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authorJeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com>2019-01-25 21:07:00 +0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2019-02-07 03:26:04 +0300
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Documentation: Document arm64 kpti control
For a while Arm64 has been capable of force enabling or disabling the kpti mitigations. Lets make sure the documentation reflects that. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
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@@ -1983,6 +1983,12 @@
Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
the default is off.
+ kpti= [ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
+ and kernel address spaces.
+ Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
+ 0: force disabled
+ 1: force enabled
+
kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)