Documentation / sysctl / kernel.txt

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	Documentation for /proc/sys/kernel/*	kernel version 2.2.10
		(c) 1998, 1999,  Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org>
		(c) 2009,        Shen Feng<shen@cn.fujitsu.com>
	
	For general info and legal blurb, please look in README.
	
	==============================================================
	
	This file contains documentation for the sysctl files in
	/proc/sys/kernel/ and is valid for Linux kernel version 2.2.
	
	The files in this directory can be used to tune and monitor
	miscellaneous and general things in the operation of the Linux
	kernel. Since some of the files _can_ be used to screw up your
	system, it is advisable to read both documentation and source
	before actually making adjustments.
	
	Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration)
	show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
	
	- acct
	- acpi_video_flags
	- auto_msgmni
	- bootloader_type	     [ X86 only ]
	- bootloader_version	     [ X86 only ]
	- callhome		     [ S390 only ]
	- cap_last_cap
	- core_pattern
	- core_pipe_limit
	- core_uses_pid
	- ctrl-alt-del
	- dmesg_restrict
	- domainname
	- hostname
	- hotplug
	- hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace
	- hardlockup_panic
	- hung_task_panic
	- hung_task_check_count
	- hung_task_timeout_secs
	- hung_task_warnings
	- kexec_load_disabled
	- kptr_restrict
	- l2cr                        [ PPC only ]
	- modprobe                    ==> Documentation/debugging-modules.txt
	- modules_disabled
	- msg_next_id		      [ sysv ipc ]
	- msgmax
	- msgmnb
	- msgmni
	- nmi_watchdog
	- osrelease
	- ostype
	- overflowgid
	- overflowuid
	- panic
	- panic_on_oops
	- panic_on_stackoverflow
	- panic_on_unrecovered_nmi
	- panic_on_warn
	- panic_on_rcu_stall
	- 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 ]
	- printk
	- printk_delay
	- printk_ratelimit
	- printk_ratelimit_burst
	- pty                         ==> Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt
	- randomize_va_space
	- real-root-dev               ==> Documentation/admin-guide/initrd.rst
	- reboot-cmd                  [ SPARC only ]
	- rtsig-max
	- rtsig-nr
	- seccomp/                    ==> Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst
	- sem
	- sem_next_id		      [ sysv ipc ]
	- sg-big-buff                 [ generic SCSI device (sg) ]
	- shm_next_id		      [ sysv ipc ]
	- shm_rmid_forced
	- shmall
	- shmmax                      [ sysv ipc ]
	- shmmni
	- softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace
	- soft_watchdog
	- stop-a                      [ SPARC only ]
	- sysrq                       ==> Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst
	- sysctl_writes_strict
	- tainted
	- threads-max
	- unknown_nmi_panic
	- watchdog
	- watchdog_thresh
	- version
	
	==============================================================
	
	acct:
	
	highwater lowwater frequency
	
	If BSD-style process accounting is enabled these values control
	its behaviour. If free space on filesystem where the log lives
	goes below <lowwater>% accounting suspends. If free space gets
	above <highwater>% accounting resumes. <Frequency> determines
	how often do we check the amount of free space (value is in
	seconds). Default:
	4 2 30
	That is, suspend accounting if there left <= 2% free; resume it
	if we got >=4%; consider information about amount of free space
	valid for 30 seconds.
	
	==============================================================
	
	acpi_video_flags:
	
	flags
	
	See Doc*/kernel/power/video.txt, it allows mode of video boot to be
	set during run time.
	
	==============================================================
	
	auto_msgmni:
	
	This variable has no effect and may be removed in future kernel
	releases. Reading it always returns 0.
	Up to Linux 3.17, it enabled/disabled automatic recomputing of msgmni
	upon memory add/remove or upon ipc namespace creation/removal.
	Echoing "1" into this file enabled msgmni automatic recomputing.
	Echoing "0" turned it off. auto_msgmni default value was 1.
	
	
	==============================================================
	
	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.
	
	The s390 hardware allows an operating system to send a notification
	to a service organization (callhome) in case of an operating system panic.
	
	When the value in this file is 0 (which is the default behavior)
	nothing happens in case of a kernel panic. If this value is set to "1"
	the complete kernel oops message is send to the IBM customer service
	organization in case the mainframe the Linux operating system is running
	on has a service contract with IBM.
	
