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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-19 10:09:22 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-19 10:09:22 -0700 |
| commit | f4cdf7ca9a1fdcca413157df19753f388a5a224e (patch) | |
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Merge tag 'media/v7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-mediagrafted
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:
- v4l2-core: added ISP statistics support and per-block validation
- v4l2-core: Allow unknown HDR10 white point and luminance
- New camera sensors: Sony IMX678 and IMX471m, Himax HM1092 IR sensor
- New codec: Milos: VPU v2.0 codec support
- isp driver: gained support for Dreamchip RPPX1 ISP framework
- vsp1 driver: gained support for RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H
- Novalake driver: gained CVS support for new NVL hardware
- dvb-core: fix feed leak on failed DMX_ADD_PID
- several driver fixes, cleanups and minor improvements
* tag 'media/v7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (308 commits)
media: ipu-bridge: check all DMI entries when overriding sensor rotation
media: v4l2-async: avoid deleting unlinked ASC entry on link error
media: rzg2l-cru: Align bytesperline to hardware DMA stride requirement
media: intel/ipu6: fix async notifier cleanup leak on parse error
media: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier UAF on probe error path
media: amd: isp4: fix self-deadlock in isp4sd_pwron_and_init() error path
media: amd: isp4: release partial allocations in isp4if_alloc_fw_gpumem()
media: rcar-isp: Fix VSPX reference leaks
media: rcar-isp: Release ISPCORE resources
media: i2c: imx415: Release runtime PM reference on VBLANK error
media: i2c: imx415: Return test pattern write errors
media: renesas: vsp1: Declare index variables in for loop statement
media: renesas: vsp1: Make reset control optional to support platforms without a reset line
media: dt-bindings: media: renesas,vsp1: Document RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs
media: dt-bindings: media: renesas,fcp: Document RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Add additional 32-bit RGB format support
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Add 16-bit raw Bayer format support
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Implement per-stream reference counting for multiplexed streams
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Use BIT_ULL() for 64-bit stream masks
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Correct color map between V4L2 and ISI
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/user.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/user.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c45824589 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/user.rst @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +================================= +Documentation for /proc/sys/user/ +================================= + +kernel version 4.9.0 + +Copyright (c) 2016 Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +This file contains the documentation for the sysctl files in +/proc/sys/user. + +The files in this directory can be used to override the default +limits on the number of namespaces and other objects that have +per user per user namespace limits. + +The primary purpose of these limits is to stop programs that +malfunction and attempt to create a ridiculous number of objects, +before the malfunction becomes a system wide problem. It is the +intention that the defaults of these limits are set high enough that +no program in normal operation should run into these limits. + +The creation of per user per user namespace objects are charged to +the user in the user namespace who created the object and +verified to be below the per user limit in that user namespace. + +The creation of objects is also charged to all of the users +who created user namespaces the creation of the object happens +in (user namespaces can be nested) and verified to be below the per user +limits in the user namespaces of those users. + +This recursive counting of created objects ensures that creating a +user namespace does not allow a user to escape their current limits. + +Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/user: + +max_cgroup_namespaces +===================== + + The maximum number of cgroup namespaces that any user in the current + user namespace may create. + +max_ipc_namespaces +================== + + The maximum number of ipc namespaces that any user in the current + user namespace may create. + +max_mnt_namespaces +================== + + The maximum number of mount namespaces that any user in the current + user namespace may create. + +max_net_namespaces +================== + + The maximum number of network namespaces that any user in the + current user namespace may create. + +max_pid_namespaces +================== + + The maximum number of pid namespaces that any user in the current + user namespace may create. + +max_time_namespaces +=================== + + The maximum number of time namespaces that any user in the current + user namespace may create. + +max_user_namespaces +=================== + + The maximum number of user namespaces that any user in the current + user namespace may create. + +max_uts_namespaces +================== + + The maximum number of user namespaces that any user in the current + user namespace may create. |
