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@@ -111,9 +111,15 @@ parameter can be used to control panic and reporting behaviour:
report or also panic the kernel (default: ``report``). The panic happens even
if ``kasan_multi_shot`` is enabled.
-Hardware Tag-Based KASAN mode (see the section about various modes below) is
-intended for use in production as a security mitigation. Therefore, it supports
-additional boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling features:
+Software and Hardware Tag-Based KASAN modes (see the section about various
+modes below) support disabling stack trace collection:
+
+- ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack
+ traces collection (default: ``on``).
+
+Hardware Tag-Based KASAN mode is intended for use in production as a security
+mitigation. Therefore, it supports additional boot parameters that allow
+disabling KASAN altogether or controlling its features:
- ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``).
@@ -132,9 +138,6 @@ additional boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling features:
- ``kasan.vmalloc=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables tagging of vmalloc
allocations (default: ``on``).
-- ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack
- traces collection (default: ``on``).
-
Error reports
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