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All rights reserved. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)sysctl.3 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/9/95 .\" -.Dd February 21, 2010 +.Dd June 20, 2012 .Dt SYSCTL 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -68,29 +68,31 @@ sysctl variable relative to the upper le See the .Xr sysctl 3 manual page for programming examples. -.Sh Top level names -The top level names are defined with a CTL_ prefix in +.Ss Top level names +The top level names are defined with a +.Va CTL_ +prefix in .In sys/sysctl.h , and are as follows. The next and subsequent levels down are found in the include files listed here, and described in separate sections below. -.Bl -column security CTL_SECURITY "Next level names" "High kernel limits" -.It Sy Name Constant Next level names Description -.It kern CTL_KERN sys/sysctl.h High kernel limits -.It vm CTL_VM uvm/uvm_param.h Virtual memory -.It vfs CTL_VFS sys/mount.h Filesystem -.It net CTL_NET sys/socket.h Networking -.It debug CTL_DEBUG sys/sysctl.h Debugging -.It hw CTL_HW sys/sysctl.h Generic CPU, I/O -.It machdep CTL_MACHDEP sys/sysctl.h Machine dependent -.It user CTL_USER sys/sysctl.h User-level -.It ddb CTL_DDB sys/sysctl.h In-kernel debugger -.It proc CTL_PROC sys/sysctl.h Per-process -.It vendor CTL_VENDOR ? Vendor specific -.It emul CTL_EMUL sys/sysctl.h Emulation settings -.It security CTL_SECURITY sys/sysctl.h Security settings +.Bl -column "security" ".Dv CTL_SECURITY" ".In uvm/uvm_param.h" "High kernel limits" +.It Sy Name Ta Sy Constant Ta Sy Next level names Ta Sy Description +.It kern Ta Dv CTL_KERN Ta In sys/sysctl.h Ta High kernel limits +.It vm Ta Dv CTL_VM Ta In uvm/uvm_param.h Ta Virtual memory +.It vfs Ta Dv CTL_VFS Ta In sys/mount.h Ta Filesystem +.It net Ta Dv CTL_NET Ta In sys/socket.h Ta Networking +.It debug Ta Dv CTL_DEBUG Ta In sys/sysctl.h Ta Debugging +.It hw Ta Dv CTL_HW Ta In sys/sysctl.h Ta Generic CPU, I/O +.It machdep Ta Dv CTL_MACHDEP Ta In sys/sysctl.h Ta Machine dependent +.It user Ta Dv CTL_USER Ta In sys/sysctl.h Ta User-level +.It ddb Ta Dv CTL_DDB Ta In sys/sysctl.h Ta In-kernel debugger +.It proc Ta Dv CTL_PROC Ta In sys/sysctl.h Ta Per-process +.It vendor Ta Dv CTL_VENDOR Ta ? Ta Vendor specific +.It emul Ta Dv CTL_EMUL Ta In sys/sysctl.h Ta Emulation settings +.It security Ta Dv CTL_SECURITY Ta In sys/sysctl.h Ta Security settings .El -.Sh The debug.* subtree +.Ss The debug.* subtree The debugging variables vary from system to system. A debugging variable may be added or deleted without need to recompile .Nm @@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ Each time it runs, gets the list of debugging variables from the kernel and displays their current values. The system defines twenty -.Va ( struct ctldebug ) +.Vt ( struct ctldebug ) variables named .Dv debug0 through @@ -110,8 +112,9 @@ individually initialized at the location The loader prevents multiple use of the same variable by issuing errors if a variable is initialized in more than one place. For example, to export the variable -.Dv dospecialcheck +.Va dospecialcheck as a debugging variable, the following declaration would be used: +.Pp .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact int dospecialcheck = 1; struct ctldebug debug5 = { "dospecialcheck", \*[Am]dospecialcheck }; @@ -127,36 +130,65 @@ See .\" and .\" .Xr sysctl 9 for more information. -.Sh The vfs.* subtree +.Ss The vfs.* subtree A distinguished second level name, .Li vfs.generic ( VFS_GENERIC ) , -is used to get general information about all filesystems. +is used to get general information about all file systems. It has the following third level identifiers: -.Bl -tag -width compact -.It vfs.generic.maxtypenum ( VFS_MAXTYPENUM ) -The highest valid filesystem type number. -.It vfs.generic.conf ( VFS_CONF ) -Returns configuration information about the file-system type given as a fourth +.Bl -tag -width "123456" +.It Li vfs.generic.maxtypenum ( VFS_MAXTYPENUM ) +The highest valid file system type number. +.It Li vfs.generic.conf ( VFS_CONF ) +Returns configuration information about the file system type given as a fourth level identifier. +.It Li vfs.generic.usermount ( VFS_USERMOUNT ) +Determines if non superuser mounts are allowed, defaults to +.Dv 0 . +.It Li vfs.generic.magiclinks ( VFS_MAGICLINKS ) +Controls if expansion of variables is going to be performed on pathnames +or not. +Defaults to no variable expansion, +.Dv 0 . +Variables are of the form +.Li @name +and the variables supported are described in +.Xr symlink 7 +under +.Dq "MAGIC SYMLINKS" . +.El +.Pp +A second level name for controlling the +.Xr wapbl 4 +(Write Ahead Physical Block Logging file system journalling) +capabilities with the following third level identifiers: +.Bl -tag -width "123456" +.It Li vfs.wapbl.flush_disk_cache +Controls whether to attempt to flush the disk cache on each commit. +It defaults to 1 and it should always be on to ensure data integrity in +case of a crash. +For slow disks, turning it off can improve performance. +.It Li vfs.wapbl.verbose_commit +For each transaction log commit, print the number of bytes written +and the time it took to commit as seconds.nanoseconds. .El .Pp -The remaining second level identifiers are the file-system names, identified +The remaining second level identifiers are the file system names, identified by the type number returned by a .Xr statvfs 2 call or from .Li vfs.generic.conf . -The third level identifiers available for each filesystem +.Pp +The third level identifiers available for each file system are given in the header file that defines the mount -argument structure for that filesystem. -.Sh The hw.* subtree +argument structure for that file system. +.Ss The hw.* subtree The string and integer information available for the .Li hw level is detailed below. The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate privilege may change the value. -.Bl -column "hw.acpi.supported_states" "integer" "Changeable" -offset indent +.Bl -column "hw.machine_arch" "integer" "Changeable" -offset indent .It Sy Second level name Type Changeable -.It hw.acpi.supported_states string no .It hw.alignbytes integer no .It hw.byteorder integer no .It hw.cnmagic string yes @@ -174,34 +206,15 @@ privilege may change the value. .El .Pp .Bl -tag -width "123456" -.It Li hw.acpi.supported_states -List of possible -.Tn ACPI -sleep states. -The list can contain the following values: -.Bl -tag -width XS1X -.It S0 -fully running -.It S1 -power on suspend (CPU and hard disks are off) -.It S2 -similar to S3, usually not implemented -.It S3 -suspend-to-RAM -.It S4 -suspend-to-disk (needs BIOS support) -.It S5 -power off -.El .It Li hw.alignbytes ( HW_ALIGNBYTES ) Alignment constraint for all possible data types. This shows the value .Dv ALIGNBYTES in -.Pa /usr/include/machine/param.h , +.In machine/param.h , at the kernel compilation time. .It Li hw.byteorder ( HW_BYTEORDER ) -The byteorder (4,321, or 1,234). +The byteorder (4321, or 1234). .It Li hw.cnmagic ( HW_CNMAGIC ) The console magic key sequence. .It Li hw.disknames ( HW_DISKNAMES ) @@ -213,15 +226,15 @@ collected on them. Return statistical information on the NFS mounts, disk and tape devices on the system. An array of -.Va struct io_sysctl +.Vt struct io_sysctl structures is returned, whose size depends on the current number of such objects in the system. The third level name is the size of the -.Va struct io_sysctl . +.Vt struct io_sysctl . The type of object can be determined by examining the .Va type element of -.Va struct io_sysctl . +.Vt struct io_sysctl . Which can be .Dv IOSTAT_DISK (disk drive), @@ -248,31 +261,35 @@ The bytes of non-kernel memory as a 32-b .It Li hw.usermem64 ( HW_USERMEM64 ) The bytes of non-kernel memory as a 64-bit integer. .El -.Sh The kern.