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@@ -943,6 +943,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Enable debug messages at boot time. See
Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for details.
+ nompx [X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
+ See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
+ information about the feature.
+
eagerfpu= [X86]
on enable eager fpu restore
off disable eager fpu restore
@@ -1487,6 +1491,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
has the capability. With this option, super page will
not be supported.
+ ecs_off [Default Off]
+ By default, extended context tables will be supported if
+ the hardware advertises that it has support both for the
+ extended tables themselves, and also PASID support. With
+ this option set, extended tables will not be used even
+ on hardware which claims to support them.
intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
@@ -2998,11 +3008,34 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
process in one batch.
+ rcutree.dump_tree= [KNL]
+ Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
+ out at early boot. This is used for diagnostic
+ purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
+
+ rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay= [KNL]
+ Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
+ RCU grace-period cleanup. This only has effect
+ when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_CLEANUP is set.
+
rcutree.gp_init_delay= [KNL]
Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
RCU grace-period initialization. This only has
- effect when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_INIT is
- set.
+ effect when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_INIT
+ is set.
+
+ rcutree.gp_preinit_delay= [KNL]
+ Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
+ RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
+ the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
+ the rcu_node combining tree. This only has effect
+ when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_PREINIT is set.
+
+ rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
+ Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
+ tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might
+ possibly be useful for architectures having high
+ cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
Increase the number of CPUs assigned to each
@@ -3107,7 +3140,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
test, hence the "fake".
rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
- Set number of RCU readers.
+ Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects
+ N-1, where N is the number of CPUs. A value
+ "n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
+ the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N
+ (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
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