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On 6/25/26 10:30 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > 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 >> --- >> 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). > Ok. I will fix it next version. >> + >> +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. > >