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+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- shmmni
- stop-a [ SPARC only ]
- sysrq ==> Documentation/sysrq.txt
+- sysctl_writes_strict
- tainted
- threads-max
- unknown_nmi_panic
@@ -762,6 +763,26 @@ without users and with a dead originative process will be destroyed.
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+sysctl_writes_strict:
+
+Control how file position affects the behavior of updating sysctl values
+via the /proc/sys interface:
+
+ -1 - Legacy per-write sysctl value handling, with no printk warnings.
+ Each write syscall must fully contain the sysctl value to be
+ written, and multiple writes on the same sysctl file descriptor
+ will rewrite the sysctl value, regardless of file position.
+ 0 - (default) Same behavior as above, but warn about processes that
+ perform writes to a sysctl file descriptor when the file position
+ is not 0.
+ 1 - Respect file position when writing sysctl strings. Multiple writes
+ will append to the sysctl value buffer. Anything past the max length
+ of the sysctl value buffer will be ignored. Writes to numeric sysctl
+ entries must always be at file position 0 and the value must be
+ fully contained in the buffer sent in the write syscall.
+
+==============================================================
+
tainted:
Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which