X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkernel-parameters.txt;h=d6e6724446c88722500a01db7f35d2a23ba7ac5f;hb=426343ef34fac426e619176c84cb2e263b9ed23d;hp=854ed5ca7e3f122f5ac808b462eb14b9ee6b1977;hpb=a8062e421f8a5800c83b85ab10c4cefd8409844f;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 854ed5ca7e3f..d6e6724446c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2706,10 +2706,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice targets for exploits that can control RIP. - emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are - emulated reasonably safely. + emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated + reasonably safely. - native Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions. + native [default] Vsyscalls are native syscall + instructions. This is a little bit faster than trapping and makes a few dynamic recompilers work better than they would in emulation mode.