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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 5922e84d913..276a7e63782 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
 - java-interpreter            [ binfmt_java, obsolete ]
 - kstack_depth_to_print       [ X86 only ]
 - l2cr                        [ PPC only ]
-- modprobe                    ==> Documentation/kmod.txt
+- modprobe                    ==> Documentation/debugging-modules.txt
 - msgmax
 - msgmnb
 - msgmni
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
 - pid_max
 - powersave-nap               [ PPC only ]
 - printk
+- randomize_va_space
 - real-root-dev               ==> Documentation/initrd.txt
 - reboot-cmd                  [ SPARC only ]
 - rtsig-max
@@ -221,14 +222,14 @@ Controls the kernel's behaviour when an oops or BUG is encountered.
 
 0: try to continue operation
 
-1: panic immediatly.  If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the
+1: panic immediately.  If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the
    machine will be rebooted.
 
 ==============================================================
 
 pid_max:
 
-PID allocation wrap value.  When the kenrel's next PID value
+PID allocation wrap value.  When the kernel's next PID value
 reaches this value, it wraps back to a minimum PID value.
 PIDs of value pid_max or larger are not allocated.
 
@@ -280,6 +281,34 @@ send before ratelimiting kicks in.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+randomize-va-space:
+
+This option can be used to select the type of process address
+space randomization that is used in the system, for architectures
+that support this feature.
+
+0 - Turn the process address space randomization off by default.
+
+1 - Make the addresses of mmap base, stack and VDSO page randomized.
+    This, among other things, implies that shared libraries will be
+    loaded to random addresses. Also for PIE-linked binaries, the location
+    of code start is randomized.
+
+    With heap randomization, the situation is a little bit more
+    complicated.
+    There a few legacy applications out there (such as some ancient
+    versions of libc.so.5 from 1996) that assume that brk area starts
+    just after the end of the code+bss. These applications break when
+    start of the brk area is randomized. There are however no known
+    non-legacy applications that would be broken this way, so for most
+    systems it is safe to choose full randomization. However there is
+    a CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK option for systems with ancient and/or broken
+    binaries, that makes heap non-randomized, but keeps all other
+    parts of process address space randomized if randomize_va_space
+    sysctl is turned on.
+
+==============================================================
+
 reboot-cmd: (Sparc only)
 
 ??? This seems to be a way to give an argument to the Sparc
@@ -320,6 +349,14 @@ kernel.  This value defaults to SHMMAX.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+softlockup_thresh:
+
+This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance
+threshold. The default threshold is 10s.  If a cpu is locked up
+for 10s, the kernel complains.  Valid values are 1-60s.
+
+==============================================================
+
 tainted: 
 
 Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted.  Numeric values, which