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@@ -591,6 +591,9 @@ if leaking kernel pointer values to unprivileged users is a concern.
When ``kptr_restrict`` is set to 2, kernel pointers printed using
%pK will be replaced with 0s regardless of privileges.
+For disabling these security restrictions early at boot time (and once
+for all), use the ``hash_pointers`` boot parameter instead.
+
softlockup_sys_info & hardlockup_sys_info
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A comma separated list of extra system information to be dumped when