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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst20
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 18eefa860f766..608ba95d94615 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -549,15 +549,6 @@
loops can be debugged more effectively on production
systems.
- clocksource.arm_arch_timer.fsl-a008585=
- [ARM64]
- Format: <bool>
- Enable/disable the workaround of Freescale/NXP
- erratum A-008585. This can be useful for KVM
- guests, if the guest device tree doesn't show the
- erratum. If unspecified, the workaround is
- enabled based on the device tree.
-
clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
@@ -979,9 +970,10 @@
address. The serial port must already be setup
and configured. Options are not yet supported.
- earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k]
+ earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k,S390]
earlyprintk=vga
earlyprintk=efi
+ earlyprintk=sclp
earlyprintk=xen
earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
@@ -1016,6 +1008,8 @@
The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
+ The sclp output can only be used on s390.
+
edac_report= [HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
@@ -3282,6 +3276,13 @@
Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
prove do nothing more than free memory.
+ rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
+ Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
+ wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
+ it should at force-quiescent-state time.
+ This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
+ WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
+
rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
Measure performance of expedited synchronous
grace-period primitives.
@@ -3567,6 +3568,10 @@
rhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
Set number of hash buckets for route cache
+ ring3mwait=disable
+ [KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
+ CPUs.
+
ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
rodata= [KNL]
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
index d71340e86c275..9939348bd4a3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ras.rst
@@ -438,11 +438,13 @@ A typical EDAC system has the following structure under
│   │   ├── ce_count
│   │   ├── ce_noinfo_count
│   │   ├── dimm0
+ │   │   │   ├── dimm_ce_count
│   │   │   ├── dimm_dev_type
│   │   │   ├── dimm_edac_mode
│   │   │   ├── dimm_label
│   │   │   ├── dimm_location
│   │   │   ├── dimm_mem_type
+ │   │   │   ├── dimm_ue_count
│   │   │   ├── size
│   │   │   └── uevent
│   │   ├── max_location
@@ -457,11 +459,13 @@ A typical EDAC system has the following structure under
│   │   ├── ce_count
│   │   ├── ce_noinfo_count
│   │   ├── dimm0
+ │   │   │   ├── dimm_ce_count
│   │   │   ├── dimm_dev_type
│   │   │   ├── dimm_edac_mode
│   │   │   ├── dimm_label
│   │   │   ├── dimm_location
│   │   │   ├── dimm_mem_type
+ │   │   │   ├── dimm_ue_count
│   │   │   ├── size
│   │   │   └── uevent
│   │   ├── max_location
@@ -483,6 +487,22 @@ this ``X`` memory module:
This attribute file displays, in count of megabytes, the memory
that this csrow contains.
+- ``dimm_ue_count`` - Uncorrectable Errors count attribute file
+
+ This attribute file displays the total count of uncorrectable
+ errors that have occurred on this DIMM. If panic_on_ue is set
+ this counter will not have a chance to increment, since EDAC
+ will panic the system.
+
+- ``dimm_ce_count`` - Correctable Errors count attribute file
+
+ This attribute file displays the total count of correctable
+ errors that have occurred on this DIMM. This count is very
+ important to examine. CEs provide early indications that a
+ DIMM is beginning to fail. This count field should be
+ monitored for non-zero values and report such information
+ to the system administrator.
+
- ``dimm_dev_type`` - Device type attribute file
This attribute file will display what type of DRAM device is