From 119e9db233ad0f4cbd4cfb9f9385a7bca378b37d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zeng Chi Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:24:42 +0800 Subject: KVM: Don't pre-reserve xarray entries when storing empty/NULL attributes Skip the xarray reservation loop when clearing all memory attributes, as storing NULL only erases the entry and never needs to allocate, so no reservation (and no cleanup of a failed one) is required in that case. Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson Cc: David Ballesteros Signed-off-by: Zeng Chi Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260921102442.1232375-1-zeng_chi911@163.com [sean: split to separate patch] Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson --- Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst | 107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 107 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..50f00514f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +=========================== +Documentation for /proc/sys +=========================== + +Copyright (c) 1998, 1999, Rik van Riel + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +'Why', I hear you ask, 'would anyone even _want_ documentation +for them sysctl files? If anybody really needs it, it's all in +the source...' + +Well, this documentation is written because some people either +don't know they need to tweak something, or because they don't +have the time or knowledge to read the source code. + +Furthermore, the programmers who built sysctl have built it to +be actually used, not just for the fun of programming it :-) + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Legal blurb: + +As usual, there are two main things to consider: + +1. you get what you pay for +2. it's free + +The consequences are that I won't guarantee the correctness of +this document, and if you come to me complaining about how you +screwed up your system because of wrong documentation, I won't +feel sorry for you. I might even laugh at you... + +But of course, if you _do_ manage to screw up your system using +only the sysctl options used in this file, I'd like to hear of +it. Not only to have a great laugh, but also to make sure that +you're the last RTFMing person to screw up. + +In short, e-mail your suggestions, corrections and / or horror +stories to: + +Rik van Riel. + +-------------------------------------------------------------- + +Introduction +============ + +Sysctl is a means of configuring certain aspects of the kernel +at run-time, and the /proc/sys/ directory is there so that you +don't even need special tools to do it! +In fact, there are only four things needed to use these config +facilities: + +- a running Linux system +- root access +- common sense (this is especially hard to come by these days) +- knowledge of what all those values mean + +As a quick 'ls /proc/sys' will show, the directory consists of +several (arch-dependent?) subdirs. Each subdir is mainly about +one part of the kernel, so you can do configuration on a piece +by piece basis, or just some 'thematic frobbing'. + +This documentation is about: + +=============== =============================================================== +abi/ execution domains & personalities +<$ARCH> tuning controls for various CPU architecture (e.g. csky, s390) +crypto/ cryptographic subsystem +debug/ debugging features +dev/ device specific information (e.g. dev/cdrom/info) +fs/ specific filesystems + filehandle, inode, dentry and quota tuning + binfmt_misc +kernel/ global kernel info / tuning + miscellaneous stuff + some architecture-specific controls + security (LSM) stuff +net/ networking stuff, for documentation look in: + +proc/ +sunrpc/ SUN Remote Procedure Call (NFS) +user/ Per user namespace limits +vm/ memory management tuning + buffer and cache management +xen/ Xen hypervisor controls +=============== =============================================================== + +These are the subdirs I have on my system or have been discovered by +searching through the source code. There might be more or other subdirs +in another setup. If you see another dir, I'd really like to hear about +it :-) + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + abi + crypto + debug + fs + kernel + net + sunrpc + user + vm + xen -- cgit v1.3.1