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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index bdc1f33fd3d1..02d4adbf98d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ loops can be debugged more effectively on production systems. - clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86] + clearcpuid=BITNUM[,BITNUM...] [X86] Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily @@ -591,13 +591,24 @@ some critical bits. cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]] - [ARM,X86,KNL] + [KNL,CMA] Sets the size of kernel global memory area for contiguous memory allocations and optionally the placement constraint by the physical address range of memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA altogether. For more information, see - include/linux/dma-contiguous.h + kernel/dma/contiguous.c + + cma_pernuma=nn[MG] + [ARM64,KNL] + Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for + contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables + per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not + specificed, the default value is 0. + With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will + first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area + which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails, + they will fallback to the global default memory area. cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no } Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive @@ -940,7 +951,7 @@ Arch Perfmon v4 (Skylake and newer). disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES] - Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if + Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this to workaround buggy firmware. disable_ipv6= [IPV6] @@ -1019,7 +1030,7 @@ what data is available or for reverse-engineering. dyndbg[="val"] [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] - module.dyndbg[="val"] + <module>.dyndbg[="val"] Enable debug messages at boot time. See Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for details. @@ -1027,7 +1038,7 @@ nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found in some Intel CPUs. - module.async_probe [KNL] + <module>.async_probe [KNL] Enable asynchronous probe on this module. early_ioremap_debug [KNL] @@ -1233,8 +1244,7 @@ efi= [EFI] Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma", "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve", - "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma", - "old_map" } + "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" } debug: enable misc debug output. disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub. @@ -1251,8 +1261,6 @@ novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap(). no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub - old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI - runtime services mapping. [Needs CONFIG_X86_UV=y] efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86] Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of @@ -1335,12 +1343,18 @@ current integrity status. failslab= + fail_usercopy= fail_page_alloc= fail_make_request=[KNL] General fault injection mechanism. Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times> See also Documentation/fault-injection/. + fb_tunnels= [NET] + Format: { initns | none } + See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for + fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns + floppy= [HW] See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst. @@ -1959,7 +1973,7 @@ 1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA. unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH. - io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems + io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c. @@ -2180,7 +2194,7 @@ kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity. - kmac= [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address. + kmac= [MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address. Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip Ethernet adapter MAC address. @@ -2261,6 +2275,14 @@ [KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of LPIs. + kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC] + Reserves given percentage from system memory area for + contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable + allocation. + By default it reserves 5% of total system memory. + Format: <integer> + Default: 5 + kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled) @@ -2370,9 +2392,10 @@ lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS disabled it. - lapic= [X86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline + lapic= [X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC. + Format: notscdeadline lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer in C2 power state. @@ -2444,8 +2467,7 @@ memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages. - load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy - See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst. + load_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated] lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period. Format: <integer> @@ -2582,8 +2604,8 @@ (machvec) in a generic kernel. Example: machvec=hpzx1 - machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different - yeeloong laptop. + machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between + different yeeloong laptops. Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater @@ -3073,6 +3095,10 @@ and gids from such clients. This is intended to ease migration from NFSv2/v3. + nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL] + Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an + NMI stack-backtrace request. + nmi_debug= [KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take when a NMI is triggered. Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] @@ -3188,7 +3214,7 @@ register save and restore. The kernel will only save legacy floating-point registers on task switch. - nohugeiomap [KNL,X86,PPC] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings. + nohugeiomap [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings. nosmt [KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). Equivalent to smt=1. @@ -3924,9 +3950,7 @@ Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for statistical time based profiling. - prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk - before loading. - See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst. + prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated] prot_virt= [S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports @@ -3984,6 +4008,8 @@ ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst. + ramdisk_start= [RAM] RAM disk image start address + random.trust_cpu={on,off} [KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the CPU's random number generator (if available) to @@ -4152,46 +4178,55 @@ This wake_up() will be accompanied by a WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump(). + rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL] + In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels, + this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay + in microseconds. This defaults to zero. + Larger delays increase the probability of + catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use + of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant + rcu_read_unlock() has completed. + rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL] Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining why a new grace period has not yet started. - rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL] + rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL] Measure performance of asynchronous grace-period primitives such as call_rcu(). - rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL] + rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL] Specify the maximum number of outstanding callbacks per writer thread. When a writer thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow previously posted callbacks to drain. - rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL] + rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL] Measure performance of expedited synchronous grace-period primitives. - rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL] + rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL] Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of this parameter is to delay the start of the test until boot completes in order to avoid interference. - rcuperf.