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From: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: man/man8/ldconfig.8: document system-wide tunables
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:53:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xny0fk806i.fsf@greed.delorie.com> (raw)


diff --git a/man/man8/ldconfig.8 b/man/man8/ldconfig.8
index ee024b8f6..8574eae24 100644
--- a/man/man8/ldconfig.8
+++ b/man/man8/ldconfig.8
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ .SH SYNOPSIS
 .IR conf ]
 .RB [ \-r\~\c
 .IR root ]
+.RB [ \-t\~\c
+.IR tunconf ]
 .IR directory \~.\|.\|.
 .YS
 .SY /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -85,6 +87,11 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
 .P
 Failure to follow this pattern may result in compatibility issues
 after an upgrade.
+.P
+If the file
+.IR /etc/tunables.conf
+exists, it contains one tunable per line.  These tunables are stored
+in the cache and applied to every process at its startup.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BI \-\-format= fmt
@@ -157,6 +164,12 @@ .SH OPTIONS
 .I root
 as the root directory.
 .TP
+.BI \-t\~ tunconf
+Use
+.I tunconf
+instead of
+.IR /etc/tunables.conf .
+.TP
 .B \-\-verbose
 .TQ
 .B \-v
@@ -177,9 +190,85 @@ .SH OPTIONS
 .B \-N
 is also specified,
 the cache is still rebuilt.
+.SH INCLUDES
+The files
+.IR /etc/ld.so.conf
+and
+.IR /etc/tunables.conf
+allow lines to start with the word
+.I include
+followed by a path wildcard, and will include any files matching that
+wildcard.
+.SH TUNABLES
+Each line in the file
+.I /etc/tunables.conf
+specifies a tunable, which is a name and value
+separated by an equals sign.
+Each line may include zero or more words or symbols at the beginning:
+.TP
+.B overridable
+.TQ
+.B +
+Allow the tunable to be overridden by the environment variable (this is the default).
+.TP
+.B nonoverridable
+.TQ
+.B \-
+Do not allow the tunable to be overridden by the environment variable.
+.TP
+.B onlysecure
+.TQ
+.B @
+The tunable only applies to AT_SECURE (i.e. setuid, or elevated
+capabilities) processes.
+.TP
+.B nonsecure
+.TQ
+.B $
+The tunable only applies to non-AT_SECURE processes (this is the default).
+.TP
+.B anysecure
+.TQ
+.B *
+The tunable only applies to both AT_SECURE and non-AT_SECURE processes.
+.P
+The file may also contain
+.I filters ,
+which limit the tunables following it, up to the end of the file (or
+end of the included file, or start of a new included file) or a line
+with only
+.B []
+on it.  The syntax is:
+.RS
+.P
+[
+.I filter
+:
+.I pattern
+]
+.RE
+.P
+.TP
+.B proc
+The
+.I proc
+filter limits the following tunables to processes starting from the
+file matching the pattern.  The file may be fully qualified or just
+the basename.
+.P
+Example config file:
+.P
+.RS
+.nf
+glibc.malloc.arenas_max=5
+onlysecure glibc.malloc.arenas_max=1
+-glibc.pthread.rseq=1
+[proc:/bin/bad.program]
+-glibc.pthread.rseq=0
+.fi
+.RE
+.P
 .SH FILES
-.\" FIXME Since glibc-2.3.4, "include" directives are supported in ld.so.conf
-.\"
 .\" FIXME Since glibc-2.4, "hwcap" directives are supported in ld.so.conf
 .PD 0
 .TP
@@ -191,6 +280,11 @@ .SH FILES
 one per line,
 in which to search for libraries.
 .TP
+.I /etc/tunables.conf
+contains a list of tunables,
+one per line,
+to apply to all newly created processes.
+.TP
 .I /etc/ld.so.cache
 contains an ordered list of libraries found in the directories
 specified in


             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-09 18:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-09 18:53 DJ Delorie [this message]
2026-07-10 14:31 ` man/man8/ldconfig.8: document system-wide tunables Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-10 18:12   ` DJ Delorie
2026-07-10 19:58     ` Why we're stuck with man(7) (was: man/man8/ldconfig.8: document system-wide tunables) G. Branden Robinson
2026-07-10 22:11       ` DJ Delorie
2026-07-10 22:28         ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-10 22:19       ` DJ Delorie
2026-07-10 20:06     ` man/man8/ldconfig.8: document system-wide tunables Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-10 20:33       ` Alejandro Colomar

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