[PATCH 6/6] sched/isolation: Tick offload documentation

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Thu Feb 08 2018 - 13:00:22 EST


Update the documentation to reflect the 1Hz tick offload changes.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 39ac9d4..c851e41 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1762,7 +1762,11 @@
specified in the flag list (default: domain):

nohz
- Disable the tick when a single task runs.
+ Disable the tick when a single task runs. A residual 1Hz
+ tick is offloaded to workqueues that you need to affine
+ to housekeeping through the sysfs file
+ /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask or using the below
+ domain flag.
domain
Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
--
2.7.4