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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 747a55abf494..a3f358fbcbfc 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3829,6 +3829,7 @@
srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
+ vmscape=off [X86]
Exceptions:
This does not have any effect on
@@ -6405,8 +6406,9 @@
rodata= [KNL,EARLY]
on Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
off Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
- full Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
- [arm64]
+ noalias Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only but retain
+ writable aliases in the direct map for regions outside
+ of the kernel image. [arm64]
rockchip.usb_uart
[EARLY]
@@ -6428,6 +6430,9 @@
rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
+ initramfs_options= [KNL]
+ Specify mount options for for the initramfs mount.
+
rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type
rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
@@ -8041,6 +8046,16 @@
vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
Format: <command>
+ vmscape= [X86] Controls mitigation for VMscape attacks.
+ VMscape attacks can leak information from a userspace
+ hypervisor to a guest via speculative side-channels.
+
+ off - disable the mitigation
+ ibpb - use Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier
+ (IBPB) mitigation (default)
+ force - force vulnerability detection even on
+ unaffected processors
+
vsyscall= [X86-64,EARLY]
Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy