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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index a0c5c5f4fce6..e229769606f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -315,12 +315,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler. - 1: only for 32-bit processes - 2: only for 64-bit processes + 32: only for 32-bit processes + 64: only for 64-bit processes on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes - amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84] + amd_iommu= [HW,X86-64] Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system. Possible values are: fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when @@ -1885,6 +1885,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the CPU specific event set. + timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI + timer mode (see also oprofile.timer + for generic hr timer mode) + [s390] Force legacy basic mode sampling + (report cpu_type "timer") oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the process, but there is a small probability of @@ -2750,11 +2755,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice targets for exploits that can control RIP. - emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated - reasonably safely. + emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are + emulated reasonably safely. - native [default] Vsyscalls are native syscall - instructions. + native Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions. This is a little bit faster than trapping and makes a few dynamic recompilers work better than they would in emulation mode. |