	==============================================================
	
	cap_last_cap
	
	Highest valid capability of the running kernel.  Exports
	CAP_LAST_CAP from the kernel.
	
	==============================================================
	
	core_pattern:
	
	core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name.
	. max length 128 characters; default value is "core"
	. core_pattern is used as a pattern template for the output filename;
	  certain string patterns (beginning with '%') are substituted with
	  their actual values.
	. backward compatibility with core_uses_pid:
		If core_pattern does not include "%p" (default does not)
		and core_uses_pid is set, then .PID will be appended to
		the filename.
	. corename format specifiers:
		%<NUL>	'%' is dropped
		%%	output one '%'
		%p	pid
		%P	global pid (init PID namespace)
		%i	tid
		%I	global tid (init PID namespace)
		%u	uid (in initial user namespace)
		%g	gid (in initial user namespace)
		%d	dump mode, matches PR_SET_DUMPABLE and
			/proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable
		%s	signal number
		%t	UNIX time of dump
		%h	hostname
		%e	executable filename (may be shortened)
		%E	executable path
		%<OTHER> both are dropped
	. If the first character of the pattern is a '|', the kernel will treat
	  the rest of the pattern as a command to run.  The core dump will be
	  written to the standard input of that program instead of to a file.
	
	==============================================================
	
	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
	core_uses_pid to 1, the coredump filename becomes core.PID.
	If core_pattern does not include "%p" (default does not)
	and core_uses_pid is set, then .PID will be appended to
	the filename.
	
	==============================================================
	
	ctrl-alt-del:
	
	When the value in this file is 0, ctrl-alt-del is trapped and
	sent to the init(1) program to handle a graceful restart.
	When, however, the value is > 0, Linux's reaction to a Vulcan
	Nerve Pinch (tm) will be an immediate reboot, without even
	syncing its dirty buffers.
	
	Note: when a program (like dosemu) has the keyboard in 'raw'
	mode, the ctrl-alt-del is intercepted by the program before it
	ever reaches the kernel tty layer, and it's up to the program
	to decide what to do with it.
	
	==============================================================
	
	dmesg_restrict:
	
	This toggle indicates whether unprivileged users are prevented
	from using dmesg(8) to view messages from the kernel's log buffer.
	When dmesg_restrict is set to (0) there are no restrictions. When
	dmesg_restrict is set set to (1), users must have CAP_SYSLOG to use
	dmesg(8).
	
	The kernel config option CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT sets the
	default value of dmesg_restrict.
	
	==============================================================
	
	domainname & hostname:
	
	These files can be used to set the NIS/YP domainname and the
	hostname of your box in exactly the same way as the commands
	domainname and hostname, i.e.:
	# echo "darkstar" > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
	# echo "mydomain" > /proc/sys/kernel/domainname
	has the same effect as
	# hostname "darkstar"
	# domainname "mydomain"
	
	Note, however, that the classic darkstar.frop.org has the
	hostname "darkstar" and DNS (Internet Domain Name Server)
	domainname "frop.org", not to be confused with the NIS (Network
	Information Service) or YP (Yellow Pages) domainname. These two
	domain names are in general different. For a detailed discussion
	see the hostname(1) man page.
	
	==============================================================
	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace:
	
	This value controls the hard lockup detector behavior when a hard
	lockup condition is detected as to whether or not to gather further
	debug information. If enabled, arch-specific all-CPU stack dumping
	will be initiated.
	
	0: do nothing. This is the default behavior.
	
	1: on detection capture more debug information.
	==============================================================
	
	hardlockup_panic:
	
	This parameter can be used to control whether the kernel panics
	when a hard lockup is detected.
	
	   0 - don't panic on hard lockup
	   1 - panic on hard lockup
	
	See Documentation/lockup-watchdogs.txt for more information.  This can
	also be set using the nmi_watchdog kernel parameter.
	
	==============================================================
	
	hotplug:
	
	Path for the hotplug policy agent.
	Default value is "/sbin/hotplug".
	
	==============================================================
	
	hung_task_panic:
	
	Controls the kernel's behavior when a hung task is detected.
	This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
	
	0: continue operation. This is the default behavior.
	
	1: panic immediately.
	
