From 1acfb873cf2e59f9ddf53602cbc67fa810c878a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 17:23:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] dtrace.1: Document security.bsd.allow_destructive_dtrace

PR:		288284
Reviewed by:	bcr, markj
MFC after:	3 days
Sponsored by:	Klara, Inc.
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D51633
---
 cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/dtrace.1 | 25 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/dtrace.1 b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/dtrace.1
index da8cbd9ffe5..e263b936700 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/dtrace.1
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/dtrace/dtrace.1
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd July 16, 2025
+.Dd July 30, 2025
 .Dt DTRACE 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -537,6 +537,17 @@ option is not specified,
 .Nm
 does not permit the compilation or enabling of a D program that contains
 destructive actions.
+.Pp
+Set the
+.Va security.bsd.allow_destructive_dtrace
+.Xr loader 8
+tunable
+to
+.Ql 0
+to disallow the possibility of enabling destructive actions system-wide at any point at all.
+Any attempts to enable destructive actions will cause
+.Nm
+to exit with a runtime error.
 .It Fl x Ar arg Op Ns = Ns value
 Enable or modify a DTrace runtime option or D compiler option.
 Boolean options are enabled by specifying their name.
@@ -1265,6 +1276,18 @@ failed or that the specified request could not be satisfied.
 .It 2
 Invalid command line options or arguments were specified.
 .El
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+.Bl -diag
+.It dtrace: could not enable tracing: Permission denied
+This can happen when
+.Nm
+fails to enable destructive actions because
+.Va security.bsd.allow_destructive_dtrace
+is set to
+.Ql 0
+in
+.Xr loader.conf 5 .
+.El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr cpp 1 ,
 .Xr dwatch 1 ,