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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index af7104aaffd9..46b26bfee27b 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -713,9 +713,6 @@ It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used or memory reserved is below 4G. - crossrelease_fullstack - [KNL] Allow to record full stack trace in cross-release - cryptomgr.notests [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests @@ -2626,6 +2623,11 @@ nosmt [KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). Equivalent to smt=1. + nospectre_v2 [X86] Disable all mitigations for the Spectre variant 2 + (indirect branch prediction) vulnerability. System may + allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent + to spectre_v2=off. + noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to enabling legacy floating-point and sse state. @@ -2712,8 +2714,6 @@ steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler behaviour - nopti [X86-64] Disable kernel page table isolation - nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. @@ -3100,6 +3100,12 @@ pcie_scan_all Scan all possible PCIe devices. Otherwise we only look for one device below a PCIe downstream port. + big_root_window Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe + root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware + can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM. + Adding the window is slightly risky (it may + conflict with unreported devices), so this + taints the kernel. pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power Management. @@ -3288,11 +3294,20 @@ pt. [PARIDE] See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. - pti= [X86_64] - Control user/kernel address space isolation: - on - enable - off - disable - auto - default setting + pti= [X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and + kernel address spaces. Disabling this feature + removes hardening, but improves performance of + system calls and interrupts. + + on - unconditionally enable + off - unconditionally disable + auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is + vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates + + Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto. + + nopti [X86_64] + Equivalent to pti=off pty.legacy_count= [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in @@ -3943,6 +3958,29 @@ sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt + spectre_v2= [X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2 + (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability. + + on - unconditionally enable + off - unconditionally disable + auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is + vulnerable + + Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a + mitigation method at run time according to the + CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the + CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the + compiler with which the kernel was built. + + Specific mitigations can also be selected manually: + + retpoline - replace indirect branches + retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline + retpoline,amd - AMD-specific minimal thunk + + Not specifying this option is equivalent to + spectre_v2=auto. + spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] spia_fio_base= spia_pedr= |