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From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@mellanox.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>, Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] sched/isolation: Tick offload documentation
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:02:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1516320140-13189-7-git-send-email-frederic@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1516320140-13189-1-git-send-email-frederic@kernel.org>

Update the documentation to reflect the 1Hz tick offload changes.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@mellanox.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 46b26bf..534afb1 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1746,7 +1746,11 @@
 			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
 
 			nohz
-			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
+			  Disable the tick when a single task runs. A residual 1Hz
+			  tick is offloaded to workqueues that you need to affine
+			  to housekeeping through the sysfs file
+			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask or using the below
+			  domain flag.
 			domain
 			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
 			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
-- 
2.7.4

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-01-19  0:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-19  0:02 [GIT PULL] isolation: 1Hz residual tick offloading v4 Frederic Weisbecker
2018-01-19  0:02 ` [PATCH 1/6] sched: Rename init_rq_hrtick to hrtick_rq_init Frederic Weisbecker
2018-01-19  0:02 ` [PATCH 2/6] nohz: Allow to check if remote CPU tick is stopped Frederic Weisbecker
2018-01-19  0:02 ` [PATCH 3/6] sched/isolation: Isolate workqueues when "nohz_full=" is set Frederic Weisbecker
2018-01-19  0:02 ` [PATCH 4/6] sched/isolation: Residual 1Hz scheduler tick offload Frederic Weisbecker
2018-01-29 15:38   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-29 16:48     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2018-01-29 17:20       ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-29 15:39   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-19  0:02 ` [PATCH 5/6] sched/nohz: Remove the 1 Hz tick code Frederic Weisbecker
2018-01-19  0:02 ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message]
2018-01-24 15:46 ` [GIT PULL] isolation: 1Hz residual tick offloading v4 Luiz Capitulino
2018-01-29  1:10   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2018-01-29 15:33     ` Luiz Capitulino
2018-01-29 15:54       ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-29 16:27         ` Luiz Capitulino
2018-01-29 15:47     ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-22 19:10     ` Yauheni Kaliuta
2018-05-25  2:56       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2018-05-25 12:51         ` Luiz Capitulino
2018-01-29  1:18 ` (Ping?) " Frederic Weisbecker
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-02-08 17:59 [PATCH 0/6] isolation: 1Hz residual tick offloading v5 Frederic Weisbecker
2018-02-08 17:59 ` [PATCH 6/6] sched/isolation: Tick offload documentation Frederic Weisbecker
2018-02-09  7:06   ` Ingo Molnar
2018-02-14 14:52     ` Frederic Weisbecker

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