* subtree +.Ss The kern.* subtree +This subtree includes data generally related to the kernel. The string and integer information available for the .Li kern level is detailed below. The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate privilege may change the value. -The types of data currently available are process information, -system vnodes, the open file entries, routing table entries, -virtual memory statistics, load average history, and clock rate -information. -.Bl -column "kern.posix_reader_writer_locks" "struct kinfo_drivers" "not applicable" +.Bl -column "kern.posix_reader_writer_locks" \ +"struct kinfo_drivers" "not applicable" .It Sy Second level name Type Changeable +.It kern.aio_listio_max integer yes +.It kern.aio_max integer yes +.It kern.arandom integer no .It kern.argmax integer no -.It kern.autonicetime integer yes -.It kern.autoniceval integer yes +.It kern.boothowto integer no .It kern.boottime struct timeval no -.It kern.bufq node not applicable +.\".It kern.bufq node not applicable .It kern.ccpu integer no .It kern.clockrate struct clockinfo no .It kern.consdev integer no +.It kern.coredump node not applicable .It kern.cp_id struct no .It kern.cp_time uint64_t[\|] no +.It kern.cryptodevallowsoft integer yes .It kern.defcorename string yes +.It kern.detachall integer yes .It kern.domainname string yes .It kern.drivers struct kinfo_drivers no +.It kern.dump_on_panic integer yes .It kern.file struct file no .It kern.forkfsleep integer yes .It kern.fscale integer no @@ -281,6 +298,7 @@ information. .It kern.hostid integer yes .It kern.hostname string yes .It kern.iov_max integer no +.It kern.ipc node not applicable .It kern.job_control integer no .It kern.labeloffset integer no .It kern.labelsector integer no @@ -288,6 +306,7 @@ information. .It kern.logsigexit integer yes .It kern.mapped_files integer no .It kern.maxfiles integer yes +.It kern.maxlwp integer yes .It kern.maxpartitions integer no .It kern.maxphys integer no .It kern.maxproc integer yes @@ -297,18 +316,25 @@ information. .It kern.memlock integer no .It kern.memlock_range integer no .It kern.memory_protection integer no +.It kern.module node not applicable .It kern.monotonic_clock integer no +.It kern.mqueue node not applicable .It kern.msgbuf integer no .It kern.msgbufsize integer no .It kern.ngroups integer no +.\".It kern.no_sa_support integer yes .It kern.ntptime struct ntptimeval no .It kern.osrelease string no -.It kern.osrev integer no +.It kern.osrevision integer no .It kern.ostype string no +.\".It kern.panic_now integer yes .It kern.pipe node not applicable -.It kern.posix1 integer no +.\" .It kern.posix node not applicable +.It kern.posix1version integer no +.It kern.posix_aio integer no .It kern.posix_barriers integer no .It kern.posix_reader_writer_locks integer no +.\".It kern.posix_sched integer yes .It kern.posix_semaphores integer no .It kern.posix_spin_locks integer no .It kern.posix_threads integer no @@ -316,63 +342,135 @@ information. .It kern.proc struct kinfo_proc no .It kern.proc2 struct kinfo_proc2 no .It kern.proc_args string no -.It kern.prof node not applicable +.It kern.profiling node not applicable +.\".It kern.pset node not applicable .It kern.rawpartition integer no .It kern.root_device string no .It kern.root_partition integer no .It kern.rtc_offset integer yes .It kern.saved_ids integer no +.It kern.sbmax integer yes +.\".It kern.sched node not applicable .It kern.securelevel integer raise only +.It kern.somaxkva integer yes .It kern.synchronized_io integer no -.It kern.ipc node not applicable .It kern.timecounter node not applicable .It kern.timex struct no .It kern.tkstat node not applicable +.It kern.tty node not applicable .It kern.urandom integer no +.It kern.usercrypto integer yes +.It kern.userasymcrypto integer yes +.It kern.veriexec node not applicable .It kern.version string no .It kern.vnode struct vnode no .El .Bl -tag -width "123456" +.It Li kern.aio_listio_max +The maximum number of asynchronous +.Tn I/O +operations in a single list I/O call. +Like with all variables related to +.Xr aio 3 , +the variable may be created and removed dynamically +upon loading or unloading the corresponding kernel module. +.It Li kern.aio_max +The maximum number of asynchronous I/O operations. +.It Li kern.arandom +This variable picks a random number each time it is queried. +The used random number generator +.Pf ( Tn RNG ) +is based on +.Xr arc4random 3 . .It Li kern.argmax ( KERN_ARGMAX ) The maximum bytes of argument to .Xr execve 2 . -.It Li kern.autonicetime ( KERN_AUTONICETIME ) -The number of seconds of CPU-time a non-root process may accumulate before -having its priority lowered from the default to the value of KERN_AUTONICEVAL. -If set to 0, automatic lowering of priority is not performed, and if set to \-1 -all non-root processes are immediately lowered. -.It Li kern.autoniceval ( KERN_AUTONICEVAL ) -The priority assigned for automatically niced processes. .It Li kern.boothowto Flags passed from the boot loader; see .Xr reboot 2 for the meanings of the flags. .It Li kern.boottime ( KERN_BOOTTIME ) A -.Va struct timeval +.Vt struct timeval structure is returned. This structure contains the time that the system was booted. +.\" .It Li kern.bufq +.\" XXX: Undocumented. .It Li kern.ccpu ( KERN_CCPU ) The scheduler exponential decay value. .It Li kern.clockrate ( KERN_CLOCKRATE ) A -.Va struct clockinfo +.Vt struct clockinfo structure is returned. This structure contains the clock, statistics clock and profiling clock frequencies, the number of micro-seconds per hz tick, and the clock skew rate. +Refer to +.Xr hz 9 +for additional details. .It Li kern.consdev ( KERN_CONSDEV ) Console device. +.It Li kern.coredump +Settings related to set-id processes coredumps. +By default, set-id processes do not dump core in situations where +other processes would. +The settings in this node allows an administrator to change this +behavior. +.Pp +The third level name is +.Dv kern.coredump.setid +and fourth level variables are described below. +.Bl -column "kern.coredump.setid.group" "integer" "Changeable" -offset indent +.It Sy Fourth level name Type Changeable +.It kern.coredump.setid.dump integer yes +.It kern.coredump.setid.group integer yes +.It kern.coredump.setid.mode integer yes +.It kern.coredump.setid.owner integer yes +.It kern.coredump.setid.path string yes +.El +.Bl -tag -width "123456" +.It Li kern.coredump.setid.dump +If non-zero, set-id processes will dump core. +.It Li kern.coredump.setid.group +The group-id for the set-id processes' coredump. +.It Li kern.coredump.setid.mode +The mode for the set-id processes' coredump. +See +.Xr chmod 1 . +.It Li kern.coredump.setid.owner +The user-id that will be used as the owner of the set-id processes' +coredump. +.It Li kern.coredump.setid.path +The path to which set-id processes' coredumps will be saved to. +Same syntax as kern.defcorename. +.El .It Li kern.cp_id ( KERN_CP_ID ) Mapping of CPU number to CPU id. .It Li kern.cp_time ( KERN_CP_TIME ) -Returns an array of CPUSTATES uint64_ts. +Returns an array of +.Dv CPUSTATES +.Vt uint64_t Ns s. This array contains the number of clock ticks spent in different CPU states. On multi-processor systems, the sum across all CPUs is returned unless appropriate space is given for one data set for each CPU. Data for a specific CPU can also be obtained by adding the number of the CPU at the end of the MIB, enlarging it by one. +.It Li kern.cryptodevallowsoft +This variable controls userland access to hardware versus software transforms +in the +.Xr crypto 4 +system. +The available values are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width XX0 -offset indent +.It Dv \*[Lt] 0 +Always force userlevel requests to use software transforms. +.It Dv = 0 +If present, use hardware and grant userlevel requests for +non-accelerated transforms (handling the latter in software). +.It Dv \*[Gt] 0 +Allow user requests only for transforms which are hardware-accelerated. +.El .It Li kern.defcorename ( KERN_DEFCORENAME ) Default template for the name of core dump files (see also .Li proc.pid.corename @@ -382,19 +480,19 @@ and .Xr core 5 for format of this template). The default value is -.Nm %n.core +.Pa %n.core and can be changed with the kernel configuration option .Cd options DEFCORENAME (see .Xr options 4 ). +.It Li kern.detachall +Detach all devices at shutdown. .It Li kern.domainname ( KERN_DOMAINNAME ) Get or set the YP domain name. -.It Li kern.dump_on_panic ( KERN_DUMP_ON_PANIC ) -Perform a crash dump on system panic. .It Li kern.drivers ( KERN_DRIVERS ) Return an array of -.Va struct kinfo_drivers +.Vt struct kinfo_drivers that contains the name and major device numbers of all the device drivers in the current kernel. The @@ -403,12 +501,15 @@ field is always a NUL terminated string. The .Va d_bmajor field will be set to \-1 if the driver doesn't have a block device. +.It Li kern.dump_on_panic ( KERN_DUMP_ON_PANIC ) +Perform a crash dump on system +.Xr panic 9 . .It Li kern.file ( KERN_FILE ) Return the entire file table. The returned data consists of a single -.Va struct filelist +.Vt struct filelist followed by an array of -.Va struct file , +.Vt struct file , whose size depends on the current number of such objects in the system. .It Li kern.forkfsleep ( KERN_FORKFSLEEP ) If @@ -424,20 +525,28 @@ Maximum is 20 seconds. .It Li kern.fscale ( KERN_FSCALE ) The kernel fixed-point scale factor. .It Li kern.fsync ( KERN_FSYNC ) -Return 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b File Synchronization Option is available +Return 1 if the +.St -p1003.1b-93 +File Synchronization Option is available on this system, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. .It Li kern.hardclock_ticks ( KERN_HARDCLOCK_TICKS ) Returns the number of .Xr hardclock 9 ticks. .It Li kern.hostid ( KERN_HOSTID ) -Get or set the host id. +Get or set the host identifier. +This is aimed to replace the legacy +.Xr gethostid 3 +and +.Xr sethostid 3 +system calls. .It Li kern.hostname ( KERN_HOSTNAME ) -Get or set the hostname. +Get or set the +.Xr hostname 1 . .It Li kern.iov_max ( KERN_IOV_MAX ) Return the maximum number of -.Va iovec +.Vt iovec structures that a process has available for use with .Xr preadv 2 , .Xr pwritev 2 , @@ -446,10 +555,98 @@ structures that a process has available .Xr sendmsg 2 and .Xr writev 2 . +.It Li kern.ipc ( KERN_SYSVIPC ) +Return information about the SysV IPC parameters. +The third level names for the ipc variables are detailed below. +.Bl -column "kern.ipc.shm_use_phys" "integer" "Changeable" -offset indent +.It Sy Third level name Type Changeable +.It kern.ipc.sysvmsg integer no +.It kern.ipc.sysvsem integer no +.It kern.ipc.sysvshm integer no +.It kern.ipc.sysvipc_info struct no +.It kern.ipc.shmmax integer yes +.It kern.ipc.shmmni integer yes +.It kern.ipc.shmseg integer yes +.It kern.ipc.shmmaxpgs integer yes +.It kern.ipc.shm_use_phys integer yes +.It kern.ipc.msgmni integer yes +.It kern.ipc.msgseg integer yes +.It kern.ipc.semmni integer yes +.It kern.ipc.semmns integer yes +.It kern.ipc.semmnu integer yes +.El +.Bl -tag -width "123456" +.It Li kern.ipc.sysvmsg ( KERN_SYSVIPC_MSG ) +Returns 1 if System V style message queue functionality is available +on this system, +otherwise\ 0. +.It Li kern.ipc.sysvsem ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SEM ) +Returns 1 if System V style semaphore functionality is available +on this system, +otherwise\ 0. +.It Li kern.ipc.sysvshm ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHM ) +Returns 1 if System V style share memory functionality is available +on this system, +otherwise\ 0. +.It Li kern.ipc.sysvipc_info ( KERN_SYSVIPC_INFO ) +Return System V style IPC configuration and run-time information. +The fourth level name selects the System V style IPC facility. +.Bl -column "KERN_SYSVIPC_MSG_INFO" "struct shm_sysctl_info" -offset indent +.It Sy Fourth level name Type +.It KERN_SYSVIPC_MSG_INFO struct msg_sysctl_info +.It KERN_SYSVIPC_SEM_INFO struct sem_sysctl_info +.It KERN_SYSVIPC_SHM_INFO struct shm_sysctl_info +.El +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width "123456" +.It Li KERN_SYSVIPC_MSG_INFO +Return information on the System V style message facility. +The +.Sy msg_sysctl_info +structure is defined in +.In sys/msg.h . +.It Li KERN_SYSVIPC_SEM_INFO +Return information on the System V style semaphore facility. +The +.Sy sem_sysctl_info +structure is defined in +.In sys/sem.h . +.It Li KERN_SYSVIPC_SHM_INFO +Return information on the System V style shared memory facility. +The +.Sy shm_sysctl_info +structure is defined in +.In sys/shm.h . +.El +.It Li kern.ipc.shmmax ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHMMAX ) +Max shared memory segment size in bytes. +.It Li kern.ipc.shmmni ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHMMNI ) +Max number of shared memory identifiers. +.It Li kern.ipc.shmseg ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHMSEG ) +Max shared memory segments per process. +.It Li kern.ipc.shmmaxpgs ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHMMAXPGS ) +Max amount of shared memory in pages. +.It Li kern.ipc.shm_use_phys ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHMUSEPHYS ) +Locking of shared memory in physical memory. +If 0, memory can be swapped +out, otherwise it will be locked in physical memory. +.It Li kern.ipc.msgmni +Max number of message queue identifiers. +.It Li kern.ipc.msgseg +Max number of number of message segments. +.It Li kern.ipc.semmni +Max number of number of semaphore identifiers. +.It Li kern.ipc.semmns +Max number of number of semaphores in system. +.It Li kern.ipc.semmnu +Max number of undo structures in system. +.El .It Li kern.job_control ( KERN_JOB_CONTROL ) -Return 1 if job control is available on this system, otherwise 0. +Return 1 if job control is available on this system, otherwise\ 0. .It Li kern.labeloffset ( KERN_LABELOFFSET ) -The offset within the sector specified by KERN_LABELSECTOR of the +The offset within the sector specified by +.Dv KERN_LABELSECTOR +of the .Xr disklabel 5 . .It Li kern.labelsector ( KERN_LABELSECTOR ) The sector number containing the @@ -464,13 +661,17 @@ all process exits due to signals which c .Xr core 5 file, and whether the coredump was created. .It Li kern.mapped_files ( KERN_MAPPED_FILES ) -Returns 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b Memory Mapped Files Option is available -on this system, -otherwise 0. +Returns 1 if the +.St -p1003.1b-93 +Memory Mapped Files Option is available on this system, +otherwise\ 0. .It Li kern.maxfiles ( KERN_MAXFILES ) The maximum number of open files that may be open in the system. .It Li kern.maxpartitions ( KERN_MAXPARTITIONS ) The maximum number of partitions allowed per disk. +.It Li kern.maxlwp +The maximum number of Lightweight Processes (threads) the system allows +per uid. .It Li kern.maxphys ( KERN_MAXPHYS ) Maximum raw I/O transfer size. .It Li kern.maxproc ( KERN_MAXPROC ) @@ -518,21 +719,75 @@ The variable can only be increased, and direct-mapped pool pages. .El .It Li kern.memlock ( KERN_MEMLOCK ) -Returns 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b Process Memory Locking Option is available -on this system, -otherwise 0. +Returns 1 if the +.St -p1003.1b-93 +Process Memory Locking Option is available on this system, +otherwise\ 0. .It Li kern.memlock_range ( KERN_MEMLOCK_RANGE ) -Returns 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b Range Memory Locking Option is available -on this system, -otherwise 0. +Returns 1 if the +.St -p1003.1b-93 +Range Memory Locking Option is available on this system, +otherwise\ 0. .It Li kern.memory_protection ( KERN_MEMORY_PROTECTION ) -Returns 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b Memory Protection Option is available -on this system, -otherwise 0. +Returns 1 if the +.St -p1003.1b-93 +Memory Protection Option is available on this system, +otherwise\ 0. +.It Li kern.module +Settings related to kernel modules. +The third level names for the settings are described below. +.Bl -column "kern.module.autoload" "integer" "Changeable" -offset indent +.It Sy Third level name Type Changeable +.It kern.module.autoload integer yes +.It kern.module.verbose integer yes +.El +.Pp +The variables are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width "123456" +.It Li kern.module.autoload +A boolean that controls whether kernel modules are loaded automatically. +See +.Xr module 7 +for additional details. +.It Li kern.module.verbose +A boolean that enables or disables verbose +debug messages related to kernel modules. +.El .It Li kern.monotonic_clock ( KERN_MONOTONIC_CLOCK ) -Returns the standard version the implementation of the POSIX 1003.1b +Returns the standard version the implementation of the +.St -p1003.1b-93 Monotonic Clock Option conforms to, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. +.It Li kern.mqueue +Settings related to +.Tn POSIX +message queues; see +.Xr mqueue 3 . +This node is created dynamically when +the corresponding kernel module is loaded. +The third level names for the settings are described below. +.Bl -column "kern.mqueue.mq_max_msgsize" "integer" "Changeable" -offset indent +.It Sy Third level name Type Changeable +.It kern.mqueue.mq_open_max integer yes +.It kern.mqueue.mq_prio_max integer yes +.It kern.mqueue.mq_max_msgsize integer yes +.It kern.mqueue.mq_def_maxmsg integer yes +.It kern.mqueue.mq_max_maxmsg integer yes +.El +.Pp +The variables are: +.Bl -tag -width "123456" +.It Li kern.mqueue.mq_open_max +The maximum number of message queue descriptors any single process can open. +.It Li kern.mqueue.mq_prio_max +The maximum priority of a message. +.It Li kern.mqueue.mq_max_msgsize +The maximum size of a message in a message queue. +.It Li kern.mqueue.mq_def_maxmsg +The default maximum message count. +.It Li kern.mqueue.mq_max_maxmsg +The maximum number of messages in a message queue. +.El .It Li kern.msgbuf ( KERN_MSGBUF ) The kernel message buffer, rotated so that the head of the circular kernel message buffer is at the start of the returned data. @@ -541,9 +796,11 @@ The returned data may contain NUL bytes. The maximum number of characters that the kernel message buffer can hold. .It Li kern.ngroups ( KERN_NGROUPS ) The maximum number of supplemental groups. +.\" .It Li kern.no_sa_support +.\" XXX: Undocumented. .It Li kern.ntptime ( KERN_NTPTIME ) A -.Va struct ntptimeval +.Vt struct ntptimeval structure is returned. This structure contains data used by the .Xr ntpd 8 @@ -554,6 +811,8 @@ The system release string. The system revision string. .It Li kern.ostype ( KERN_OSTYPE ) The system type string. +.\".It Li kern.panic_now +.\" XXX: Undocumented. .It Li kern.pipe ( KERN_PIPE ) Pipe settings. The third level names for the integer pipe settings is detailed below. @@ -573,63 +832,76 @@ The variables are as follows: .It Li kern.pipe.kvasiz ( KERN_PIPE_KVASIZ ) Amount of kernel memory consumed by pipe buffers. .It Li kern.pipe.maxbigpipes ( KERN_PIPE_MAXBIGPIPES ) -Maximum number of "big" pipes. +Maximum number of +.Dq big +pipes. .It Li kern.pipe.maxkvasz ( KERN_PIPE_MAXKVASZ ) Maximum amount of kernel memory to be used for pipes. .It Li kern.pipe.limitkva ( KERN_PIPE_LIMITKVA ) Limit for direct transfers via page loan. .It Li kern.pipe.nbigpipes ( KERN_PIPE_NBIGPIPES ) -Number of "big" pipes. +Number of +.Dq big +pipes. .El +.\" XXX: Undocumented .It Li kern.posix ( ? ) +.