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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 16:14:26 +0200
From: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>
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Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 08/10] Documentation: admin-guide: Add riscv sysctl_perf_user_access
riscv now uses this sysctl so document its usage for this architecture.
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 3800fab1619b..8019103aac10 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -941,16 +941,35 @@ enabled, otherwise writing to this file will return ``-EBUSY``.
The default value is 8.
-perf_user_access (arm64 only)
-=================================
+perf_user_access (arm64 and riscv only)
+=======================================
+
+Controls user space access for reading perf event counters.
-Controls user space access for reading perf event counters. When set to 1,
-user space can read performance monitor counter registers directly.
+arm64
+=====
The default value is 0 (access disabled).
+When set to 1, user space can read performance monitor counter registers
+directly.
+
See Documentation/arch/arm64/perf.rst for more information.
+riscv
+=====
+
+When set to 0, user space access is disabled.
+
+The default value is 1, user space can read performance monitor counter
+registers through perf, any direct access without perf intervention will trigger
+an illegal instruction.
+
+When set to 2, which enables legacy mode (user space has direct access to cycle
+and insret CSRs only). Note that this legacy value is deprecated and will be
+removed once all user space applications are fixed.
+
+Note that the time CSR is always directly accessible to all modes.
pid_max
=======
--
2.39.2
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