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From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: 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>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, 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: Thu,  8 Feb 2018 18:59:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1518112779-30196-7-git-send-email-frederic@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1518112779-30196-1-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 39ac9d4..c851e41 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1762,7 +1762,11 @@
 			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:[~2018-02-08 18:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-08 17:59 [PATCH 0/6] isolation: 1Hz residual tick offloading v5 Frederic Weisbecker
2018-02-08 17:59 ` [PATCH 1/6] sched: Rename init_rq_hrtick to hrtick_rq_init Frederic Weisbecker
2018-02-09  6:53   ` Ingo Molnar
2018-02-08 17:59 ` [PATCH 2/6] nohz: Allow to check if remote CPU tick is stopped Frederic Weisbecker
2018-02-08 17:59 ` [PATCH 3/6] sched/isolation: Isolate workqueues when "nohz_full=" is set Frederic Weisbecker
2018-02-09  6:55   ` Ingo Molnar
2018-02-10 10:22     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2018-02-08 17:59 ` [PATCH 4/6] sched/isolation: Residual 1Hz scheduler tick offload Frederic Weisbecker
2018-02-09  7:16   ` Ingo Molnar
2018-02-10 10:29     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2018-02-08 17:59 ` [PATCH 5/6] sched/nohz: Remove the 1 Hz tick code Frederic Weisbecker
2018-02-08 17:59 ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message]
2018-02-09  7:06   ` [PATCH 6/6] sched/isolation: Tick offload documentation Ingo Molnar
2018-02-14 14:52     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2018-02-09  7:00 ` [PATCH 0/6] isolation: 1Hz residual tick offloading v5 Ingo Molnar
2018-02-10 10:24   ` Frederic Weisbecker
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-01-19  0:02 [GIT PULL] isolation: 1Hz residual tick offloading v4 Frederic Weisbecker
2018-01-19  0:02 ` [PATCH 6/6] sched/isolation: Tick offload documentation Frederic Weisbecker

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