include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h

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File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h
Extension
.h
Size
26019 bytes
Lines
922
Domain
Core OS
Bucket
Core Kernel Interface
Inferred role
Core OS: implementation source
Status
source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

Dependency Surface

Detected Declarations

Annotated Snippet

struct __sysctl_args {
	int __user *name;
	int nlen;
	void __user *oldval;
	size_t __user *oldlenp;
	void __user *newval;
	size_t newlen;
	unsigned long __unused[4];
};

/* Define sysctl names first */

/* Top-level names: */

enum
{
	CTL_KERN=1,		/* General kernel info and control */
	CTL_VM=2,		/* VM management */
	CTL_NET=3,		/* Networking */
	CTL_PROC=4,		/* removal breaks strace(1) compilation */
	CTL_FS=5,		/* Filesystems */
	CTL_DEBUG=6,		/* Debugging */
	CTL_DEV=7,		/* Devices */
	CTL_BUS=8,		/* Busses */
	CTL_ABI=9,		/* Binary emulation */
	CTL_CPU=10,		/* CPU stuff (speed scaling, etc) */
	CTL_ARLAN=254,		/* arlan wireless driver */
	CTL_S390DBF=5677,	/* s390 debug */
	CTL_SUNRPC=7249,	/* sunrpc debug */
	CTL_PM=9899,		/* frv power management */
	CTL_FRV=9898,		/* frv specific sysctls */
};

/* CTL_BUS names: */
enum
{
	CTL_BUS_ISA=1		/* ISA */
};

/* /proc/sys/fs/inotify/ */
enum
{
	INOTIFY_MAX_USER_INSTANCES=1,	/* max instances per user */
	INOTIFY_MAX_USER_WATCHES=2,	/* max watches per user */
	INOTIFY_MAX_QUEUED_EVENTS=3	/* max queued events per instance */
};

/* CTL_KERN names: */
enum
{
	KERN_OSTYPE=1,		/* string: system version */
	KERN_OSRELEASE=2,	/* string: system release */
	KERN_OSREV=3,		/* int: system revision */
	KERN_VERSION=4,		/* string: compile time info */
	KERN_SECUREMASK=5,	/* struct: maximum rights mask */
	KERN_PROF=6,		/* table: profiling information */
	KERN_NODENAME=7,	/* string: hostname */
	KERN_DOMAINNAME=8,	/* string: domainname */

	KERN_PANIC=15,		/* int: panic timeout */

	KERN_SPARC_REBOOT=21,	/* reboot command on Sparc */
	KERN_CTLALTDEL=22,	/* int: allow ctl-alt-del to reboot */
	KERN_PRINTK=23,		/* struct: control printk logging parameters */
	KERN_NAMETRANS=24,	/* Name translation */
	KERN_PPC_HTABRECLAIM=25, /* turn htab reclaimation on/off on PPC */
	KERN_PPC_ZEROPAGED=26,	/* turn idle page zeroing on/off on PPC */
	KERN_PPC_POWERSAVE_NAP=27, /* use nap mode for power saving */
	KERN_MODPROBE=28,	/* string: modprobe path */
	KERN_SG_BIG_BUFF=29,	/* int: sg driver reserved buffer size */
	KERN_ACCT=30,		/* BSD process accounting parameters */
	KERN_PPC_L2CR=31,	/* l2cr register on PPC */

	KERN_RTSIGNR=32,	/* Number of rt sigs queued */
	KERN_RTSIGMAX=33,	/* Max queuable */
	
	KERN_SHMMAX=34,         /* long: Maximum shared memory segment */
	KERN_MSGMAX=35,         /* int: Maximum size of a messege */
	KERN_MSGMNB=36,         /* int: Maximum message queue size */
	KERN_MSGPOOL=37,        /* int: Maximum system message pool size */
	KERN_SYSRQ=38,		/* int: Sysreq enable */
	KERN_MAX_THREADS=39,	/* int: Maximum nr of threads in the system */
 	KERN_RANDOM=40,		/* Random driver */
 	KERN_SHMALL=41,		/* int: Maximum size of shared memory */
 	KERN_MSGMNI=42,		/* int: msg queue identifiers */
 	KERN_SEM=43,		/* struct: sysv semaphore limits */
 	KERN_SPARC_STOP_A=44,	/* int: Sparc Stop-A enable */
 	KERN_SHMMNI=45,		/* int: shm array identifiers */
	KERN_OVERFLOWUID=46,	/* int: overflow UID */
	KERN_OVERFLOWGID=47,	/* int: overflow GID */

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