From: Sana Sharma <sansshar@redhat.com>
To: linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jkacur@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH v1] rteval: Edited documentation for multistressor support
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:07:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <auSkiUhcFJAO2-_Y@fedora> (raw)
Edited docs/rteval.8 to agree with recent code changes in stress-ng load
module. This is specfically focused on the multistressor support
changes.
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.8
Signed-off-by: Sana Sharma <sansshar@redhat.com>
---
doc/rteval.8 | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/rteval.8 b/doc/rteval.8
index 370bad9..660a0d0 100644
--- a/doc/rteval.8
+++ b/doc/rteval.8
@@ -160,12 +160,21 @@ Source tar ball (default: linux-6.17.7.tar.xz).
Number of working threads per core (default: 2).
.SS Stress-ng Load Module Options
+The stress-ng load module only runs when at least one stressor is specified via
+\fB\-\-stressng\-stressor\fR or \fB\-\-stressng\-stressors\fR. When it runs, it
+takes over as the exclusive load module (other load modules are not run).
+Stressor names are validated against the output of \fBstress\-ng \-\-stressors\fR.
.TP
-.B \-\-stressng\-option \fIOPTION\fR
-Stressor specific option.
+.B \-\-stressng\-stressor \fINAME\fR
+Stressor to run. Repeat the flag to run several stressors in parallel
+(e.g., \fB\-\-stressng\-stressor cpu \-\-stressng\-stressor vm\fR).
.TP
-.B \-\-stressng\-arg \fIARG\fR
-Stressor specific arg.
+.B \-\-stressng\-stressors \fILIST\fR
+Comma-separated list of stressors to run in parallel (e.g., \fIcpu,vm,io\fR).
+.TP
+.B \-\-stressng\-workers \fIN\fR
+Number of workers to start per stressor (default: 0, which starts one worker per
+available CPU).
.TP
.B \-\-stressng\-timeout \fIT\fR
Timeout after T seconds.
@@ -238,6 +247,24 @@ sudo rteval -d 1800 --measurement-module timerlat \\
.RE
.fi
+.SS Multiple Stress-ng Stressors
+Run several stress-ng stressors in parallel as the system load:
+.PP
+.nf
+.RS
+sudo rteval -d 3600 \\
+ --stressng-stressor cpu --stressng-stressor vm
+.RE
+.fi
+.PP
+The same set of stressors can be given as a comma-separated list:
+.PP
+.nf
+.RS
+sudo rteval -d 3600 --stressng-stressors cpu,vm,io
+.RE
+.fi
+
.SS Analyze Existing Reports
Summarize multiple existing XML reports:
.PP
--
2.54.0
--
Sana Sharma <sansshar@redhat.com>
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