	==============================================================
	
	hung_task_check_count:
	
	The upper bound on the number of tasks that are checked.
	This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
	
	==============================================================
	
	hung_task_timeout_secs:
	
	Check interval. When a task in D state did not get scheduled
	for more than this value report a warning.
	This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
	
	0: means infinite timeout - no checking done.
	Possible values to set are in range {0..LONG_MAX/HZ}.
	
	==============================================================
	
	hung_task_warnings:
	
	The maximum number of warnings to report. During a check interval
	if a hung task is detected, this value is decreased by 1.
	When this value reaches 0, no more warnings will be reported.
	This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
	
	-1: report an infinite number of warnings.
	
	==============================================================
	
	kexec_load_disabled:
	
	A toggle indicating if the kexec_load syscall has been disabled. This
	value defaults to 0 (false: kexec_load enabled), but can be set to 1
	(true: kexec_load disabled). Once true, kexec can no longer be used, and
	the toggle cannot be set back to false. This allows a kexec image to be
	loaded before disabling the syscall, allowing a system to set up (and
	later use) an image without it being altered. Generally used together
	with the "modules_disabled" sysctl.
	
	==============================================================
	
	kptr_restrict:
	
	This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on
	exposing kernel addresses via /proc and other interfaces.
	
	When kptr_restrict is set to 0 (the default) the address is hashed before
	printing. (This is the equivalent to %p.)
	
	When kptr_restrict is set to (1), kernel pointers printed using the %pK
	format specifier will be replaced with 0's unless the user has CAP_SYSLOG
	and effective user and group ids are equal to the real ids. This is
	because %pK checks are done at read() time rather than open() time, so
	if permissions are elevated between the open() and the read() (e.g via
	a setuid binary) then %pK will not leak kernel pointers to unprivileged
	users. Note, this is a temporary solution only. The correct long-term
	solution is to do the permission checks at open() time. Consider removing
	world read permissions from files that use %pK, and using dmesg_restrict
	to protect against uses of %pK in dmesg(8) if leaking kernel pointer
	values to unprivileged users is a concern.
	
	When kptr_restrict is set to (2), kernel pointers printed using
	%pK will be replaced with 0's regardless of privileges.
	
	==============================================================
	
	l2cr: (PPC only)
	
	This flag controls the L2 cache of G3 processor boards. If
	0, the cache is disabled. Enabled if nonzero.
	
	==============================================================
	
	modules_disabled:
	
	A toggle value indicating if modules are allowed to be loaded
	in an otherwise modular kernel.  This toggle defaults to off
	(0), but can be set true (1).  Once true, modules can be
	neither loaded nor unloaded, and the toggle cannot be set back
	to false.  Generally used with the "kexec_load_disabled" toggle.
	
	==============================================================
	
	msg_next_id, sem_next_id, and shm_next_id:
	
	These three toggles allows to specify desired id for next allocated IPC
	object: message, semaphore or shared memory respectively.
	
	By default they are equal to -1, which means generic allocation logic.
	Possible values to set are in range {0..INT_MAX}.
	
	Notes:
	1) kernel doesn't guarantee, that new object will have desired id. So,
	it's up to userspace, how to handle an object with "wrong" id.
	2) Toggle with non-default value will be set back to -1 by kernel after
	successful IPC object allocation.
	
	==============================================================
	
	nmi_watchdog:
	
	This parameter can be used to control the NMI watchdog
	(i.e. the hard lockup detector) on x86 systems.
	
	   0 - disable the hard lockup detector
	   1 - enable the hard lockup detector
	
	The hard lockup detector monitors each CPU for its ability to respond to
	timer interrupts. The mechanism utilizes CPU performance counter registers
	that are programmed to generate Non-Maskable Interrupts (NMIs) periodically
	while a CPU is busy. Hence, the alternative name 'NMI watchdog'.
	
	The NMI watchdog is disabled by default if the kernel is running as a guest
	in a KVM virtual machine. This default can be overridden by adding
	
	   nmi_watchdog=1
	
	to the guest kernel command line (see Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst).
	
	==============================================================
	
	numa_balancing
	
	Enables/disables automatic page fault based NUMA memory
	balancing. Memory is moved automatically to nodes
	that access it often.
	
	Enables/disables automatic NUMA memory balancing. On NUMA machines, there
	is a performance penalty if remote memory is accessed by a CPU. When this
	feature is enabled the kernel samples what task thread is accessing memory
	by periodically unmapping pages and later trapping a page fault. At the
	time of the page fault, it is determined if the data being accessed should
	be migrated to a local memory node.
	
	The unmapping of pages and trapping faults incur additional overhead that
	ideally is offset by improved memory locality but there is no universal
	guarantee. If the target workload is already bound to NUMA nodes then this
	feature should be disabled. Otherwise, if the system overhead from the
	feature is too high then the rate the kernel samples for NUMA hinting
	faults may be controlled by the numa_balancing_scan_period_min_ms,
	numa_balancing_scan_delay_ms, numa_balancing_scan_period_max_ms,
	numa_balancing_scan_size_mb, and numa_balancing_settle_count sysctls.
	
	==============================================================
	
	numa_balancing_scan_period_min_ms, numa_balancing_scan_delay_ms,
	numa_balancing_scan_period_max_ms, numa_balancing_scan_size_mb
	
	Automatic NUMA balancing scans tasks address space and unmaps pages to
	detect if pages are properly placed or if the data should be migrated to a
	memory node local to where the task is running.  Every "scan delay" the task
	scans the next "scan size" number of pages in its address space. When the
	end of the address space is reached the scanner restarts from the beginning.
	
	In combination, the "scan delay" and "scan size" determine the scan rate.
	When "scan delay" decreases, the scan rate increases.  The scan delay and
	hence the scan rate of every task is adaptive and depends on historical
	behaviour. If pages are properly placed then the scan delay increases,
	otherwise the scan delay decreases.  The "scan size" is not adaptive but
	the higher the "scan size", the higher the scan rate.
	
	Higher scan rates incur higher system overhead as page faults must be
	trapped and potentially data must be migrated. However, the higher the scan
	rate, the more quickly a tasks memory is migrated to a local node if the
	workload pattern changes and minimises performance impact due to remote
	memory accesses. These sysctls control the thresholds for scan delays and
	the number of pages scanned.
	
	numa_balancing_scan_period_min_ms is the minimum time in milliseconds to
	scan a tasks virtual memory. It effectively controls the maximum scanning
	rate for each task.
	
	numa_balancing_scan_delay_ms is the starting "scan delay" used for a task
	when it initially forks.
	
	numa_balancing_scan_period_max_ms is the maximum time in milliseconds to
	scan a tasks virtual memory. It effectively controls the minimum scanning
	rate for each task.
	
	numa_balancing_scan_size_mb is how many megabytes worth of pages are
	scanned for a given scan.
	
	==============================================================
	
	osrelease, ostype & version:
	
	# cat osrelease
	2.1.88
	# cat ostype
	Linux
	# cat version
	#5 Wed Feb 25 21:49:24 MET 1998
	
	The files osrelease and ostype should be clear enough. Version
	needs a little more clarification however. The '#5' means that
	this is the fifth kernel built from this source base and the
	date behind it indicates the time the kernel was built.
	The only way to tune these values is to rebuild the kernel :-)
	
	==============================================================
	
	overflowgid & overflowuid:
	
	if your architecture did not always support 32-bit UIDs (i.e. arm,
	i386, m68k, sh, and sparc32), a fixed UID and GID will be returned to
	applications that use the old 16-bit UID/GID system calls, if the
	actual UID or GID would exceed 65535.
	
	These sysctls allow you to change the value of the fixed UID and GID.
	The default is 65534.
	
	==============================================================
	
	panic:
	
	The value in this file represents the number of seconds the kernel
	waits before rebooting on a panic. When you use the software watchdog,
	the recommended setting is 60.
	
	==============================================================
	
	panic_on_io_nmi:
	
	Controls the kernel's behavior when a CPU receives an NMI caused by
	an IO error.
	
	0: try to continue operation (default)
	
	1: panic immediately. The IO error triggered an NMI. This indicates a
	   serious system condition which could result in IO data corruption.
	   Rather than continuing, panicking might be a better choice. Some
	   servers issue this sort of NMI when the dump button is pushed,
	   and you can use this option to take a crash dump.
	
	==============================================================
	
	panic_on_oops:
	
	Controls the kernel's behaviour when an oops or BUG is encountered.
	
	0: try to continue operation
	
	1: panic immediately.  If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the
	   machine will be rebooted.
	
	==============================================================
	
	panic_on_stackoverflow:
	
	Controls the kernel's behavior when detecting the overflows of
	kernel, IRQ and exception stacks except a user stack.
	This file shows up if CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW is enabled.
	
	0: try to continue operation.
	
	1: panic immediately.
	
	==============================================================
	
	panic_on_unrecovered_nmi:
	
	The default Linux behaviour on an NMI of either memory or unknown is
	to continue operation. For many environments such as scientific
	computing it is preferable that the box is taken out and the error
	dealt with than an uncorrected parity/ECC error get propagated.
	
	A small number of systems do generate NMI's for bizarre random reasons
	such as power management so the default is off. That sysctl works like
	the existing panic controls already in that directory.
	
	==============================================================
	
	panic_on_warn:
	
	Calls panic() in the WARN() path when set to 1.  This is useful to avoid
	a kernel rebuild when attempting to kdump at the location of a WARN().
	
	0: only WARN(), default behaviour.
	
	1: call panic() after printing out WARN() location.
	
	==============================================================
	
	panic_on_rcu_stall:
	
	When set to 1, calls panic() after RCU stall detection messages. This
	is useful to define the root cause of RCU stalls using a vmcore.
	
	0: do not panic() when RCU stall takes place, default behavior.
	
	1: panic() after printing RCU stall messages.
	
	==============================================================
	
	perf_cpu_time_max_percent:
	
	Hints to the kernel how much CPU time it should be allowed to
	use to handle perf sampling events.  If the perf subsystem
	is informed that its samples are exceeding this limit, it
	will drop its sampling frequency to attempt to reduce its CPU
	usage.
	
	Some perf sampling happens in NMIs.  If these samples
	unexpectedly take too long to execute, the NMIs can become
	stacked up next to each other so much that nothing else is
	allowed to execute.
	
	0: disable the mechanism.  Do not monitor or correct perf's
	   sampling rate no matter how CPU time it takes.
	
	1-100: attempt to throttle perf's sample rate to this
	   percentage of CPU.  Note: the kernel calculates an
	   "expected" length of each sample event.  100 here means
	   100% of that expected length.  Even if this is set to
	   100, you may still see sample throttling if this
	   length is exceeded.  Set to 0 if you truly do not care
	   how much CPU is consumed.
	
	==============================================================
	
	perf_event_paranoid:
	
	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
	     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
	
	==============================================================
	
	perf_event_max_stack:
	
	Controls maximum number of stack frames to copy for (attr.sample_type &
	PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) configured events, for instance, when using
	'perf record -g' or 'perf trace --call-graph fp'.
	
	This can only be done when no events are in use that have callchains
	enabled, otherwise writing to this file will return -EBUSY.
	
	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
	(attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) configured events, for
	instance, when using 'perf record -g' or 'perf trace --call-graph fp'.
	
	This can only be done when no events are in use that have callchains
	enabled, otherwise writing to this file will return -EBUSY.
	
	The default value is 8.
	
	==============================================================
	
	pid_max:
	
	PID allocation wrap value.  When the kernel's next PID value
	reaches this value, it wraps back to a minimum PID value.
	PIDs of value pid_max or larger are not allocated.
	
	==============================================================
	
	ns_last_pid:
	
	The last pid allocated in the current (the one task using this sysctl
	lives in) pid namespace. When selecting a pid for a next task on fork
	kernel tries to allocate a number starting from this one.
	
	==============================================================
	
	powersave-nap: (PPC only)
	
	If set, Linux-PPC will use the 'nap' mode of powersaving,
	otherwise the 'doze' mode will be used.
	
	==============================================================
	
	printk:
	
	The four values in printk denote: console_loglevel,
	default_message_loglevel, minimum_console_loglevel and
	default_console_loglevel respectively.
	
	These values influence printk() behavior when printing or
	logging error messages. See 'man 2 syslog' for more info on
	the different loglevels.
	
	- console_loglevel: messages with a higher priority than
	  this will be printed to the console
	- default_message_loglevel: messages without an explicit priority
	  will be printed with this priority
	- minimum_console_loglevel: minimum (highest) value to which
	  console_loglevel can be set
	- default_console_loglevel: default value for console_loglevel
	
	==============================================================
	
	printk_delay:
	
	Delay each printk message in printk_delay milliseconds
	
	Value from 0 - 10000 is allowed.
	
