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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-07-03 23:40:38 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-07-03 23:40:38 +0300
commit25e09ca52459586eb6171209635bc8b436a56d79 (patch)
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parentfe2d48b805d01e14ddb8144de01de43171eb516f (diff)
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Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 boot updates from Ingo Molnar: "The main changes in this cycle were KASLR improvements for rare environments with special boot options, by Baoquan He. Also misc smaller changes/cleanups" * 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/debug: Extend the lower bound of crash kernel low reservations x86/boot: Remove unused copy_*_gs() functions x86/KASLR: Use the right memcpy() implementation Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: Update 'memmap=' boot option description x86/KASLR: Handle the memory limit specified by the 'memmap=' and 'mem=' boot options x86/KASLR: Parse all 'memmap=' boot option entries
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index f59aad5c2270..9b0b3dea6326 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2136,6 +2136,12 @@
memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
+ If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
+ which limits max address to nn[KMG].
+ Multiple different regions can be specified,
+ comma delimited.
+ Example:
+ memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
@@ -2148,6 +2154,9 @@
memmap=64K$0x18690000
or
memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
+ Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
+ like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
+ will be eaten.
memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.