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Date:   Tue, 18 May 2021 14:44:21 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Fenghua Yu" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/splitlock] Documentation/admin-guide: Add bus lock ratelimit

The following commit has been merged into the x86/splitlock branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     9d839c280b64817345c2fa462c0027a9bd742361
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/9d839c280b64817345c2fa462c0027a9bd742361
Author:        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:49:57 
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Tue, 18 May 2021 16:39:31 +02:00

Documentation/admin-guide: Add bus lock ratelimit

Since bus lock rate limit changes the split_lock_detect parameter,
update the documentation for the change.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210419214958.4035512-4-fenghua.yu@intel.com

---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index cb89dbd..ca94624 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5283,6 +5283,14 @@
 				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
 				  both features are enabled in hardware.
 
+			ratelimit:N -
+				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
+				  per second for bus lock detection.
+				  0 < N <= 1000.
+
+				  N/A for split lock detection.
+
+
 			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
 			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
 			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"