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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 1666576acc0e..9cd9cd06538b 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -446,6 +446,9 @@ arm64.nobti [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target Identification support + arm64.nogcs [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Guarded Control Stack + support + arm64.nomops [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory Set instructions support @@ -918,12 +921,16 @@ the parameter has no effect. crash_kexec_post_notifiers - Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping - kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always - succeeds in any situation. - Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure, - because some panic notifiers can make the crashed - kernel more unstable. + Only jump to kdump kernel after running the panic + notifiers and dumping kmsg. This option increases + the risks of a kdump failure, since some panic + notifiers can make the crashed kernel more unstable. + In configurations where kdump may not be reliable, + running the panic notifiers could allow collecting + more data on dmesg, like stack traces from other CPUS + or extra data dumped by panic_print. Note that some + configurations enable this option unconditionally, + like Hyper-V, PowerPC (fadump) and AMD SEV-SNP. crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]] [KNL,EARLY] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel' @@ -1546,6 +1553,7 @@ failslab= fail_usercopy= fail_page_alloc= + fail_skb_realloc= fail_make_request=[KNL] General fault injection mechanism. Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times> @@ -5412,11 +5420,6 @@ Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations, or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing. - rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL] - Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used - to test the interaction of RCU updaters and - task-exit processing. - rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL] The number of times in a given read-then-exit episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads @@ -5426,6 +5429,14 @@ The delay, in seconds, between successive read-then-exit testing episodes. + rcutorture.reader_flavor= [KNL] + A bit mask indicating which readers to use. + If there is more than one bit set, the readers + are entered from low-order bit up, and are + exited in the opposite order. For SRCU, the + 0x1 bit is normal readers, 0x2 NMI-safe readers, + and 0x4 light-weight readers. + rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL] Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode @@ -6727,6 +6738,15 @@ torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL] Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies. + tpm.disable_pcr_integrity= [HW,TPM] + Do not protect PCR registers from unintended physical + access, or interposers in the bus by the means of + having an integrity protected session wrapped around + TPM2_PCR_Extend command. Consider this in a situation + where TPM is heavily utilized by IMA, thus protection + causing a major performance hit, and the space where + machines are deployed is by other means guarded. + tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM] Format: integer pcr id Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver @@ -6867,6 +6887,12 @@ reserve_mem=12M:4096:trace trace_instance=boot_map^traceoff^traceprintk@trace,sched,irq + Note, saving the trace buffer across reboots does require that the system + is set up to not wipe memory. For instance, CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION + can force a memory reset on boot which will clear any trace that was stored. + This is just one of many ways that can clear memory. Make sure your system + keeps the content of memory across reboots before relying on this option. + See also Documentation/trace/debugging.rst |