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Author SHA1 Message Date
Alexey Budankov
9d87bbae2d perf-security: document perf_events/Perf resource control
Extend perf-security.rst file with perf_events/Perf resource control
section describing RLIMIT_NOFILE and perf_event_mlock_kb settings for
performance monitoring user processes.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-02-17 16:04:45 -07:00
Alexey Budankov
76e7fd843e Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst file
Implement initial version of perf-security.rst documentation file
covering security concerns of perf_event_paranoid settings.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-12-06 09:50:33 -07:00