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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index f3eeecbb3f63..ed9597e37415 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace= [KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate backtraces on all cpus. - Format: <integer> + Format: 0 | 1 hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on @@ -1513,9 +1513,9 @@ hung_task_panic= [KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics. - Format: <integer> + Format: 0 | 1 - A nonzero value instructs the kernel to panic when a + A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a hung task is detected. The default value is controlled by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time option. The value selected by this boot parameter can @@ -3447,6 +3447,19 @@ bit 4: print ftrace buffer bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer + panic_on_taint= Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint() + Format: <hex>[,nousertaint] + Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags + that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is + called with any of the flags in this set. + The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to + prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl + /proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the + bitmask set on panic_on_taint. + See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for + extra details on the taint flags that users can pick + to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint. + panic_on_warn panic() instead of WARN(). Useful to cause kdump on a WARN(). @@ -4652,9 +4665,9 @@ softlockup_panic= [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. - Format: <integer> + Format: 0 | 1 - A nonzero value instructs the soft-lockup detector + A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the @@ -4663,7 +4676,7 @@ softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace= [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate backtraces on all cpus. - Format: <integer> + Format: 0 | 1 sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst @@ -4956,6 +4969,15 @@ switches= [HW,M68k] + sysctl.*= [KNL] + Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init + process, as if the value was written to the respective + /proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as + separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values + are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered + later by a loaded module cannot be set this way. + Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40 + sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL] Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev on older distributions. When this option is enabled |