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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-06 13:59:14 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-06 13:59:14 -0800
commit69734b644bf19f20d2989e1a8e5bf59c837ee5c1 (patch)
treeb1afd22d6e84db04516e466c223d67c1c340e6d9 /Documentation
parent67b0243131150391125d8d0beb5359d7aec78b55 (diff)
parentceb7b40b65539a771d1bfaf47660ac0ee57e0c4f (diff)
Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (21 commits) x86: Fix atomic64_xxx_cx8() functions x86: Fix and improve cmpxchg_double{,_local}() x86_64, asm: Optimise fls(), ffs() and fls64() x86, bitops: Move fls64.h inside __KERNEL__ x86: Fix and improve percpu_cmpxchg{8,16}b_double() x86: Report cpb and eff_freq_ro flags correctly x86/i386: Use less assembly in strlen(), speed things up a bit x86: Use the same node_distance for 32 and 64-bit x86: Fix rflags in FAKE_STACK_FRAME x86: Clean up and extend do_int3() x86: Call do_notify_resume() with interrupts enabled x86/div64: Add a micro-optimization shortcut if base is power of two x86-64: Cleanup some assembly entry points x86-64: Slightly shorten line system call entry and exit paths x86-64: Reduce amount of redundant code generated for invalidate_interruptNN x86-64: Slightly shorten int_ret_from_sys_call x86, efi: Convert efi_phys_get_time() args to physical addresses x86: Default to vsyscall=emulate x86-64: Set siginfo and context on vsyscall emulation faults x86: consolidate xchg and xadd macros ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt7
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 0293fc8daca3..e229769606f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2755,11 +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.