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL] + rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL] Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding. - rcuperf.kfree_nthreads= [KNL] + rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL] The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu(). - rcuperf.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL] + rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL] Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration. - rcuperf.kfree_loops= [KNL] - Number of loops doing rcuperf.kfree_alloc_num number + rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL] + Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number of allocations and frees. - rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL] + rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL] Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects N, where N is the number of CPUs. A value "n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again @@ -4200,23 +4235,23 @@ A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects a single reader. - rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL] + rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL] Set number of RCU writers. The values operate - the same as for rcuperf.nreaders. + the same as for rcuscale.nreaders. N, where N is the number of CPUs - rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL] + rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL] Specify the RCU implementation to test. - rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL] + rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL] Shut the system down after performance tests complete. This is useful for hands-off automated testing. - rcuperf.verbose= [KNL] + rcuscale.verbose= [KNL] Enable additional printk() statements. - rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL] + rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL] Write-side holdoff between grace periods, in microseconds. The default of zero says no holdoff. @@ -4269,6 +4304,18 @@ are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted they are all non-zero. + rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL] + Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more + accurately, from a timer handler. Not all RCU + flavors take kindly to this sort of thing. + + rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL] + Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader. + This can of course result in splats, and is + intended to test the ability of things like + CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect + such leaks. + rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL] Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing. @@ -4490,8 +4537,8 @@ refscale.shutdown= [KNL] Shut down the system at the end of the performance test. This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when - rcuperf is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave - it running) when rcuperf is built as a module. + refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave + it running) when refscale is built as a module. refscale.verbose= [KNL] Enable additional printk() statements. @@ -4637,6 +4684,98 @@ Format: integer between 0 and 10 Default is 0. + scftorture.holdoff= [KNL] + Number of seconds to hold off before starting + test. Defaults to zero for module insertion and + to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function() + tests. + + scftorture.longwait= [KNL] + Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected + up to the chosen limit in seconds. Zero (the + default) disables this feature. Please note + that requesting even small non-zero numbers of + seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings, + softlockup complaints, and so on. + + scftorture.nthreads= [KNL] + Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the + smp_call_function() family of functions. + The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads + equal to the number of CPUs. + + scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL] + Number seconds to wait after the start of the + test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations. + + scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL] + Number seconds to wait between successive + CPU-hotplug operations. Specifying zero (which + is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations. + + scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL] + The number of seconds following the start of the + test after which to shut down the system. The + default of zero avoids shutting down the system. + Non-zero values are useful for automated tests. + + scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL] + The number of seconds between outputting the + current test statistics to the console. A value + of zero disables statistics output. + + scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL] + The number of jiffies to wait between each change + to the set of CPUs under test. + + scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL] + Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default + preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug + while invoking one of the smp_call_function*() + functions. + + scftorture.verbose= [KNL] + Enable additional printk() statements. + + scftorture.weight_single= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_single() function with a zero + "wait" parameter. A value of -1 selects the + default if all other weights are -1. However, + if at least one weight has some other value, a + value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero. + + scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_single() function with a + non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single. + + scftorture.weight_many= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_many() function with a zero + "wait" parameter. See weight_single. + Note well that setting a high probability for + this weighting can place serious IPI load + on the system. + + scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_many() function with a + non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single + and weight_many. + + scftorture.weight_all= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_all() function with a zero + "wait" parameter. See weight_single and + weight_many. + + scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_all() function with a + non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single + and weight_many. + 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. @@ -5831,6 +5970,14 @@ improve timer resolution at the expense of processing more timer interrupts. + xen.event_eoi_delay= [XEN] + How long to delay EOI handling in case of event + storms (jiffies). Default is 10. + + xen.event_loop_timeout= [XEN] + After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop + should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2. + nopv= [X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE] Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support |