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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-05 11:59:05 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-05 11:59:05 -0700 |
| commit | 9f0346dcbea363787186c94ef94dd01aaa215afa (patch) | |
| tree | b81c168f4d0dbe4c7f4750f4598d48a6deb72094 /Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/debug.rst | |
| download | linux-stable-9f0346dcbea363787186c94ef94dd01aaa215afa.tar.gz linux-stable-9f0346dcbea363787186c94ef94dd01aaa215afa.zip | |
Merge tag 'driver-core-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-coregrafted
Pull driver core fixes from Danilo Krummrich:
- Fix kernfs listxattr() not returning security xattr names (e.g.
SELinux labels) when the kernfs node has no allocated kernfs_iattrs
- Fix silent truncation of IRQ vector indices in the Rust PCI
abstractions
- Don't select OF from DRIVER_PE_KUNIT_TEST; skip the test when OF is
disabled instead of silently enabling extra kernel functionality
- Russ Weight is retiring from kernel development; update the Firmware
Loader sysfs contact to the driver-core mailing list, add a CREDITS
entry for Firmware Upload, and update MAINTAINERS accordingly
* tag 'driver-core-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core:
MAINTAINERS: Remove Russ Weight from Firmware Loader
CREDITS: Add CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload
firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes
rust: pci: reject IRQ vector indices that do not fit in u32
kernfs: preserve security xattrs without allocating iattrs
drivers: base: test: DRIVER_PE_KUNIT_TEST should not select OF
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/debug.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/debug.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..506bd5e48 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/debug.rst @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +================ +/proc/sys/debug/ +================ + +These files show up in ``/proc/sys/debug/``, depending on the +kernel configuration: + +.. contents:: :local: + +exception-trace +=============== + +This flag controls whether the kernel prints information about unhandled +signals (like segmentation faults) to the kernel log (``dmesg``). + +- ``0``: Unhandled signals are not traced. +- ``1``: Information about unhandled signals is printed. + +The default value is ``1`` on most architectures (like x86, MIPS, RISC-V), +but it is ``0`` on **arm64**. + +The actual information printed and the context provided varies +significantly depending on the CPU architecture. For example: + +- On **x86**, it typically prints the instruction pointer (IP), error + code, and address that caused a page fault. +- On **PowerPC**, it may print the next instruction pointer (NIP), + link register (LR), and other relevant registers. + +When enabled, this feature is often rate-limited to prevent the kernel +log from being flooded during a crash loop. + +kprobes-optimization +==================== + +This flag enables or disables the optimization of Kprobes on certain +architectures (like x86). + +- ``0``: Kprobes optimization is turned off. +- ``1``: Kprobes optimization is turned on (default). + +For more details on Kprobes and its optimization, please refer to +Documentation/trace/kprobes.rst. + +Copyright (c) 2026, Shubham Chakraborty <chakrabortyshubham66@gmail.com> + +For general info and legal blurb, please look in +Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst. + +.. See scripts/check-sysctl-docs to keep this up to date: +.. scripts/check-sysctl-docs -vtable="debug" \ +.. $(git grep -l register_sysctl_) |
