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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 5d2676d043de..466c039c622b 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2691,6 +2691,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nosmt [KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). Equivalent to smt=1. + nospectre_v2 [X86] Disable all mitigations for the Spectre variant 2 + (indirect branch prediction) vulnerability. System may + allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent + to spectre_v2=off. + noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to enabling legacy floating-point and sse state. @@ -2763,8 +2768,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. - nopti [X86-64] Disable KAISER isolation of kernel from user. - no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page @@ -2802,8 +2805,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space - noreplace-paravirt [X86,IA-64,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops - noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions with UP alternatives @@ -3327,11 +3328,20 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. pt. [PARIDE] See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. - pti= [X86_64] - Control KAISER 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 @@ -3937,6 +3947,29 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt + spectre_v2= [X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2 + (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability. + + on - unconditionally enable + off - unconditionally disable + auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is + vulnerable + + Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a + mitigation method at run time according to the + CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the + CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the + compiler with which the kernel was built. + + Specific mitigations can also be selected manually: + + retpoline - replace indirect branches + retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline + retpoline,amd - AMD-specific minimal thunk + + Not specifying this option is equivalent to + spectre_v2=auto. + spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] spia_fio_base= spia_pedr= |