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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2018-01-09 10:37:00 -0500
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2018-01-09 10:37:00 -0500
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parentnet: tipc: remove unused hardirq.h (diff)
parentMerge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net (diff)
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpu/i915.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt21
5 files changed, 31 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
index b2598cc9834c..7242cbda15dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ parameter is applicable::
IPV6 IPv6 support is enabled.
ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
+ ISOL CPU Isolation is enabled.
JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
KGDB Kernel debugger support is enabled.
KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6571fbfdb2a1..af7104aaffd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -328,11 +328,15 @@
not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
APC and your system crashes randomly.
- apic= [APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+ apic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
Change the output verbosity whilst booting
Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
Change the amount of debugging information output
when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
+ For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
+ driver name.
+ Format: apic=driver_name
+ Examples: apic=bigsmp
apic_extnmi= [APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
@@ -1737,7 +1741,7 @@
isapnp= [ISAPNP]
Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
- isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
+ isolcpus= [KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
@@ -2662,7 +2666,7 @@
Valid arguments: on, off
Default: on
- nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT]
+ nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
@@ -2708,6 +2712,8 @@
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.
@@ -3282,6 +3288,12 @@
pt. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
+ pti= [X86_64]
+ Control user/kernel address space isolation:
+ on - enable
+ off - disable
+ auto - default setting
+
pty.legacy_count=
[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
default number.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst
index de50a8561774..9b55952039a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/thunderbolt.rst
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ If supported by your machine this will be exposed by the WMI bus with
a sysfs attribute called "force_power".
For example the intel-wmi-thunderbolt driver exposes this attribute in:
- /sys/devices/platform/PNP0C14:00/wmi_bus/wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00/86CCFD48-205E-4A77-9C48-2021CBEDE341/force_power
+ /sys/bus/wmi/devices/86CCFD48-205E-4A77-9C48-2021CBEDE341/force_power
To force the power to on, write 1 to this attribute file.
To disable force power, write 0 to this attribute file.
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst
index 2e7ee0313c1c..e94d3ac2bdd0 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst
@@ -341,10 +341,7 @@ GuC
GuC-specific firmware loader
----------------------------
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_loader.c
- :doc: GuC-specific firmware loader
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_loader.c
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_fw.c
:internal:
GuC-based command submission
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
index 51101708a03a..ea91cb61a602 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ ffffea0000000000 - ffffeaffffffffff (=40 bits) virtual memory map (1TB)
... unused hole ...
ffffec0000000000 - fffffbffffffffff (=44 bits) kasan shadow memory (16TB)
... unused hole ...
-fffffe8000000000 - fffffeffffffffff (=39 bits) cpu_entry_area mapping
+ vaddr_end for KASLR
+fffffe0000000000 - fffffe7fffffffff (=39 bits) cpu_entry_area mapping
+fffffe8000000000 - fffffeffffffffff (=39 bits) LDT remap for PTI
ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks
... unused hole ...
ffffffef00000000 - fffffffeffffffff (=64 GB) EFI region mapping space
@@ -29,20 +31,22 @@ Virtual memory map with 5 level page tables:
hole caused by [56:63] sign extension
ff00000000000000 - ff0fffffffffffff (=52 bits) guard hole, reserved for hypervisor
ff10000000000000 - ff8fffffffffffff (=55 bits) direct mapping of all phys. memory
-ff90000000000000 - ff91ffffffffffff (=49 bits) hole
-ff92000000000000 - ffd1ffffffffffff (=54 bits) vmalloc/ioremap space
+ff90000000000000 - ff9fffffffffffff (=52 bits) LDT remap for PTI
+ffa0000000000000 - ffd1ffffffffffff (=54 bits) vmalloc/ioremap space (12800 TB)
ffd2000000000000 - ffd3ffffffffffff (=49 bits) hole
ffd4000000000000 - ffd5ffffffffffff (=49 bits) virtual memory map (512TB)
... unused hole ...
ffdf000000000000 - fffffc0000000000 (=53 bits) kasan shadow memory (8PB)
... unused hole ...
-fffffe8000000000 - fffffeffffffffff (=39 bits) cpu_entry_area mapping
+ vaddr_end for KASLR
+fffffe0000000000 - fffffe7fffffffff (=39 bits) cpu_entry_area mapping
+... unused hole ...
ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks
... unused hole ...
ffffffef00000000 - fffffffeffffffff (=64 GB) EFI region mapping space
... unused hole ...
ffffffff80000000 - ffffffff9fffffff (=512 MB) kernel text mapping, from phys 0
-ffffffffa0000000 - [fixmap start] (~1526 MB) module mapping space
+ffffffffa0000000 - fffffffffeffffff (1520 MB) module mapping space
[fixmap start] - ffffffffff5fffff kernel-internal fixmap range
ffffffffff600000 - ffffffffff600fff (=4 kB) legacy vsyscall ABI
ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2 MB) unused hole
@@ -66,9 +70,10 @@ memory window (this size is arbitrary, it can be raised later if needed).
The mappings are not part of any other kernel PGD and are only available
during EFI runtime calls.
-The module mapping space size changes based on the CONFIG requirements for the
-following fixmap section.
-
Note that if CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY is enabled, the direct mapping of all
physical memory, vmalloc/ioremap space and virtual memory map are randomized.
Their order is preserved but their base will be offset early at boot time.
+
+Be very careful vs. KASLR when changing anything here. The KASLR address
+range must not overlap with anything except the KASAN shadow area, which is
+correct as KASAN disables KASLR.