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@@ -2606,6 +2606,11 @@
for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
firmware running.
+ irqhandler.duration_warn_us= [KNL]
+ Warn if an IRQ handler exceeds the specified duration
+ threshold in microseconds. Useful for identifying
+ long-running IRQs in the system.
+
irqpoll [HW]
When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
for it. Also check all handlers each timer
@@ -3767,8 +3772,16 @@
mga= [HW,DRM]
- microcode.force_minrev= [X86]
- Format: <bool>
+ microcode= [X86] Control the behavior of the microcode loader.
+ Available options, comma separated:
+
+ base_rev=X - with <X> with format: <u32>
+ Set the base microcode revision of each thread when in
+ debug mode.
+
+ dis_ucode_ldr: disable the microcode loader
+
+ force_minrev:
Enable or disable the microcode minimal revision
enforcement for the runtime microcode loader.
@@ -3829,6 +3842,7 @@
srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
+ vmscape=off [X86]
Exceptions:
This does not have any effect on
@@ -6154,7 +6168,7 @@
rdt= [HW,X86,RDT]
Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
- mba, smba, bmec.
+ mba, smba, bmec, abmc.
E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
rdt=cmt,!mba
@@ -6405,8 +6419,9 @@
rodata= [KNL,EARLY]
on Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
off Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
- full Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
- [arm64]
+ noalias Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only but retain
+ writable aliases in the direct map for regions outside
+ of the kernel image. [arm64]
rockchip.usb_uart
[EARLY]
@@ -6428,6 +6443,9 @@
rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
+ initramfs_options= [KNL]
+ Specify mount options for for the initramfs mount.
+
rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type
rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
@@ -8041,6 +8059,16 @@
vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
Format: <command>
+ vmscape= [X86] Controls mitigation for VMscape attacks.
+ VMscape attacks can leak information from a userspace
+ hypervisor to a guest via speculative side-channels.
+
+ off - disable the mitigation
+ ibpb - use Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier
+ (IBPB) mitigation (default)
+ force - force vulnerability detection even on
+ unaffected processors
+
vsyscall= [X86-64,EARLY]
Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy