+captured in parallel, but that no waiting will take place (i.e. the collecting
+process is not guaranteed access to /proc/<crashing pid>/).  This value defaults
+to 0.
+
+==============================================================
+
 core_uses_pid:
 
 The default coredump filename is "core".  By setting
@@ -313,6 +366,14 @@ send before ratelimiting kicks in.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+printk_delay:
+
+Delay each printk message in printk_delay milliseconds
+
+Value from 0 - 10000 is allowed.
+
+==============================================================
+
 randomize-va-space:
 
 This option can be used to select the type of process address