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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 81c287fad79..e229769606f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1885,6 +1885,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the CPU specific event set. + timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI + timer mode (see also oprofile.timer + for generic hr timer mode) + [s390] Force legacy basic mode sampling + (report cpu_type "timer") oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the process, but there is a small probability of @@ -2750,11 +2755,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice targets for exploits that can control RIP. - emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated - reasonably safely. + emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are + emulated reasonably safely. - native [default] Vsyscalls are native syscall - instructions. + native Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions. This is a little bit faster than trapping and makes a few dynamic recompilers work better than they would in emulation mode. |