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* [PATCH] docs: kernel-parameters: add kfence parameters
@ 2025-12-22 15:00 Marco Elver
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From: Marco Elver @ 2025-12-22 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: elver, Andrew Morton
  Cc: Alexander Potapenko, Dmitry Vyukov, Jonathan Corbet, linux-doc,
	linux-kernel, linux-mm, kasan-dev

Add a brief summary for KFENCE's kernel command-line parameters in
admin-guide/kernel-parameters.

Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
---
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         | 35 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index a8d0afde7f85..1058f2a6d6a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2917,6 +2917,41 @@ Kernel parameters
 			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
 			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
 
+	kfence.burst=	[MM,KFENCE] The number of additional successive
+			allocations to be attempted through KFENCE for each
+			sample interval.
+			Format: <unsigned integer>
+			Default: 0
+
+	kfence.check_on_panic=
+			[MM,KFENCE] Whether to check all KFENCE-managed objects'
+			canaries on panic.
+			Format: <bool>
+			Default: false
+
+	kfence.deferrable=
+			[MM,KFENCE] Whether to use a deferrable timer to trigger
+			allocations. This avoids forcing CPU wake-ups if the
+			system is idle, at the risk of a less predictable
+			sample interval.
+			Format: <bool>
+			Default: CONFIG_KFENCE_DEFERRABLE
+
+	kfence.sample_interval=
+			[MM,KFENCE] KFENCE's sample interval in milliseconds.
+			Format: <unsigned integer>
+			 0 - Disable KFENCE.
+			>0 - Enabled KFENCE with given sample interval.
+			Default: CONFIG_KFENCE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL
+
+	kfence.skip_covered_thresh=
+			[MM,KFENCE] If pool utilization reaches this threshold
+			(pool usage%), KFENCE limits currently covered
+			allocations of the same source from further filling
+			up the pool.
+			Format: <unsigned integer>
+			Default: 75
+
 	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW,EARLY] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
 			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
 			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
-- 
2.52.0.322.g1dd061c0dc-goog


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