From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 883B87DE78 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:08:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753353AbeDPUIs (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:08:48 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:58712 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753323AbeDPUIs (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:08:48 -0400 Received: from lwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0C1692E4; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:08:48 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:08:46 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Thymo van Beers Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: kernel-parameters.txt: Fix whitespace Message-ID: <20180416140846.0effe6ad@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20180416154458.GA24716@thinkpad> References: <20180416154458.GA24716@thinkpad> Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:45:01 +0200 Thymo van Beers wrote: > Some lines used spaces instead of tabs at line start. > This can cause mangled lines in editors due to inconsistency. > > Replace spaces for tabs where appropriate. Seems like a fine idea. The patch doesn't apply, though; can you please make a version against current docs-next? (Or against 4.17-rc1 will work too). Also... > domain > - Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling > - algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way > - is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to > - the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly > - advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load > - balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file. > - It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can > - move in and out of an isolated set anytime. > - > - You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via > - the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset. > - begins at 0 and the maximum value is > - "number of CPUs in system - 1". > + Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling > + algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way > + is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to > + the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly > + advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load > + balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file. > + It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can > + move in and out of an isolated set anytime. > + > + You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via > + the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset. > + begins at 0 and the maximum value is > + "number of CPUs in system - 1". This would appear to have changed the indentation of some of the text? Thanks, jon -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html