\" This is a node in which the only variable is semmax. .It Li kern.posix1version ( KERN_POSIX1 ) -The version of ISO/IEC 9945 (POSIX 1003.1) with which the system -attempts to comply. +The version of ISO/IEC 9945 +.Pq St -p1003.1 +with which the system attempts to comply. +.It Li kern.posix_aio +The version of +.St -p1003.1 +and its Asynchronous I/O option to which the system attempts to conform. .It Li kern.posix_barriers ( KERN_POSIX_BARRIERS ) The version of .St -p1003.1 and its Barriers option to which the system attempts to conform, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. .It Li kern.posix_reader_writer_locks ( KERN_POSIX_READER_WRITER_LOCKS ) The version of .St -p1003.1 and its Read-Write Locks option to which the system attempts to conform, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. +.\".It Li kern.posix_sched +.\" XXX: Undocumented. .It Li kern.posix_semaphores ( KERN_POSIX_SEMAPHORES ) The version of .St -p1003.1 and its Semaphores option to which the system attempts to conform, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. .It Li kern.posix_spin_locks ( KERN_POSIX_SPIN_LOCKS ) The version of .St -p1003.1 and its Spin Locks option to which the system attempts to conform, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. .It Li kern.posix_threads ( KERN_POSIX_THREADS ) The version of .St -p1003.1 and its Threads option to which the system attempts to conform, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. .It Li kern.posix_timers ( KERN_POSIX_TIMERS ) The version of .St -p1003.1 and its Timers option to which the system attempts to conform, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. .It Li kern.proc ( KERN_PROC ) Return the entire process table, or a subset of it. An array of -.Va struct kinfo_proc +.Vt struct kinfo_proc structures is returned, whose size depends on the current number of such objects in the system. The third and fourth level numeric names are as follows: @@ -646,11 +918,13 @@ The third and fourth level numeric names .It KERN_PROC_UID A user ID .El .It Li kern.proc2 ( KERN_PROC2 ) -As for KERN_PROC, but an array of -.Va struct kinfo_proc2 +As for +.Dv KERN_PROC , +but an array of +.Vt struct kinfo_proc2 structures are returned. The fifth level name is the size of the -.Va struct kinfo_proc2 +.Vt struct kinfo_proc2 and the sixth level name is the number of structures to return. .It Li kern.proc_args ( KERN_PROC_ARGS ) Return the argv or environment strings (or the number thereof) @@ -667,8 +941,9 @@ The fourth level name is as follows: .It Li kern.profiling ( KERN_PROF ) Return profiling information about the kernel. If the kernel is not compiled for profiling, -attempts to retrieve any of the KERN_PROF values will -fail with +attempts to retrieve any of the +.Dv KERN_PROF +values will fail with .Er EOPNOTSUPP . The third level names for the string and integer profiling information is detailed below. @@ -693,13 +968,19 @@ Array indexed by program counter of call Structure giving the sizes of the above arrays. .It Li kern.profiling.state ( GPROF_STATE ) Profiling state. -If set to GMON_PROF_ON, starts profiling. -If set to GMON_PROF_OFF, stops profiling. +If set to +.Dv GMON_PROF_ON , +starts profiling. +If set to +.Dv GMON_PROF_OFF , +stops profiling. .It Li kern.profiling.tos ( GPROF_TOS ) Array of -.Va struct tostruct +.Vt struct tostruct describing destination of calls and their counts. .El +.\" .It Li kern.pset +.\" XXX: Undocumented. .It Li kern.rawpartition ( KERN_RAWPARTITION ) The raw partition of a disk (a == 0). .It Li kern.root_device ( KERN_ROOT_DEVICE ) @@ -717,99 +998,16 @@ Maximum socket buffer size. .It Li kern.securelevel ( KERN_SECURELVL ) See .Xr secmodel_securelevel 9 . +.\" .It Li kern.sched +.\" XXX: Undocumented. .It Li kern.somaxkva ( KERN_SOMAXKVA ) Maximum amount of kernel memory to be used for socket buffers. .\" XXX units? .It Li kern.synchronized_io ( KERN_SYNCHRONIZED_IO ) -Returns 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b Synchronized I/O Option is available -on this system, -otherwise 0. -.It Li kern.ipc ( KERN_SYSVIPC ) -Return information about the SysV IPC parameters. -The third level names for the ipc variables are detailed below. -.Bl -column "kern.ipc.shm_use_phys" "integer" "Changeable" -offset indent -.It Sy Third level name Type Changeable -.It kern.ipc.sysvmsg integer no -.It kern.ipc.sysvsem integer no -.It kern.ipc.sysvshm integer no -.It kern.ipc.sysvipc_info struct no -.It kern.ipc.shmmax integer yes -.It kern.ipc.shmmni integer yes -.It kern.ipc.shmseg integer yes -.It kern.ipc.shmmaxpgs integer yes -.It kern.ipc.shm_use_phys integer yes -.It kern.ipc.msgmni integer yes -.It kern.ipc.msgseg integer yes -.It kern.ipc.semmni integer yes -.It kern.ipc.semmns integer yes -.It kern.ipc.semmnu integer yes -.El -.Bl -tag -width "123456" -.It Li kern.ipc.sysvmsg ( KERN_SYSVIPC_MSG ) -Returns 1 if System V style message queue functionality is available -on this system, -otherwise 0. -.It Li kern.ipc.sysvsem ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SEM ) -Returns 1 if System V style semaphore functionality is available -on this system, -otherwise 0. -.It Li kern.ipc.sysvshm ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHM ) -Returns 1 if System V style share memory functionality is available -on this system, -otherwise 0. -.It Li kern.ipc.sysvipc_info ( KERN_SYSVIPC_INFO ) -Return System V style IPC configuration and run-time information. -The fourth level name selects the System V style IPC facility. -.Bl -column "KERN_SYSVIPC_MSG_INFO" "struct shm_sysctl_info" -offset indent -.It Sy Fourth level name Type -.It KERN_SYSVIPC_MSG_INFO struct msg_sysctl_info -.It KERN_SYSVIPC_SEM_INFO struct sem_sysctl_info -.It KERN_SYSVIPC_SHM_INFO struct shm_sysctl_info -.El -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width "123456" -.It Li KERN_SYSVIPC_MSG_INFO -Return information on the System V style message facility. -The -.Sy msg_sysctl_info -structure is defined in -.In sys/msg.h . -.It Li KERN_SYSVIPC_SEM_INFO -Return information on the System V style semaphore facility. -The -.Sy sem_sysctl_info -structure is defined in -.In sys/sem.h . -.It Li KERN_SYSVIPC_SHM_INFO -Return information on the System V style shared memory facility. -The -.Sy shm_sysctl_info -structure is defined in -.In sys/shm.h . -.El -.It Li kern.ipc.shmmax ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHMMAX ) -Max shared memory segment size in bytes. -.It Li kern.ipc.shmmni ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHMMNI ) -Max number of shared memory identifiers. -.It Li kern.ipc.shmseg ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHMSEG ) -Max shared memory segments per process. -.It Li kern.ipc.shmmaxpgs ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHMMAXPGS ) -Max amount of shared memory in pages. -.It Li kern.ipc.shm_use_phys ( KERN_SYSVIPC_SHMUSEPHYS ) -Locking of shared memory in physical memory. -If 0, memory can be swapped -out, otherwise it will be locked in physical memory. -.It Li kern.ipc.msgmni -Max number of message queue identifiers. -.It Li kern.ipc.msgseg -Max number of