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@@ -970,17 +970,17 @@
buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
- possible value is MAX_ORDER/2. Setting this parameter
- to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
- memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
- driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
- random memory location. Note that there exists a class
- of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
- F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA (basically when
- memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
- bypassed) which are not detectable by
- CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
- tracking down these problems.
+ possible value is MAX_PAGE_ORDER/2. Setting this
+ parameter to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most
+ random memory corruption problems caused by bugs in
+ kernel or driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads
+ from) a random memory location. Note that there exists
+ a class of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy
+ H/W or F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA
+ (basically when memory is written at bus level and the
+ CPU MMU is bypassed) which are not detectable by
+ CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not
+ help tracking down these problems.
debug_pagealloc=
[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
@@ -4136,7 +4136,7 @@
[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
Format: <integer>
Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
- reporting is disabled when it exceeds MAX_ORDER.
+ reporting is disabled when it exceeds MAX_PAGE_ORDER.
panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting