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authorOtavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>2017-08-06 20:37:05 -0300
committerOtavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>2017-08-06 20:37:05 -0300
commit05dc27c41664353ba0ab77aeb1e948ce88f3f1d1 (patch)
treee655cbf9b2b529c5c95cb975c697cc86b9bebeb1 /Documentation
parent09845b886c1198c9461de424ffd95dde363324c1 (diff)
parent1af952704416d76ad86963f04feb10a3da143901 (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.1.43' into 4.1-2.0.x-imx
Linux 4.1.43 * tag 'v4.1.43': (182 commits) Linux 4.1.43 HID: core: prevent out-of-bound readings ipvs: SNAT packet replies only for NATed connections Revert "dmaengine: ep93xx: Don't drain the transfers in terminate_all()" staging: comedi: ni_mio_common: fix E series ni_ai_insn_read() data kvm: vmx: Do not disable intercepts for BNDCFGS tracing: Use SOFTIRQ_OFFSET for softirq dectection for more accurate results PM / QoS: return -EINVAL for bogus strings sched/topology: Optimize build_group_mask() sched/topology: Fix overlapping sched_group_mask crypto: caam - fix signals handling crypto: atmel - only treat EBUSY as transient if backlog crypto: talitos - Extend max key length for SHA384/512-HMAC and AEAD Add "shutdown" to "struct class". mnt: Make propagate_umount less slow for overlapping mount propagation trees mnt: In propgate_umount handle visiting mounts in any order mnt: In umount propagation reparent in a separate pass vt: fix unchecked __put_user() in tioclinux ioctls exec: Limit arg stack to at most 75% of _STK_LIM s390: reduce ELF_ET_DYN_BASE ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt15
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index c831001c45f1..4c88aa047790 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -798,14 +798,13 @@ via the /proc/sys interface:
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 - (default) Same behavior as above, but warn about processes that
- perform writes to a sysctl file descriptor when the file position
- is not 0.
- 1 - 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.
+ 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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