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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 520fdec15bbb..905991745d26 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2685,8 +2685,6 @@ steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler behaviour - nopti [X86-64] Disable kernel page table isolation - nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. @@ -3255,11 +3253,20 @@ pt. [PARIDE] See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. - pti= [X86_64] - Control user/kernel address space isolation: - on - enable - off - disable - auto - default setting + pti= [X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and + kernel address spaces. Disabling this feature + removes hardening, but improves performance of + system calls and interrupts. + + on - unconditionally enable + off - unconditionally disable + auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is + vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates + + Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto. + + nopti [X86_64] + Equivalent to pti=off pty.legacy_count= [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in |