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[v5,18/18] Change document for kernel option clearcpuid

Message ID 1552431636-31511-19-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series x86/split_lock: Enable #AC exception for split locked accesses | expand

Commit Message

Fenghua Yu March 12, 2019, 11 p.m. UTC 
Since kernel option clearcpuid now supports multiple options and CPU
capability flags, the document needs to be changed.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
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 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2b8ee90bb644..7e65ae67d573 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -563,10 +563,12 @@ 
 			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
 			systems.
 
-	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
+	clearcpuid=BITNUM | FLAG [X86]
 			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
 			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
-			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
+			numbers or /proc/cpuinfo for valid CPU flags.
+			Multiple options can be used to disable a few features.
+			Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
 			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
 			ones should be.
 			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly