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authorSatheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2020-09-21 14:32:20 +0530
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-09-24 10:36:49 -0600
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Doc: admin-guide: Add entry for kvm_cma_resv_ratio kernel param
Add document entry for kvm_cma_resv_ratio kernel param which is used to alter the KVM contiguous memory allocation percentage for hash pagetable allocation used by hash mode PowerPC KVM guests. Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200921090220.14981-1-sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
LPIs.
+ kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
+ Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
+ contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
+ allocation.
+ By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
+ Format: <integer>
+ Default: 5
+
kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
Default is 1 (enabled)