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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index a068591ef52c..d4762d7ebd14 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -531,7 +531,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable} - {Currently supported controllers - "memory"} + The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are: + - foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in + a single hierarchy + - foo isn't visible as an individually mountable + subsystem + {Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and + cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So + only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy} checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. Format: { "0" | "1" } @@ -790,6 +797,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. disable= [IPV6] See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt. + disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP] + Format: <int> + The number of initial APIC ID for the + corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot, + mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to + disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without + causing system reset or hang due to sending + INIT from AP to BSP. + disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES] Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if to workaround buggy firmware. @@ -863,6 +879,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM] earlyprintk=vga + earlyprintk=efi earlyprintk=xen earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]] earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]] @@ -876,7 +893,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console takes over. - Only vga or serial or usb debug port at a time. + Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can + be used at a time. Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by name. Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified @@ -890,11 +908,19 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Interaction with the standard serial driver is not very good. - The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real - console. + The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by + the real console. The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests. + edac_report= [HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event + Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"} + on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden + by other higher priority error reporting module. + off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC. + force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event. + default: on. + ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging ekgdboc=kbd @@ -904,6 +930,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. edd= [EDD] Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"} + efi= [EFI] + Format: { "old_map" } + old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI + runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by + default. + efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86] Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if @@ -1084,6 +1116,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. VIA, nVidia) verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup + hpet_mmap= [X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET + registers. Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT. + hugepages= [HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot. hugepagesz= [HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages. On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified @@ -1201,15 +1236,24 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. owned by uid=0. ima_hash= [IMA] - Format: { "sha1" | "md5" } + Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384 + | sha512 | ... } default: "sha1" + The list of supported hash algorithms is defined + in crypto/hash_info.h. + ima_tcb [IMA] Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted Computing Base. This means IMA will measure all programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files opened for read by uid=0. + ima_template= [IMA] + Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats. + Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" } + Default: "ima-ng" + init= [KNL] Format: <full_path> Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init @@ -1531,6 +1575,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. * atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support + * disable: Disable this device. + If there are multiple matching configurations changing the same attribute, the last one is used. @@ -1789,6 +1835,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. that the amount of memory usable for all allocations is not too small. + movable_node [KNL,X86] Boot-time switch to enable the effects + of CONFIG_MOVABLE_NODE=y. See mm/Kconfig for details. + MTD_Partition= [MTD] Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset> @@ -1991,6 +2040,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any IOAPICs that may be present in the system. + nokaslr [X86] + Disable kernel base offset ASLR (Address Space + Layout Randomization) if built into the kernel. + noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation. nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem @@ -2615,7 +2668,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. - rcu_nocbs= [KNL,BOOT] + rcu_nocbs= [KNL] In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs. Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will @@ -2624,11 +2677,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. for RCU-preempt, and "s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and - real-time workloads. It can also improve energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors. - rcu_nocb_poll [KNL,BOOT] + rcu_nocb_poll [KNL] Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs (specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads, @@ -2639,126 +2691,145 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads periodically wake up to do the polling. - rcutree.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] - Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process - in one batch. + rcutree.blimit= [KNL] + Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to + process in one batch. - rcutree.fanout_leaf= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL] Increase the number of CPUs assigned to each leaf rcu_node structure. Useful for very large systems. - rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL] Set delay from grace-period initialization to first attempt to force quiescent states. Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero, and maximum value is HZ. - rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL] Set delay between subsequent attempts to force quiescent states. Units are jiffies, minimum value is one, and maximum value is HZ. - rcutree.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT] - Set threshold of queued - RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled. + rcutree.qhimark= [KNL] + Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which + batch limiting is disabled. - rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL] Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which batch limiting is re-enabled. - rcutree.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL,BOOT] - Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages. - - rcutree.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL,BOOT] - Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages. - - rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL] Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y). - rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL] Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y). Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can prove do nothing more than free memory. - rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL] Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts. - rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL] Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts. - rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL] Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts. - rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL,BOOT] - Test RCU readers from irq handlers. + rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL] + Use expedited update-side primitives. + + rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL] + Use normal (non-expedited) update-side primitives. + If both gp_exp and gp_normal are set, do both. + If neither gp_exp nor gp_normal are set, still + do both. - rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL] Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing. - rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL] Set number of concurrent RCU writers. These just stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual test, hence the "fake". - rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL] Set number of RCU readers. - rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL] + Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing. + + rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL] Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing. - rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL] Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing. - rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.rcutorture_runnable= [BOOT] + Start rcutorture running at boot time. + + rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL] Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode during the rcutorture test. - rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL] Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This is useful for hands-off automated testing. - rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL] Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall warnings, zero to disable. - rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL] Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall. - rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL] Time (s) between statistics printk()s. - rcutorture.stutter= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.stutter= [KNL] Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on. This tests RCU's ability to transition abruptly to and from idle. - rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL] Test RCU priority boosting? 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes. "Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation under test support RCU priority boosting. - rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL] Duration (s) of each individual boost test. - rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL] Interval (s) between each boost test. - rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL] Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter. - rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL] Specify the RCU implementation to test. - rcutorture.verbose= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutorture.verbose= [KNL] Enable additional printk() statements. + rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL] + Use expedited grace-period primitives, for + example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead + of synchronize_rcu(). This reduces latency, + but can increase CPU utilization, degrade + real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency. + + rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL] + Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages. + + rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL] + Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages. + rdinit= [KNL] Format: <full_path> Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, @@ -3487,11 +3558,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. default x2apic cluster mode on platforms supporting x2apic. - x86_mrst_timer= [X86-32,APBT] - Choose timer option for x86 Moorestown MID platform. + x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT] + Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform. Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer. - x86_mrst_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt + x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN] Unplug Xen emulated devices |