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@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
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
@@ -1905,8 +1905,12 @@
Default is 1 (enabled)
kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
- [KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
- Default is 0 (disabled)
+ [KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state.
+ Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as
+ guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests.
+ This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM
+ never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
+ Default is 1 (enabled)
kvm-intel.flexpriority=
[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
@@ -2446,6 +2450,8 @@
mds=off [X86]
tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
+ no_entry_flush [PPC]
+ no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
Exceptions:
This does not have any effect on
@@ -2749,6 +2755,8 @@
noefi Disable EFI runtime services support.
+ no_entry_flush [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
+
noexec [IA-64]
noexec [X86]
@@ -2798,6 +2806,9 @@
nospec_store_bypass_disable
[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
+ no_uaccess_flush
+ [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
+
noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
@@ -4234,6 +4245,26 @@
spia_pedr=
spia_peddr=
+ srbds= [X86,INTEL]
+ Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
+ (SRBDS) mitigation.
+
+ Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
+ exploit which can leak bits from the random
+ number generator.
+
+ By default, this issue is mitigated by
+ microcode. However, the microcode fix can cause
+ the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
+ much slower. Among other effects, this will
+ result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
+
+ The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
+ the following option:
+
+ off: Disable mitigation and remove
+ performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
+
srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
Specifies how frequently to check for
grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
@@ -4723,6 +4754,7 @@
device);
j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
command, uas only);
+ k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
@@ -5002,6 +5034,21 @@
Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
+ xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
+ The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
+ in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
+ Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
+ started with less memory configured than allowed at
+ max. Default is 180.
+
+ 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.
+
xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
Format:
<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]