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nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
- nopti [X86-64] Disable KAISER isolation of kernel from user.
-
no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
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pt. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
- pti= [X86_64]
- Control KAISER user/kernel address space isolation:
- on - enable
- off - disable
- auto - default setting
+ pti= [X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
+ kernel address spaces. Disabling this feature
+ removes hardening, but improves performance of
+ system calls and interrupts.
+
+ on - unconditionally enable
+ off - unconditionally disable
+ auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
+ vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
+
+ Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
+
+ nopti [X86_64]
+ Equivalent to pti=off
pty.legacy_count=
[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in