linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] Documentation/proc.txt: Add 2 missing fields for /proc/<pid>/status

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Date:   Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:25:51 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] Documentation/proc.txt: Add 2 missing fields for /proc/<pid>/status

It was found that two of the fields in the /proc/<pid>/status file were
missing - CapAmb & Speculation_Store_Bypass. They are now added to the
proc.txt documentation file.

v2: Update the example as well.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 22b4b00..baccfee 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -193,8 +193,10 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status:
   CapPrm: 0000000000000000
   CapEff: 0000000000000000
   CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff
+  CapAmb: 0000000000000000
   NoNewPrivs:     0
   Seccomp:        0
+  Speculation_Store_Bypass:       thread vulnerable
   voluntary_ctxt_switches:        0
   nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches:     1
 
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ asynchronous manner and the value may not be very precise. To see a precise
 snapshot of a moment, you can see /proc/<pid>/smaps file and scan page table.
 It's slow but very precise.
 
-Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.8)
+Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.19)
 ..............................................................................
  Field                       Content
  Name                        filename of the executable
@@ -267,8 +269,10 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.8)
  CapPrm                      bitmap of permitted capabilities
  CapEff                      bitmap of effective capabilities
  CapBnd                      bitmap of capabilities bounding set
+ CapAmb                      bitmap of ambient capabilities
  NoNewPrivs                  no_new_privs, like prctl(PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIV, ...)
  Seccomp                     seccomp mode, like prctl(PR_GET_SECCOMP, ...)
+ Speculation_Store_Bypass    speculative store bypass mitigation status
  Cpus_allowed                mask of CPUs on which this process may run
  Cpus_allowed_list           Same as previous, but in "list format"
  Mems_allowed                mask of memory nodes allowed to this process
-- 
1.8.3.1