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@@ -400,6 +400,12 @@
arm64.nomte [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
support
+ arm64.nosve [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
+ Extension support
+
+ arm64.nosme [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
+ Extension support
+
ataflop= [HW,M68k]
atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
@@ -3161,7 +3167,7 @@
improves system performance, but it may also
expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
- kpti=0 [ARM64]
+ if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
nobp=0 [S390]
nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
@@ -3176,6 +3182,7 @@
no_entry_flush [PPC]
no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
+ retbleed=off [X86]
Exceptions:
This does not have any effect on
@@ -3198,6 +3205,7 @@
mds=full,nosmt [X86]
tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
+ retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
mminit_loglevel=
[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
@@ -5197,6 +5205,30 @@
retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
+ retbleed= [X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
+ Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
+ vulnerability.
+
+ off - no mitigation
+ auto - automatically select a migitation
+ auto,nosmt - automatically select a mitigation,
+ disabling SMT if necessary for
+ the full mitigation (only on Zen1
+ and older without STIBP).
+ ibpb - mitigate short speculation windows on
+ basic block boundaries too. Safe, highest
+ perf impact.
+ unret - force enable untrained return thunks,
+ only effective on AMD f15h-f17h
+ based systems.
+ unret,nosmt - like unret, will disable SMT when STIBP
+ is not available.
+
+ Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
+ time according to the CPU.
+
+ Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
+
rfkill.default_state=
0 "airplane mode". All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
etc. communication is blocked by default.
@@ -5568,6 +5600,7 @@
eibrs - enhanced IBRS
eibrs,retpoline - enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
eibrs,lfence - enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
+ ibrs - use IBRS to protect kernel
Not specifying this option is equivalent to
spectre_v2=auto.
@@ -5771,6 +5804,24 @@
expediting. Set to zero to disable automatic
expediting.
+ srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
+ Specifies the number of no-delay instances
+ per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
+ worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
+ delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
+ be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
+
+ srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
+ Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
+ non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
+ grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
+ with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
+ rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
+
+ srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
+ Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
+ delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
+
srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
Specifies the number of update-side contention
events per jiffy will be tolerated before