number of message segments. -.It Li kern.ipc.semmni -Max number of number of semaphore identifiers. -.It Li kern.ipc.semmns -Max number of number of semaphores in system. -.It Li kern.ipc.semmnu -Max number of undo structures in system. -.El +Returns 1 if the +.St -p1003.1b-93 +Synchronized I/O Option is available on this system, +otherwise\ 0. .It Li kern.timecounter ( dynamic ) Display and control the timecounter source of the system. .Bl -column "kern.timecounter.timestepwarnings" "integer" "Changeable" -offset indent @@ -855,10 +1053,69 @@ The total number of output characters. .It Li kern.tkstat.rawcc ( KERN_TKSTAT_RAWCC ) The number of raw input characters. .El +.It Li kern.tty +The third level names for the tty setup variables are detailed below. +The changeable column shows whether a process +with appropriate privilege may change the value. +.Bl -column "kern.tty.qsize" "int" "Changeable" -offset indent +.It Sy Third level name Type Changeable +.It kern.tty.qsize int yes +.El +.Pp +The variables are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width "123456" +.It Li kern.tty.qsize +Control/display the size of the default input and output queues selected +during tty creation. +Is converted to a power of two and its range is between +.Dv 1024 +and +.Dv 65536 . +.El +.It Li kern.uidinfo +Resource usage for the current user. +.Bl -column "kern.uidinfo.proccnt" "integer" "Changeable" -offset indent +.It Sy Third level name Type Changeable +.It kern.uidinfo.proccnt integer no +.It kern.uidinfo.lwpcnt integer no +.It kern.uidinfo.lockcnt integer no +.It kern.uidinfo.sbsize integer no +.El +.Bl -tag -width "123456" +.It Li kern.uidinfo.proccnt +Returns the number of active processes for the current user. +.It Li kern.uidinfo.lwpcnt +Returns the number of active threads for the current user; the first thread +of each process is not counted. +.It Li kern.uidinfo.lockcnt +Number of locks held by the current user. +.It Li kern.uidinfo.sbsize +Number of bytes in socket buffers allocated to the current user. +.El .It Li kern.urandom ( KERN_URND ) Random integer value. +.It Li kern.usercrypto +When enabled, allows userland to +.Xr open 2 +the +.Pa /dev/crypto +special device, used by the +.Xr crypto 4 +system. +.It Li kern.userasymcrypto +Enables or disables the use of software asymmetric crypto support in the +.Xr crypto 4 +system. .It Li kern.veriexec -Tunings for Verixec. +Runtime information for +.Xr veriexec 8 . +.Bl -column "kern.veriexec.algorithms" "integer" "Changeable" -offset indent +.It Sy Third level name Type Changeable +.It kern.veriexec.algorithms string no +.It kern.veriexec.count node not applicable +.It kern.veriexec.strict integer yes +.It kern.veriexec.verbose integer yes +.El .Bl -tag -width "123456" .It Li kern.veriexec.algorithms Returns a string with the supported algorithms in Veriexec. @@ -868,11 +1125,11 @@ Each mount will be under its own .No tableN node. Under each node there will be three variables, indicating the mount -point, the file-system type, and the number of entries. +point, the file system type, and the number of entries. .It Li kern.veriexec.strict Controls the strict level of Veriexec. See -.Xr security 8 +.Xr security 7 for more information on each level's implications. .It Li kern.veriexec.verbose Controls the verbosity level of Veriexec. @@ -893,42 +1150,20 @@ the system. The returned data consists of an array whose size depends on the current number of such objects in the system. Each element of the array contains the kernel address of a vnode -.Va struct vnode * +.Vt struct vnode * followed by the vnode itself -.Va struct vnode . -.It Li kern.coredump.setid -Settings related to set-id processes coredumps. -By default, set-id processes do not dump core in situations where -other processes would. -The settings in this node allows an administrator to change this -behavior. -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width "123456" -.It Li kern.coredump.setid.dump -If non-zero, set-id processes will dump core. -.It Li kern.coredump.setid.group -The group-id for the set-id processes' coredump. -.It Li kern.coredump.setid.mode -The mode for the set-id processes' coredump. -See -.Xr chmod 1 . -.It Li kern.coredump.setid.owner -The user-id that will be used as the owner of the set-id processes' -coredump. -.It Li kern.coredump.setid.path -The path to which set-id processes' coredumps will be saved to. -Same syntax as kern.defcorename. +.Vt struct vnode . +.\" XXX: Undocumented: kern.lwp: no children? .El -.\" XXX kern.lwp -.El -.Sh The machdep.* subtree +.Ss The machdep.* subtree The set of variables defined is architecture dependent. Most architectures define at least the following variables. -.Bl -column "Second level name" "Type" "Changeable" -offset indent +.Bl -column "machdep.booted_kernel" "Type" "Changeable" -offset indent .It Sy Second level name Type Changeable -.It Li CPU_CONSDEV dev_t no +.It Li machdep.booted_kernel string no .El -.Sh The net.* subtree +.\" XXX: Document the above. +.Ss The net.* subtree The string and integer information available for the .Li net level is detailed below. @@ -953,7 +1188,7 @@ The data is returned as a sequence of ro for the header file, format and meaning). The length of each message is contained in the message header. .Pp -The third level name is a protocol number, which is currently always 0. +The third level name is a protocol number, which is currently always\ 0. The fourth level name is an address family, which may be set to 0 to select all address families. The fifth and sixth level names are as follows: @@ -973,6 +1208,9 @@ The currently defined protocols and name .It Sy Protocol name Variable name Type Changeable .It arp down integer yes .It arp keep integer yes +.It arp log_movements integer yes +.It arp log_permanent_modify integer yes +.It arp log_wrong_iface integer yes .It arp prune integer yes .It arp refresh integer yes .It carp allow integer yes @@ -985,6 +1223,8 @@ The currently defined protocols and name .It icmp redirtimeout integer yes .It icmp bmcastecho integer yes .It ip allowsrcrt integer yes +.It ip anonportalgo.selected string yes +.It ip anonportalgo.available string yes .It ip anonportmax integer yes .It ip anonportmin integer yes .It ip checkinterface integer yes @@ -1087,6 +1327,10 @@ believes it can send advertisements more Disabled by default. .It Li ip.allowsrcrt If set to 1, the host accepts source routed packets. +.It Li ip.anonportalgo.available +The available RFC 6056 port randomization algorithms. +.It Li ip.anonportalgo.selected +The currently selected RFC 6056 port randomization algorithm. .It Li ip.anonportmax The highest port number to use for TCP and UDP ephemeral port allocation. This cannot be set to less than 1024 or greater than 65535, and must @@ -1323,10 +1567,10 @@ It has no effect unless tcp.abc.enable i If set to 1, UDP checksums are being computed. Received non-zero UDP checksums are always checked. Disabling UDP checksums is strongly discouraged. -.It Li udp.sendspace -The default UDP send buffer size. .It Li udp.recvspace The default UDP receive buffer size. +.It Li udp.sendspace +The default UDP send buffer size. .El .Pp For variables net.*.ipsec, please refer to @@ -1353,6 +1597,8 @@ The currently defined protocols and name .It icmp6 rediraccept integer yes .It icmp6 redirtimeout integer yes .It ip6 accept_rtadv integer yes +.It ip6 anonportalgo.selected string yes +.It ip6 anonportalgo.available string yes .It ip6 anonportmax integer yes .It ip6 anonportmin integer yes .It ip6 auto_flowlabel integer yes @@ -1388,6 +1634,10 @@ and autoconfigures address prefixes and The node must be a host .Pq not a router for the option to be meaningful. +.It Li ip6.anonportalgo.available +The available RFC 6056 port randomization algorithms. +.It Li ip6.anonportalgo.selected +The currently selected RFC 6056 port randomization algorithm. .It Li ip6.anonportmax The highest port number to use for TCP and UDP ephemeral port allocation. This cannot be set to less than 1024 or greater than 65535, and must @@ -1431,7 +1681,7 @@ The number of IPv6 extension headers per If set to 0, the node will accept as many extension headers as possible. .It Li ip6.hashsize The size of IPv6 Fast Forward hash table. -This value must be a power of 2 (64, 256...). +This value must be a power of 2 (64, 256, ...). A larger hash table size results in fewer collisions. Also see .Li ip6.maxflows . @@ -1622,7 +1872,7 @@ The variables are as follows: .It Li debug Turn on debugging message from within the kernel. The value is a bitmap, as defined in -.Pa /usr/include/netkey/key_debug.h . +.In netkey/key_debug.h . .It Li spi_try The number of times the kernel will try to obtain an unique SPI when it generates it from random number generator. @@ -1653,7 +1903,7 @@ The value is used when the kernel create on ACQUIRE PF_KEY message. .El .El -.Sh The proc.* subtree +.Ss The proc.* subtree The string and integer information available for the .Li proc level is detailed below. @@ -1681,9 +1931,12 @@ The template used for the core dump file .Xr core 5 for details). The base name must either be -.Nm core -or end with the suffix ``.core'' (the super-user may set arbitrary names). -By default it points to KERN_DEFCORENAME. +.Pa core +or end with the suffix +.Pa .core +(the super-user may set arbitrary names). +By default it points to +.Dv KERN_DEFCORENAME . .It Li proc.pid.rlimit ( PROC_PID_LIMIT ) Return resources limits, as defined for the .Xr getrlimit 2 @@ -1691,7 +1944,7 @@ and .Xr setrlimit 2 system calls. The fourth level name is one of: -.Bl -tag -width PROC_PID_LIMIT_MEMLOCKAA +.Bl -tag -width "123456" .It Li proc.pid.rlimit.cputime ( PROC_PID_LIMIT_CPU ) The maximum amount of CPU time (in seconds) to be used by each process. .It Li proc.pid.rlimit.filesize ( PROC_PID_LIMIT_FSIZE ) @@ -1735,7 +1988,8 @@ options. .El .Pp The fifth level name is one of -.Li soft ( PROC_PID_LIMIT_TYPE_SOFT ) or +.Li soft ( PROC_PID_LIMIT_TYPE_SOFT ) +or .Li hard ( PROC_PID_LIMIT_TYPE_HARD ) , to select respectively the soft or hard limit. Both are of type integer. @@ -1785,7 +2039,7 @@ before it disappears. .Pp This value is also inherited by the process's children. .El -.Sh The user.* subtree ( CTL_USER ) +.Ss The user.* subtree ( CTL_USER ) The string and integer information available for the .Li user level is detailed below. @@ -1853,29 +2107,33 @@ The maximum length in bytes of a text-pr line. .It Li user.posix2_char_term ( USER_POSIX2_CHAR_TERM ) Return 1 if the system supports at least one terminal type capable of -all operations described in POSIX 1003.2, otherwise 0. +all operations described in +.St -p1003.2 , +otherwise\ 0. .It Li user.posix2_c_bind ( USER_POSIX2_C_BIND ) Return 1 if the system's C-language development facilities support the -C-Language Bindings Option, otherwise 0. +C-Language Bindings Option, otherwise\ 0. .It Li user.posix2_c_dev ( USER_POSIX2_C_DEV ) Return 1 if the system supports the C-Language Development Utilities Option, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. .It Li user.posix2_fort_dev ( USER_POSIX2_FORT_DEV ) Return 1 if the system supports the FORTRAN Development Utilities Option, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. .It Li user.posix2_fort_run ( USER_POSIX2_FORT_RUN ) Return 1 if the system supports the FORTRAN Runtime Utilities Option, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. .It Li user.posix2_localedef ( USER_POSIX2_LOCALEDEF ) -Return 1 if the system supports the creation of locales, otherwise 0. +Return 1 if the system supports the creation of locales, otherwise\ 0. .It Li user.posix2_sw_dev ( USER_POSIX2_SW_DEV ) Return 1 if the system supports the Software Development Utilities Option, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. .It Li user.posix2_upe ( USER_POSIX2_UPE ) Return 1 if the system supports the User Portability Utilities Option, -otherwise 0. +otherwise\ 0. .It Li user.posix2_version ( USER_POSIX2_VERSION ) -The version of POSIX 1003.2 with which the system attempts to comply. +The version of +.St -p1003.2 +with which the system attempts to comply. .It Li user.re_dup_max ( USER_RE_DUP_MAX ) The maximum number of repeated occurrences of a regular expression permitted when using interval notation. @@ -1886,7 +2144,7 @@ at any one time. The minimum maximum number of types supported for the name of a timezone. .El -.Sh The vm.* subtree ( CTL_VM ) +.Ss The vm.* subtree ( CTL_VM ) The string and integer information available for the .Li vm level is detailed below. @@ -1946,29 +2204,29 @@ cached file data. .It Li vm.loadavg ( VM_LOADAVG ) Return the load average history. The returned data consists of a -.Va struct loadavg . +.Vt struct loadavg . .It Li vm.maxslp ( VM_MAXSLP ) The value of the maxslp kernel global variable. .It Li vm.vmmeter ( VM_METER ) Return system wide virtual memory statistics. The returned data consists of a -.Va struct vmtotal . +.Vt struct vmtotal . .It vm.user_va0_disable -A flag which controls whether user processes can map virtual address 0. +A flag which controls whether user processes can map virtual address\ 0. .It Li vm.uspace ( VM_USPACE ) The number of bytes allocated for each kernel stack. .It Li vm.uvmexp ( VM_UVMEXP ) Return system wide virtual memory statistics. The returned data consists of a -.Va struct uvmexp . +.Vt struct uvmexp . .It Li vm.uvmexp2 ( VM_UVMEXP2 ) Return system wide virtual memory statistics. The returned data consists of a -.Va struct uvmexp_sysctl . +.Vt struct uvmexp_sysctl . .\" XXX vm.idlezero .El -.Sh The ddb.* subtree ( CTL_DDB ) -The integer information available for the +.Ss The ddb.