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coherent_pool=nn[KMG] [ARM,KNL]
Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
- allocations if Contiguous Memory Allocator (CMA) is used.
+ allocations, by default set to 256K.
code_bytes [X86] How many bytes of object code to print
in an oops report.
@@ -1134,7 +1134,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
forcesac
soft
pt [x86, IA-64]
- group_mf [x86, IA-64]
io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
@@ -2367,6 +2366,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process
in one batch.
+ rcutree.fanout_leaf= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Increase the number of CPUs assigned to each
+ leaf rcu_node structure. Useful for very large
+ systems.
+
rcutree.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT]
Set threshold of queued
RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled.
@@ -2543,6 +2547,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
sched_debug [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
+ skew_tick= [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
+ xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
+ contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
+ Format: { "0" | "1" }
+ 0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
+ 1 -- enable.
+ Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
+ enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
+
security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
security module asking for security registration will be
@@ -2923,6 +2936,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
initial READ(10) command);
o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
reported by the device);
+ p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
+ by default);
r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
bogus residue values);
s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one