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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 854ed5ca7e3..d6e6724446c 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. |