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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 9373d95319c..eb93fd0ec73 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -628,6 +628,25 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. no_debug_objects [KNL] Disable object debugging + debug_guardpage_minorder= + [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this + parameter allows control of the order of pages that will + be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the + 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 programing 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. + debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging decnet.addr= [HW,NET] @@ -1634,12 +1653,17 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers. nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping= - [NFSv4] When set, this option disables the NFSv4 - idmapper on the client, but only if the mount - is using the 'sec=sys' security flavour. This may - make migration from legacy NFSv2/v3 systems easier - provided that the server has the appropriate support. - The default is to always enable NFSv4 idmapping. + [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option + ensures that both the RPC level authentication + scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use + numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the + 'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is + disabling idmapping, which can make migration from + legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier. + Servers that do not support this mode of operation + will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall + back to using the idmapper. + To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'. nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32,SH] Specify one or more actions to take when a NMI is triggered. @@ -1800,6 +1824,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines). + nonmi_ipi [X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to + shutdown the other cpus. Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR + irq. + nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of pagetables) support. @@ -2371,6 +2399,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. slram= [HW,MTD] + slab_max_order= [MM, SLAB] + Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. + A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory + fragmentation. Defaults to 1 for systems with + more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise. + slub_debug[=options[,slabs]] [MM, SLUB] Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling |