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index 04545725f187..70a30f65bfca 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
debug output. Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
- #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
+ #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@
Enable processor driver info messages:
acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
- Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
- acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
object while interpreting AML:
acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
@@ -2279,8 +2277,7 @@
state is kept private from the host.
Not valid if the kernel is running in EL2.
- Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support and
- the value of CONFIG_ARM64_VHE.
+ Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support.
kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
@@ -3472,7 +3469,8 @@
nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
- numa_balancing= [KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
+ numa_balancing= [KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
+ NUMA balancing.
Allowed values are enable and disable
numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
@@ -4061,6 +4059,17 @@
fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
+ randomize_kstack_offset=
+ [KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
+ randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
+ entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
+ that depend on stack address determinism or
+ cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
+ available on architectures that have defined
+ CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
+ Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
+ Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
+
ras=option[,option,...] [KNL] RAS-specific options
cec_disable [X86]
@@ -5100,27 +5109,37 @@
spia_peddr=
split_lock_detect=
- [X86] Enable split lock detection
+ [X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
instructions that access data across cache line
- boundaries will result in an alignment check exception.
+ boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
+ for split lock detection or a debug exception for
+ bus lock detection.
off - not enabled
- warn - the kernel will emit rate limited warnings
+ warn - the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
about applications triggering the #AC
- exception. This mode is the default on CPUs
- that supports split lock detection.
+ exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
+ the default on CPUs that support split lock
+ detection or bus lock detection. Default
+ behavior is by #AC if both features are
+ enabled in hardware.
fatal - the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
- that trigger the #AC exception.
+ that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
+ exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
+ both features are enabled in hardware.
If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
mode.
+ #DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
+ CPL > 0.
+
srbds= [X86,INTEL]
Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
(SRBDS) mitigation.
@@ -5462,6 +5481,18 @@
See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
for more details.
+ trusted.source= [KEYS]
+ Format: <string>
+ This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
+ for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
+ sources:
+ - "tpm"
+ - "tee"
+ If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
+ the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
+ first trust source as a backend which is initialized
+ successfully during iteration.
+
tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
Format: <string>
[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this