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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-pmu | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-pmu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-pmu new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..224faa105e18 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-pmu @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +What: /sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_mode +Date: August 2015 +KernelVersion: 4.3 +Contact: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> +Description: + Describes mode that Xen's performance-monitoring unit (PMU) + uses. Accepted values are + "off" -- PMU is disabled + "self" -- The guest can profile itself + "hv" -- The guest can profile itself and, if it is + privileged (e.g. dom0), the hypervisor + "all" -- The guest can profile itself, the hypervisor + and all other guests. Only available to + privileged guests. + +What: /sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_features +Date: August 2015 +KernelVersion: 4.3 +Contact: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> +Description: + Describes Xen PMU features (as an integer). A set bit indicates + that the corresponding feature is enabled. See + include/xen/interface/xenpmu.h for available features diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index f0c950598582..22a4b687ea5b 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4106,6 +4106,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer. x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt + xen_512gb_limit [KNL,X86-64,XEN] + Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen + to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is + crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain + save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger + domains. + xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN] Unplug Xen emulated devices Format: [unplug0,][unplug1] |