* subtree ( CTL_DDB ) +The information available for the .Li ddb level is detailed below. The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate @@ -1978,45 +2236,73 @@ privilege may change the value. .It Sy Second level name Type Changeable .It ddb.radix integer yes .It ddb.maxoff integer yes +.It ddb.maxwidth integer yes .It ddb.lines integer yes .It ddb.tabstops integer yes .It ddb.onpanic integer yes .It ddb.fromconsole integer yes +.It ddb.tee_msgbuf integer yes +.It ddb.commandonenter string yes .El .Pp .Bl -tag -width "123456" -.It Li ddb.radix ( DBCTL_RADIX ) +.It Li ddb.radix ( DDBCTL_RADIX ) The input and output radix. -.It Li ddb.maxoff ( DBCTL_MAXOFF ) +.It Li ddb.maxoff ( DDBCTL_MAXOFF ) The maximum symbol offset. -.It Li ddb.lines ( DBCTL_LINES ) +.It Li ddb.maxwidth ( DDBCTL_MAXWIDTH ) +The maximum output line width. +.It Li ddb.lines ( DDBCTL_LINES ) Number of display lines. -.It Li ddb.tabstops ( DBCTL_TABSTOPS ) +.It Li ddb.tabstops ( DDBCTL_TABSTOPS ) Tab width. -.It Li ddb.onpanic ( DBCTL_ONPANIC ) -If non-zero, DDB will be entered if the kernel panics. -.It Li ddb.fromconsole ( DBCTL_FROMCONSOLE ) +.It Li ddb.onpanic ( DDBCTL_ONPANIC ) +If greater than zero, DDB will be entered if the kernel panics. +A value of 1 causes the system to enter DDB on panic, while a value of 2 +causes the kernel to attempt to print out a stack trace before entering DDB. +A value of 0 causes the kernel to attempt to print a stack trace, then +reboot, while a value of \-1 means neither a stack trace will be printed +nor DDB entered. +.It Li ddb.fromconsole ( DDBCTL_FROMCONSOLE ) If not zero, DDB may be entered by sending a break on a serial console or by a special key sequence on a graphics console. -.\" XXX tee_msgbuf maxwidth commandonenter +.It Li ddb.tee_msgbuf +If not zero, DDB will output also to the kernel message buffer. +.It Li ddb.commandonenter +If not empty, a command to be executed on each enter to the +.Tn DDB . +.\" +.\" XXX: (a) ddb.commandonenter is missing in ddb(4); +.\" (b) No DDBCTL definitions for tee_msgbuf and commandonenter. .El .Pp -These MIB nodes are also available as variables from within the DDB. +Some of these +.Tn MIB +nodes are also available as variables from within the debugger. See .Xr ddb 4 for more details. -.Sh The security.* subtree ( CTL_SECURITY ) +.Ss The security.* subtree ( CTL_SECURITY ) The .Li security level contains various security-related settings for the system. +The available second level names are: +.Bl -column "Second level name" "integer" "Changeable" -offset indent +.It Sy Second level name Type Changeable +.It Li security.curtain integer yes +.It Li security.models node not applicable +.It Li security.pax node not applicable +.El +.Pp Available settings are detailed below. .Pp .Bl -tag -width "123456" .It Li security.curtain -If non-zero, will filter return objects according to the user-id +If non-zero, will filter return objects according to the user +.Tn ID requesting information about them, preventing from users any -access to objects they don't own. +access to objects they do not own. .Pp At the moment, it affects .Xr ps 1 , @@ -2046,25 +2332,48 @@ Settings for PaX -- exploit mitigation f For more information on any of the PaX features, please see .Xr paxctl 8 and -.Xr security 8 . +.Xr security 7 . +The available third and fourth level names are: +.Bl -column "security.pax.segvguard.suspend_timeout" "integer" "Changeable" \ +-offset 2n +.It Sy Third and fourth level names Ta Sy Type Ta Sy Changeable +.It Li security.pax.aslr.enabled integer yes +.\".It Li security.pax.aslr.exec_len integer yes +.It Li security.pax.aslr.global integer yes +.\".It Li security.pax.aslr.mmap_len integer yes +.\".It Li security.pax.aslr.stack_len integer yes +.It Li security.pax.mprotect.enabled integer yes +.It Li security.pax.mprotect.global integer yes +.It Li security.pax.segvguard.enabled integer yes +.It Li security.pax.segvguard.expiry_timeout integer yes +.It Li security.pax.segvguard.global integer yes +.It Li security.pax.segvguard.max_crashes integer yes +.It Li security.pax.segvguard.suspend_timeout integer yes +.El .Pp .Bl -tag -width "123456" -.It Li security.pax.aslr.enable +.It Li security.pax.aslr.enabled Enable PaX ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization). .Pp The value of this knob must be non-zero for PaX ASLR to be enabled, even if a program is set to explicit enable. +.\".It Li security.pax.aslr.exec_len +.\" XXX: Undocumented. .It Li security.pax.aslr.global Specifies the default global policy for programs without an explicit enable/disable flag. .Pp When non-zero, all programs will get PaX ASLR, except those exempted with -.Xr paxctl 8 . +.Xr paxctl 8 . Otherwise, all programs will not get PaX ASLR, except those specifically marked as such with .Xr paxctl 8 . -.It Li security.pax.mprotect.enable +.\".It Li security.pax.aslr.mmap_len +.\" XXX: Undocumented. +.\" .It Li security.pax.aslr.stack_len +.\" XXX: Undocumented. +.It Li security.pax.mprotect.enabled Enable PaX MPROTECT restrictions. .Pp These are @@ -2079,11 +2388,11 @@ explicit enable/disable flag. .Pp When non-zero, all programs will get the PaX MPROTECT restrictions, except those exempted with -.Xr paxctl 8 . +.Xr paxctl 8 . Otherwise, all programs will not get the PaX MPROTECT restrictions, except those specifically marked as such with .Xr paxctl 8 . -.It Li security.pax.segvguard.enable +.It Li security.pax.segvguard.enabled Enable PaX Segvguard. .Pp PaX Segvguard can detect and prevent certain exploitation attempts, where @@ -2095,27 +2404,27 @@ The .Nx interface and implementation of the Segvguard is still experimental, and may change in future releases. +.It Li security.pax.segvguard.expiry_timeout +If the max number was not reached within this timeout (in seconds), the entry +will expire. .It Li security.pax.segvguard.global Specifies the default global policy for programs without an explicit enable/disable flag. .Pp When non-zero, all programs will get the PaX Segvguard, except those exempted with -.Xr paxctl 8 . +.Xr paxctl 8 . Otherwise, no program will get the PaX Segvguard restrictions, except those specifically marked as such with .Xr paxctl 8 . -.It Li security.pax.segvguard.expiry_timeout -If the max number was not reached within this timeout (in seconds), the entry -will expire. +.It Li security.pax.segvguard.max_crashes +The maximum number of segfaults a program can receive before suspension. .It Li security.pax.segvguard.suspend_timeout Number of seconds to suspend a user from running a faulting program when the limit was exceeded. -.It Li security.pax.segvguard.max_crashes -Max number of segfaults a program can receive before suspension. .El .El -.Sh The vendor.* subtree ( CTL_VENDOR ) +.Ss The vendor.* subtree ( CTL_VENDOR ) The .Li vendor toplevel name is reserved to be used by vendors who wish to @@ -2126,7 +2435,7 @@ Intended use is to store values under .Xr sysctl 3 , .Xr ipsec 4 , .Xr tcp 4 , -.Xr security 8 , +.Xr security 7 , .Xr sysctl 8 .Sh HISTORY The