Re: [PATCH v5 13/24] virt/steal_monitor: Add documentation
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 13:00:43 EST
Hi,
On 6/25/26 5:46 AM, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
> Document this module named steal_monitor and its parameters.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v4-v5:
> - new patch
>
> Please let me know if the placing is not right.
>
> Documentation/driver-api/index.rst | 1 +
> Documentation/driver-api/steal-monitor.rst | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 94 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/steal-monitor.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/steal-monitor.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/steal-monitor.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..997a22d0812c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/steal-monitor.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +=============
> +Steal Monitor
> +=============
> +
> +:Author: Shrikanth Hegde
> +
> +Introduction:
> +=============
Nit:
Kernel heading adornment style does not include an ending ':' character
(4 places).
> +
> +Steal monitor is a driver aimed at solving the Noisy Neighbour problem
> +in virtualized environments. I.e performance of workload
> +running in one VM gets affected significantly due to other VMs and
> +combined they make slower forward progress.
--
~Randy