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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-20 08:15:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-20 08:15:23 -0700 |
| commit | bdab18633a302c82b5e5d5dbc4e38b0baf9c0837 (patch) | |
| tree | 0446500af9a76d4e8b2a72a0a41391ceede73a10 /Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/debug.rst | |
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Merge tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipgrafted
Pull futex fix from Ingo Molnar:
- Also allocate a default private futex hash on vfork() as well, to
avoid races with (private) futex waiters (Peter Zijlstra)
* tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
futex: Also allocate private hash on vfork()
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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_) |
