audit: documentation of audit= kernel parameter

[~andy/linux] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -465,6 +465,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
        audit=          [KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
                        Format: { "0" | "1" } (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)
+                       0 - kernel audit is disabled and can not be enabled
+                           until the next reboot
+                       unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
+                           will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
+                       1 - kernel audit is initialized and partially enabled,
+                           storing at most audit_backlog_limit messages in
+                           RAM until it is fully enabled by the userspace
+                           auditd.
                        Default: unset
                        
        audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.