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authorRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2010-02-20 16:13:29 +0000
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2010-02-20 16:20:49 +0000
commitd944d549aa86e08cba080396513234cf048fee1f (patch)
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parent0fa11802e0dcbd4e211a9310500bf52d701b9c1b (diff)
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ARM: allow alignment fault mode to be configured at kernel boot
Some glibc versions intentionally create lots of alignment faults in their gconv code, which if not fixed up, results in segfaults during boot. This can prevent systems booting properly. There is no clear hard-configurable default for this; the desired default depends on the nature of the userspace which is going to be booted. So, provide a way for the alignment fault handler to be configured via the kernel command line. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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@@ -315,6 +315,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
aic79xx= [HW,SCSI]
See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.
+ alignment= [KNL,ARM]
+ Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
+ behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings,
+ bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
+
amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84]
Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
Possible values are: