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@@ -767,6 +767,14 @@ Kernel parameters
nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
nobpf -- Disable BPF memory accounting.
+ check_pages= [MM,EARLY] Enable sanity checking of pages after
+ allocations / before freeing. This adds checks to catch
+ double-frees, use-after-frees, and other sources of
+ page corruption by inspecting page internals (flags,
+ mapcount/refcount, memcg_data, etc.).
+ Format: { "0" | "1" }
+ Default: 0 (1 if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is set)
+
checkreqprot= [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
Format: { "0" | "1" }
See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
@@ -1211,12 +1219,8 @@ Kernel parameters
debugfs= [KNL,EARLY] This parameter enables what is exposed to
userspace and debugfs internal clients.
- Format: { on, no-mount, off }
+ Format: { on, off }
on: All functions are enabled.
- no-mount:
- Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
- access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
- its content. There is nothing to mount.
off: Filesystem is not registered and clients
get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
or directories within debugfs.
@@ -2118,14 +2122,20 @@ Kernel parameters
the added memory block itself do not be affected.
hung_task_panic=
- [KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
- Format: 0 | 1
+ [KNL] Number of hung tasks to trigger kernel panic.
+ Format: <int>
+
+ When set to a non-zero value, a kernel panic will be triggered if
+ the number of detected hung tasks reaches this value.
+
+ 0: don't panic
+ 1: panic immediately on first hung task
+ N: panic after N hung tasks are detected in a single scan
- A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
- hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
- by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
- option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
- be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
+ The default value is controlled by the
+ CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time option. The value
+ selected by this boot parameter can be changed later by the
+ kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8