	==============================================================
	
	printk_ratelimit:
	
	Some warning messages are rate limited. printk_ratelimit specifies
	the minimum length of time between these messages (in jiffies), by
	default we allow one every 5 seconds.
	
	A value of 0 will disable rate limiting.
	
	==============================================================
	
	printk_ratelimit_burst:
	
	While long term we enforce one message per printk_ratelimit
	seconds, we do allow a burst of messages to pass through.
	printk_ratelimit_burst specifies the number of messages we can
	send before ratelimiting kicks in.
	
	==============================================================
	
	printk_devkmsg:
	
	Control the logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace:
	
	ratelimit: default, ratelimited
	on: unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
	off: logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
	
	The kernel command line parameter printk.devkmsg= overrides this and is
	a one-time setting until next reboot: once set, it cannot be changed by
	this sysctl interface anymore.
	
	==============================================================
	
	randomize_va_space:
	
	This option can be used to select the type of process address
	space randomization that is used in the system, for architectures
	that support this feature.
	
	0 - Turn the process address space randomization off.  This is the
	    default for architectures that do not support this feature anyways,
	    and kernels that are booted with the "norandmaps" parameter.
	
	1 - Make the addresses of mmap base, stack and VDSO page randomized.
	    This, among other things, implies that shared libraries will be
	    loaded to random addresses.  Also for PIE-linked binaries, the
	    location of code start is randomized.  This is the default if the
	    CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK option is enabled.
	
	2 - Additionally enable heap randomization.  This is the default if
	    CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is disabled.
	
	    There are a few legacy applications out there (such as some ancient
	    versions of libc.so.5 from 1996) that assume that brk area starts
	    just after the end of the code+bss.  These applications break when
	    start of the brk area is randomized.  There are however no known
	    non-legacy applications that would be broken this way, so for most
	    systems it is safe to choose full randomization.
	
	    Systems with ancient and/or broken binaries should be configured
	    with CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK enabled, which excludes the heap from process
	    address space randomization.
	
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	reboot-cmd: (Sparc only)
	
	??? This seems to be a way to give an argument to the Sparc
	ROM/Flash boot loader. Maybe to tell it what to do after
	rebooting. ???
	
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	rtsig-max & rtsig-nr:
	
	The file rtsig-max can be used to tune the maximum number
	of POSIX realtime (queued) signals that can be outstanding
	in the system.
	
	rtsig-nr shows the number of RT signals currently queued.
	
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	sched_schedstats:
	
	Enables/disables scheduler statistics. Enabling this feature
	incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler but is
	useful for debugging and performance tuning.
	
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	sg-big-buff:
	
	This file shows the size of the generic SCSI (sg) buffer.
	You can't tune it just yet, but you could change it on
	compile time by editing include/scsi/sg.h and changing
	the value of SG_BIG_BUFF.
	
	There shouldn't be any reason to change this value. If
	you can come up with one, you probably know what you
	are doing anyway :)
	
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	shmall:
	
	This parameter sets the total amount of shared memory pages that
	can be used system wide. Hence, SHMALL should always be at least
	ceil(shmmax/PAGE_SIZE).
	
	If you are not sure what the default PAGE_SIZE is on your Linux
	system, you can run the following command:
	
	# getconf PAGE_SIZE
	
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	shmmax:
	
	This value can be used to query and set the run time limit
	on the maximum shared memory segment size that can be created.
	Shared memory segments up to 1Gb are now supported in the
	kernel.  This value defaults to SHMMAX.
	
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	shm_rmid_forced:
	
	Linux lets you set resource limits, including how much memory one
	process can consume, via setrlimit(2).  Unfortunately, shared memory
	segments are allowed to exist without association with any process, and
	thus might not be counted against any resource limits.  If enabled,
	shared memory segments are automatically destroyed when their attach
	count becomes zero after a detach or a process termination.  It will
	also destroy segments that were created, but never attached to, on exit
	from the process.  The only use left for IPC_RMID is to immediately
	destroy an unattached segment.  Of course, this breaks the way things are
	defined, so some applications might stop working.  Note that this
	feature will do you no good unless you also configure your resource
	limits (in particular, RLIMIT_AS and RLIMIT_NPROC).  Most systems don't
	need this.
	
	Note that if you change this from 0 to 1, already created segments
	without users and with a dead originative process will be destroyed.
	
