Re: [Patch v9 7/8] sched/fair: Enable tuning of decay period

[Randy Dunlap]

Hi,

On 1/28/20 2:36 PM, Thara Gopinath wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index e35b28e..be4147b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -4376,6 +4376,11 @@
>  			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
>  			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
>  
> +	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
> +			[KNL, SMP] Set decay shift for thermal pressure signal.
> +			Format: integer between 0 and 10
> +			Default is 0.
> +

That tells an admin [or any reader] almost nothing about this kernel parameter
or what it does.  And nothing about what unit the value is in.
Does the value 0 disable this feature?

>  	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
>  			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
>  			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.


thanks.
-- 
~Randy