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index 4edf67801420..f1c433daef6b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
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@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
others).
ccw_timeout_log [S390]
- See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
+ See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
/selinux/checkreqprot.
cio_ignore= [S390]
- See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
+ See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
clk_ignore_unused
[CLK]
Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
@@ -3750,6 +3750,12 @@
the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
the rcu_node combining tree.
+ rcutree.use_softirq= [KNL]
+ If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
+ per-CPU rcuc kthreads. Defaults to a non-zero
+ value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
+ Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
+
rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might
@@ -4076,7 +4082,7 @@
relax_domain_level=
[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
- See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt.
+ See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
@@ -4586,7 +4592,7 @@
swapaccount=[0|1]
[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
- it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt)
+ it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.rst)
swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
@@ -5098,13 +5104,12 @@
targets for exploits that can control RIP.
emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
- emulated reasonably safely.
+ emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
+ page is readable.
- 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.
- It also makes exploits much easier to write.
+ xonly Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
+ emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
+ page is not readable.
none Vsyscalls don't work at all. This makes
them quite hard to use for exploits but