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@@ -378,18 +378,16 @@
autoconf= [IPV6]
See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
- show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
- Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
- number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
- to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
- Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
- The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
- apic=verbose is specified.
- Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
-
apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management
See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
+ apparmor= [APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
+ Format: { "0" | "1" }
+ See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
+ 0 -- disable.
+ 1 -- enable.
+ Default value is set via kernel config option.
+
arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
@@ -480,8 +478,10 @@
See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
- Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
- no delay (0).
+ Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled,
+ and you may also have to specify "lpj=". Boot_delay
+ values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed
+ erroneous and ignored.
Format: integer
bootconfig [KNL]
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@
Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
- specificed, the default value is 0.
+ specified, the default value is 0.
With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@
driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
random memory location. Note that there exists a class
of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
- F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
+ F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA (basically when
memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
bypassed) which are not detectable by
CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
@@ -1046,26 +1046,12 @@
can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
miss to occur.
- stress_slb [PPC]
- Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
- them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
- on kernel addresses.
-
- stress_hpt [PPC]
- Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
- page table to increase the rate of hash page table
- faults on kernel addresses.
-
disable= [IPV6]
See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
disable_radix [PPC]
Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
- radix_hcall_invalidate=on [PPC/PSERIES]
- Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
- invalidate.
-
disable_tlbie [PPC]
Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
@@ -1167,16 +1153,6 @@
Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
for details.
- nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
- in some Intel CPUs.
-
- <module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
- If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
- specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
- probe on this module. Otherwise, enable/disable
- asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
- <bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
-
early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
@@ -1753,7 +1729,7 @@
boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
- [KNL] Reguires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
+ [KNL] Requires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
enabled.
Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
@@ -1792,12 +1768,6 @@
which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
guest on lock contention.
- keep_bootcon [KNL]
- Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
- useful for debugging when something happens in the window
- between unregistering the boot console and initializing
- the real console.
-
i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
or register an additional I2C bus that is not
registered from board initialization code.
@@ -2367,17 +2337,18 @@
js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
- nokaslr [KNL]
- When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
- kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
- Layout Randomization).
-
kasan_multi_shot
[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
report on every invalid memory access. Without this
parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
invalid access.
+ keep_bootcon [KNL]
+ Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
+ useful for debugging when something happens in the window
+ between unregistering the boot console and initializing
+ the real console.
+
keepinitrd [HW,ARM]
kernelcore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
@@ -3326,6 +3297,13 @@
For details see:
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
+ <module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
+ If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
+ specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
+ probe on this module. Otherwise, enable/disable
+ asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
+ <bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
+
module.async_probe=<bool>
[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
@@ -3709,7 +3687,7 @@
implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
- correctly or when doing power measurements to evalute
+ correctly or when doing power measurements to evaluate
the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
useful when using JTAG debugger.
@@ -3780,6 +3758,11 @@
nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
+ nokaslr [KNL]
+ When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
+ kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
+ Layout Randomization).
+
no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
@@ -3825,6 +3808,19 @@
nopcid [X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
+ nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
+ in some Intel CPUs.
+
+ nopv= [X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
+ Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
+ as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
+ XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
+
+ nopvspin [X86,XEN,KVM]
+ Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
+ which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
+ contention.
+
norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
@@ -4592,6 +4588,10 @@
r128= [HW,DRM]
+ radix_hcall_invalidate=on [PPC/PSERIES]
+ Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
+ invalidate.
+
raid= [HW,RAID]
See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
@@ -5584,13 +5584,6 @@
1 -- enable.
Default value is 1.
- apparmor= [APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
- Format: { "0" | "1" }
- See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
- 0 -- disable.
- 1 -- enable.
- Default value is set via kernel config option.
-
serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32]
sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
@@ -5598,6 +5591,15 @@
shapers= [NET]
Maximal number of shapers.
+ show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+ Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
+ number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
+ to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
+ Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
+ The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
+ apic=verbose is specified.
+ Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
+
simeth= [IA-64]
simscsi=
@@ -6037,6 +6039,16 @@
be used to filter out binaries which have
not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
+ stress_hpt [PPC]
+ Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
+ page table to increase the rate of hash page table
+ faults on kernel addresses.
+
+ stress_slb [PPC]
+ Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
+ them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
+ on kernel addresses.
+
sunrpc.min_resvport=
sunrpc.max_resvport=
[NFS,SUNRPC]
@@ -6290,7 +6302,7 @@
that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
to echo the option name into
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
+ /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_options
For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
@@ -6323,7 +6335,7 @@
[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
- file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
+ file located in /sys/kernel/tracing/
This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
@@ -6778,11 +6790,11 @@
functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
targets for exploits that can control RIP.
- emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
- emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
- page is readable.
+ emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
+ reasonably safely. The vsyscall page is
+ readable.
- xonly Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
+ xonly [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
page is not readable.
@@ -6979,16 +6991,6 @@
fairer and the number of possible event channels is
much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
- nopv= [X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
- Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
- as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
- XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
-
- nopvspin [X86,XEN,KVM]
- Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
- which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
- contention.
-
xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
Format:
<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]