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index 138f6664b2e2..099c5a4be95b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
The debug_level mask defaults to "info". See
- Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about
+ Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
debug layers and levels.
Enable processor driver info messages:
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
others).
ccw_timeout_log [S390]
- See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
+ See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
/selinux/checkreqprot.
cio_ignore= [S390]
- See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
+ See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
clk_ignore_unused
[CLK]
Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
@@ -708,14 +708,14 @@
[KNL, x86_64] select a region under 4G first, and
fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
hasn't been specified.
- See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
+ See Documentation/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
in the running system. The syntax of range is
start-[end] where start and end are both
a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
- Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example.
+ Documentation/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
crashkernel=size[KMG],high
[KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
@@ -805,12 +805,10 @@
tracking down these problems.
debug_pagealloc=
- [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
- parameter enables the feature at boot time. In
- default, it is disabled. We can avoid allocating huge
- chunk of memory for debug pagealloc if we don't enable
- it at boot time and the system will work mostly same
- with the kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
+ [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
+ enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
+ disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
+ kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
on: enable the feature
debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging
@@ -932,7 +930,7 @@
edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
and no file with the same name exists. Details and
instructions how to build your own EDID data are
- available in Documentation/EDID/HOWTO.txt. An EDID
+ available in Documentation/EDID/howto.rst. An EDID
data set will only be used for a particular connector,
if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
@@ -963,7 +961,7 @@
for details.
nompx [X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
- See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
+ See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.rst for more
information about the feature.
nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
@@ -1189,7 +1187,7 @@
that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
multiple variables with the same name but with different
vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
- Documentation/acpi/ssdt-overlays.txt for details.
+ Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW]
@@ -1209,7 +1207,7 @@
Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
- See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
+ See Documentation/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
@@ -1388,9 +1386,6 @@
Valid parameters: "on", "off"
Default: "on"
- hisax= [HW,ISDN]
- See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
-
hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
@@ -1507,7 +1502,7 @@
Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
- See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
+ See Documentation/ide/ide.rst.
ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
Format: <int>
@@ -1673,6 +1668,15 @@
initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
+ init_on_alloc= [MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
+ zeroes.
+ Format: 0 | 1
+ Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
+
+ init_on_free= [MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
+ Format: 0 | 1
+ Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
+
init_pkru= [x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
register contents for all processes. 0x55555554 by
default (disallow access to all but pkey 0). Can
@@ -2383,7 +2387,7 @@
mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
- mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+ mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
@@ -2439,7 +2443,7 @@
set according to the
CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
option.
- See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt.
+ See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
@@ -2528,7 +2532,7 @@
mem_encrypt=on: Activate SME
mem_encrypt=off: Do not activate SME
- Refer to Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.txt
+ Refer to Documentation/virtual/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst
for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
mem_sleep_default= [SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
@@ -2836,8 +2840,9 @@
0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
- timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
- default). To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
+ timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
+ watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
+ To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
please see 'nowatchdog'.
This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
need the box quickly up again.
@@ -3528,7 +3533,7 @@
See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
- See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
+ See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
@@ -3752,6 +3757,12 @@
the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
the rcu_node combining tree.
+ rcutree.use_softirq= [KNL]
+ If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
+ per-CPU rcuc kthreads. Defaults to a non-zero
+ value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
+ Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
+
rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might
@@ -4078,7 +4089,7 @@
relax_domain_level=
[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
- See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt.
+ See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
@@ -4588,7 +4599,7 @@
swapaccount=[0|1]
[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
- it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt)
+ it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.rst)
swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
@@ -5026,7 +5037,7 @@
vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration
- See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
+ See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
@@ -5054,7 +5065,7 @@
Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
- See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
+ See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
Documentation/svga.txt.
Use vga=ask for menu.
This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
@@ -5100,13 +5111,12 @@
targets for exploits that can control RIP.
emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
- emulated reasonably safely.
+ emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
+ page is readable.
- 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.
- It also makes exploits much easier to write.
+ xonly Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
+ emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
+ page is not readable.
none Vsyscalls don't work at all. This makes
them quite hard to use for exploits but
@@ -5162,7 +5172,7 @@
Default: 3 = cyan.
watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
- see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
+ see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
or other driver-specific files in the
Documentation/watchdog/ directory.