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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 22 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 9024fb2dc418..cbd8bc7cf21d 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4711,6 +4711,28 @@ spia_pedr= spia_peddr= + split_lock_detect= + [X86] Enable split lock detection + + When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic + instructions that access data across cache line + boundaries will result in an alignment check exception. + + off - not enabled + + warn - the kernel will emit rate limited warnings + about applications triggering the #AC + exception. This mode is the default on CPUs + that supports split lock detection. + + fatal - the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications + that trigger the #AC exception. + + If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in + firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode) + the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal" + mode. + srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL] Specifies how frequently to check for grace-period sequence counter wrap for the |