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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-02-23 17:55:40 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-02-23 17:55:40 -0800
commitd2980d8d826554fa6981d621e569a453787472f8 (patch)
treed75ddea276ae8bf42ecf528f9862714a8bccf8f4 /Documentation/admin-guide
parent3822a7c40997dc86b1458766a3f146d62393f084 (diff)
parent817013880a6883f7ab08030d1f8cfef5f07ba467 (diff)
Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2023-02-20-15-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton: "There is no particular theme here - mainly quick hits all over the tree. Most notable is a set of zlib changes from Mikhail Zaslonko which enhances and fixes zlib's use of S390 hardware support: 'lib/zlib: Set of s390 DFLTCC related patches for kernel zlib'" * tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2023-02-20-15-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (55 commits) Update CREDITS file entry for Jesper Juhl sparc: allow PM configs for sparc32 COMPILE_TEST hung_task: print message when hung_task_warnings gets down to zero. arch/Kconfig: fix indentation scripts/tags.sh: fix the Kconfig tags generation when using latest ctags nilfs2: prevent WARNING in nilfs_dat_commit_end() lib/zlib: remove redundation assignement of avail_in dfltcc_gdht() lib/Kconfig.debug: do not enable DEBUG_PREEMPT by default lib/zlib: DFLTCC always switch to software inflate for Z_PACKET_FLUSH option lib/zlib: DFLTCC support inflate with small window lib/zlib: Split deflate and inflate states for DFLTCC lib/zlib: DFLTCC not writing header bits when avail_out == 0 lib/zlib: fix DFLTCC ignoring flush modes when avail_in == 0 lib/zlib: fix DFLTCC not flushing EOBS when creating raw streams lib/zlib: implement switching between DFLTCC and software lib/zlib: adjust offset calculation for dfltcc_state nilfs2: replace WARN_ONs for invalid DAT metadata block requests scripts/spelling.txt: add "exsits" pattern and fix typo instances fs: gracefully handle ->get_block not mapping bh in __mpage_writepage cramfs: Kconfig: fix spelling & punctuation ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst25
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 46e3d62c0eea..4b7bfea28cd7 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -453,9 +453,10 @@ this allows system administrators to override the
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).
+A toggle indicating if the syscalls ``kexec_load`` and
+``kexec_file_load`` have 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,
@@ -463,6 +464,24 @@ allowing a system to set up (and later use) an image without it being
altered.
Generally used together with the `modules_disabled`_ sysctl.
+kexec_load_limit_panic
+======================
+
+This parameter specifies a limit to the number of times the syscalls
+``kexec_load`` and ``kexec_file_load`` can be called with a crash
+image. It can only be set with a more restrictive value than the
+current one.
+
+== ======================================================
+-1 Unlimited calls to kexec. This is the default setting.
+N Number of calls left.
+== ======================================================
+
+kexec_load_limit_reboot
+=======================
+
+Similar functionality as ``kexec_load_limit_panic``, but for a normal
+image.
kptr_restrict
=============