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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt')
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 92eb1f42240d..4c74a2f4ddfc 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -856,6 +856,11 @@ causing system reset or hang due to sending INIT from AP to BSP. + disable_counter_freezing [HW] + Disable Intel PMU counter freezing feature. + The feature only exists starting from + Arch Perfmon v4 (Skylake and newer). + disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES] Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if to workaround buggy firmware. @@ -3540,14 +3545,14 @@ In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs. - Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will - be offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for - that purpose, where "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p" - for RCU-preempt, and "s" for RCU-sched, and "N" - is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on the - offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and - real-time workloads. It can also improve energy - efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors. + Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be + offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that + purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and + "s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number. + This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs, + which can be useful for HPC and real-time + workloads. It can also improve energy efficiency + for asymmetric multiprocessors. rcu_nocb_poll [KNL] Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs @@ -3601,7 +3606,14 @@ Set required age in jiffies for a given grace period before RCU starts soliciting quiescent-state help from - rcu_note_context_switch(). + rcu_note_context_switch(). If not specified, the + kernel will calculate a value based on the most + recent settings of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs + and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs. + This calculated value may be viewed in + rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs. Any attempt to + set rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be + cheerfully overwritten. rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL] Set delay from grace-period initialization to @@ -3869,12 +3881,6 @@ rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL] Run the RCU early boot self tests - rcupdate.rcu_self_test_bh= [KNL] - Run the RCU bh early boot self tests - - rcupdate.rcu_self_test_sched= [KNL] - Run the RCU sched early boot self tests - rdinit= [KNL] Format: <full_path> Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, |