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@@ -1736,6 +1736,11 @@
Note that using this option lowers the security
provided by tboot because it makes the system
vulnerable to DMA attacks.
+ nobounce [Default off]
+ Disable bounce buffer for unstrusted devices such as
+ the Thunderbolt devices. This will treat the untrusted
+ devices as the trusted ones, hence might expose security
+ risks of DMA attacks.
intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
@@ -1815,7 +1820,7 @@
synchronously.
iommu.passthrough=
- [ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
+ [ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
Format: { "0" | "1" }
0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
@@ -2377,7 +2382,7 @@
machvec= [IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
(machvec) in a generic kernel.
- Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
+ Example: machvec=hpzx1
machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
yeeloong laptop.
@@ -2549,7 +2554,7 @@
mem_encrypt=on: Activate SME
mem_encrypt=off: Do not activate SME
- Refer to Documentation/virtual/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst
+ Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst
for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
mem_sleep_default= [SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
@@ -2608,7 +2613,7 @@
expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
kpti=0 [ARM64]
- nospectre_v1 [PPC]
+ nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
nobp=0 [S390]
nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
@@ -2969,9 +2974,9 @@
nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
via the sysfs control file.
- nospectre_v1 [PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1 (bounds
- check bypass). With this option data leaks are possible
- in the system.
+ nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
+ (bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
+ possible in the system.
nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
@@ -3841,12 +3846,13 @@
RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
- rcutree.rcu_nocb_leader_stride= [KNL]
- Set the number of NOCB kthread groups, which
- defaults to the square root of the number of
- CPUs. Larger numbers reduces the wakeup overhead
- on the per-CPU grace-period kthreads, but increases
- that same overhead on each group's leader.
+ rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
+ Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
+ each group, which defaults to the square root
+ of the number of CPUs. Larger numbers reduce
+ the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
+ kthread, but increases that same overhead on
+ each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
@@ -4051,6 +4057,10 @@
rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
Enable additional printk() statements.
+ rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
+ Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
+ stall warning.
+
rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
@@ -4094,6 +4104,13 @@
Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
+ rdrand= [X86]
+ force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
+ advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
+ certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
+ support, specifically around the suspend/resume
+ path).
+
rdt= [HW,X86,RDT]
Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,