Re: [PATCH] docs: sysctl/kernel: document BPF entries

From: Stephen Kitt
Date: Mon Feb 24 2020 - 14:50:47 EST


On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 14:44:31 -0800, Alexei Starovoitov
<alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:18 AM Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > @@ -1152,6 +1166,16 @@ NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires
> > unknown NMI up, for example. If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI
> > switch.
> >
> >
> > +unprivileged_bpf_disabled
> > +=========================
> > +
> > +Writing 1 to this entry will disabled unprivileged calls to ``bpf()``;
>
> 'will disable' ?

Indeed, thanks.

> It doesn't apply to bpf-next with:
> error: sha1 information is lacking or useless
> (Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst).
> error: could not build fake ancestor
> Patch failed at 0001 docs: sysctl/kernel: Document BPF entries

Sorry, I forgot to include the base commit information; this is against
8f21f54b8a95 in docs-next.

Iâll wait for that to make it to Linusâ tree and re-submit the patch (with
the fix above).

Regards,

Stephen

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