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authorMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>2021-05-18 17:24:52 +0100
committerMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>2021-05-18 17:24:52 +0100
commitc37fe6aff89cb0d842993fe2f69e48bf3ebe0ab0 (patch)
tree2a322c48218f7006bab789b7bf16ec58b129a096 /Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl
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parentd07f6ca923ea0927a1024dfccafc5b53b61cfecc (diff)
downloadlinux-c37fe6aff89cb0d842993fe2f69e48bf3ebe0ab0.tar.bz2
Merge tag 'v5.13-rc2' into spi-5.13
Linux 5.13-rc2
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst13
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 1d56a6b73a4e..7ca8df5451d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -483,10 +483,11 @@ modprobe
========
The full path to the usermode helper for autoloading kernel modules,
-by default "/sbin/modprobe". This binary is executed when the kernel
-requests a module. For example, if userspace passes an unknown
-filesystem type to mount(), then the kernel will automatically request
-the corresponding filesystem module by executing this usermode helper.
+by default ``CONFIG_MODPROBE_PATH``, which in turn defaults to
+"/sbin/modprobe". This binary is executed when the kernel requests a
+module. For example, if userspace passes an unknown filesystem type
+to mount(), then the kernel will automatically request the
+corresponding filesystem module by executing this usermode helper.
This usermode helper should insert the needed module into the kernel.
This sysctl only affects module autoloading. It has no effect on the
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
index f2ab8a5b6a4b..4150f74c521a 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ two flavors of JITs, the newer eBPF JIT currently supported on:
- arm64
- arm32
- ppc64
+ - ppc32
- sparc64
- mips64
- s390x
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ two flavors of JITs, the newer eBPF JIT currently supported on:
And the older cBPF JIT supported on the following archs:
- mips
- - ppc
- sparc
eBPF JITs are a superset of cBPF JITs, meaning the kernel will
@@ -311,6 +311,17 @@ permit to distribute the load on several cpus.
If set to 1 (default), timestamps are sampled as soon as possible, before
queueing.
+netdev_unregister_timeout_secs
+------------------------------
+
+Unregister network device timeout in seconds.
+This option controls the timeout (in seconds) used to issue a warning while
+waiting for a network device refcount to drop to 0 during device
+unregistration. A lower value may be useful during bisection to detect
+a leaked reference faster. A larger value may be useful to prevent false
+warnings on slow/loaded systems.
+Default value is 10, minimum 1, maximum 3600.
+
optmem_max
----------