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	sysctl_writes_strict:
	
	Control how file position affects the behavior of updating sysctl values
	via the /proc/sys interface:
	
	  -1 - Legacy per-write sysctl value handling, with no printk warnings.
	       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 - 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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	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace:
	
	This value controls the soft lockup detector thread's behavior
	when a soft lockup condition is detected as to whether or not
	to gather further debug information. If enabled, each cpu will
	be issued an NMI and instructed to capture stack trace.
	
	This feature is only applicable for architectures which support
	NMI.
	
	0: do nothing. This is the default behavior.
	
	1: on detection capture more debug information.
	
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	soft_watchdog
	
	This parameter can be used to control the soft lockup detector.
	
	   0 - disable the soft lockup detector
	   1 - enable the soft lockup detector
	
	The soft lockup detector monitors CPUs for threads that are hogging the CPUs
	without rescheduling voluntarily, and thus prevent the 'watchdog/N' threads
	from running. The mechanism depends on the CPUs ability to respond to timer
	interrupts which are needed for the 'watchdog/N' threads to be woken up by
	the watchdog timer function, otherwise the NMI watchdog - if enabled - can
	detect a hard lockup condition.
	
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	tainted:
	
	Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted.  Numeric values, which
	can be ORed together:
	
	   1 - 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 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
	       Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
	   4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
	   8 - A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f.
	  16 - A hardware machine check error occurred on the system.
	  32 - A bad page was discovered on the system.
	  64 - 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 - The system has died.
	 256 - The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user
	        instead of using the one provided by the hardware.
	 512 - A kernel warning has occurred.
	1024 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded.
	2048 - The system is working around a severe firmware bug.
	4096 - An out-of-tree module has been loaded.
	8192 - An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module
	       signature.
	16384 - A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
	32768 - The kernel has been live patched.
	
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	threads-max
	
	This value controls the maximum number of threads that can be created
	using fork().
	
	During initialization the kernel sets this value such that even if the
	maximum number of threads is created, the thread structures occupy only
	a part (1/8th) of the available RAM pages.
	
	The minimum value that can be written to threads-max is 20.
	The maximum value that can be written to threads-max is given by the
	constant FUTEX_TID_MASK (0x3fffffff).
	If a value outside of this range is written to threads-max an error
	EINVAL occurs.
	
	The value written is checked against the available RAM pages. If the
	thread structures would occupy too much (more than 1/8th) of the
	available RAM pages threads-max is reduced accordingly.
	
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	unknown_nmi_panic:
	
	The value in this file affects behavior of handling NMI. When the
	value is non-zero, unknown NMI is trapped and then panic occurs. At
	that time, kernel debugging information is displayed on console.
	
	NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires unknown NMI up, for
	example.  If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch.
	
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	watchdog:
	
	This parameter can be used to disable or enable the soft lockup detector
	_and_ the NMI watchdog (i.e. the hard lockup detector) at the same time.
	
	   0 - disable both lockup detectors
	   1 - enable both lockup detectors
	
	The soft lockup detector and the NMI watchdog can also be disabled or
	enabled individually, using the soft_watchdog and nmi_watchdog parameters.
	If the watchdog parameter is read, for example by executing
	
	   cat /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog
	
	the output of this command (0 or 1) shows the logical OR of soft_watchdog
	and nmi_watchdog.
	
	==============================================================
	
	watchdog_cpumask:
	
	This value can be used to control on which cpus the watchdog may run.
	The default cpumask is all possible cores, but if NO_HZ_FULL is
	enabled in the kernel config, and cores are specified with the
	nohz_full= boot argument, those cores are excluded by default.
	Offline cores can be included in this mask, and if the core is later
	brought online, the watchdog will be started based on the mask value.
	
	Typically this value would only be touched in the nohz_full case
	to re-enable cores that by default were not running the watchdog,
	if a kernel lockup was suspected on those cores.
	
	The argument value is the standard cpulist format for cpumasks,
	so for example to enable the watchdog on cores 0, 2, 3, and 4 you
	might say:
	
	  echo 0,2-4 > /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog_cpumask
	
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	watchdog_thresh:
	
	This value can be used to control the frequency of hrtimer and NMI
	events and the soft and hard lockup thresholds. The default threshold
	is 10 seconds.
	
	The softlockup threshold is (2 * watchdog_thresh). Setting this
	tunable to zero will disable lockup detection altogether.
	
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