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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index c722ec19cd00..4fc20f9af2fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -373,6 +373,12 @@ arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID> + arm64.nobti [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target + Identification support + + arm64.nopauth [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication + support + ataflop= [HW,M68k] atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse @@ -802,13 +808,14 @@ insecure, please do not use on production kernels. debug_locks_verbose= - [KNL] verbose self-tests - Format=<0|1> + [KNL] verbose locking self-tests + Format: <int> Print debugging info while doing the locking API self-tests. - We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to - 1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally - only useful to kernel developers. + Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0 + (no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set) + will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only + useful to lockdep developers. debug_objects [KNL] Enable object debugging @@ -944,12 +951,6 @@ causing system reset or hang due to sending INIT from AP to BSP. - perf_v4_pmi= [X86,INTEL] - Format: <bool> - Disable Intel PMU counter freezing feature. - The feature only exists starting from - Arch Perfmon v4 (Skylake and newer). - disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES] Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this to workaround buggy firmware. @@ -1385,7 +1386,7 @@ ftrace_filter=[function-list] [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function - tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated + tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated list of functions. This list can be changed at run time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs tracing directory. @@ -1399,13 +1400,13 @@ ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list] [FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced by the function graph tracer at boot up. - function-list is a comma separated list of functions + function-list is a comma-separated list of functions that can be changed at run time by the set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory. ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list] [FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in - function-list. This list is a comma separated list of + function-list. This list is a comma-separated list of functions that can be changed at run time by the set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory. @@ -1746,7 +1747,7 @@ ima_policy= [IMA] The builtin policies to load during IMA setup. Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot | - fail_securely" + fail_securely | critical_data" The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read @@ -1765,6 +1766,9 @@ filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE flag. + The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity + critical data. + ima_tcb [IMA] Deprecated. Use ima_policy= instead. Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted Computing Base. This means IMA will measure all @@ -2257,6 +2261,9 @@ kvm-arm.mode= [KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation. + nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for + protected guests. + protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose state is kept private from the host. Not valid if the kernel is running in EL2. @@ -2421,7 +2428,7 @@ when set. Format: <int> - libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is comma + libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is comma- separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE]. PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link or device. Basically, it matches @@ -3458,20 +3465,6 @@ For example, to override I2C bus2: omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100 - oprofile.timer= [HW] - Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters - - oprofile.cpu_type= Force an oprofile cpu type - This might be useful if you have an older oprofile - userland or if you want common events. - Format: { arch_perfmon } - arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural - perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the - CPU specific event set. - timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI - timer mode (see also oprofile.timer - for generic hr timer mode) - oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the process, but there is a small probability of deadlocking the machine. @@ -3916,6 +3909,13 @@ Format: {"off"} Disable Hardware Transactional Memory + preempt= [KNL] + Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC + none - Limited to cond_resched() calls + voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls + full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled + can be preempted anytime. + print-fatal-signals= [KNL] debug: print fatal signals @@ -4092,6 +4092,10 @@ value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default. Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads. + But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable + this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it + to zero. + rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL] Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might @@ -4179,12 +4183,6 @@ Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y). - rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL] - Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have - only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y). - Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can - prove do nothing more than free memory. - rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL] Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than @@ -4338,6 +4336,14 @@ stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual test, hence the "fake". + rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL] + Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers. + Zero (the default) disables toggling. + + rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL] + Set the delay in milliseconds between successive + callback-offload toggling attempts. + rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL] Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects N-1, where N is the number of CPUs. A value @@ -4470,6 +4476,13 @@ only normal grace-period primitives. No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels. + But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables + this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting + it to the value one, that is, converting any + post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace + period to instead use normal non-expedited + grace-period processing. + rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL] Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning @@ -4557,6 +4570,12 @@ refscale.verbose= [KNL] Enable additional printk() statements. + refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL] + Batch the additional printk() statements. If zero + (the default) or negative, print everything. Otherwise, + print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value + specified. + relax_domain_level= [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level. See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst. @@ -5145,7 +5164,7 @@ stacktrace_filter=[function-list] [FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer - will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated + will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated list of functions. This list can be changed at run time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing @@ -5331,6 +5350,14 @@ are running concurrently, especially on systems with rotating-rust storage. + torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL] + Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be + emitted between each sleep. The default of zero + disables verbose-printk() sleeping. + + torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL] + Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies. + tp720= [HW,PS2] tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM] @@ -5348,7 +5375,7 @@ trace_event=[event-list] [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a - comma separated list of trace events to enable. See + comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See also Documentation/trace/events.rst trace_options=[option-list] @@ -5972,6 +5999,10 @@ This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which has equivalent effect for XEN platform. + xen_no_vector_callback + [KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen + event channel interrupts. + xen_scrub_pages= [XEN] Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime |