Thread (5 messages) 5 messages, 3 authors, 2020-02-25

Re: [PATCH] docs: sysctl/kernel: document BPF entries

From: Alexei Starovoitov <hidden>
Date: 2020-02-23 22:44:46
Also in: bpf, lkml

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:18 AM Stephen Kitt [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Based on the implementation in kernel/bpf/syscall.c,
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c, include/linux/filter.h, and the documentation
in bpftool-prog.rst.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <redacted>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 1c48ab4bfe30..89c70ea7de7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -102,6 +102,20 @@ See the ``type_of_loader`` and ``ext_loader_ver`` fields in
 :doc:`/x86/boot` for additional information.


+bpf_stats_enabled
+=================
+
+Controls whether the kernel should collect statistics on BPF programs
+(total time spent running, number of times run...). Enabling
+statistics causes a slight reduction in performance on each program
+run. The statistics can be seen using ``bpftool``.
+
+= ===================================
+0 Don't collect statistics (default).
+1 Collect statistics.
+= ===================================
+
+
 cap_last_cap
 ============
@@ -1152,6 +1166,16 @@ NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires unknown NMI up, for
 example.  If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch.


+unprivileged_bpf_disabled
+=========================
+
+Writing 1 to this entry will disabled unprivileged calls to ``bpf()``;
'will disable' ?

It doesn't apply to bpf-next with:
error: sha1 information is lacking or useless
(Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst).
error: could not build fake ancestor
Patch failed at 0001 docs: sysctl/kernel: Document BPF entries
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