Hi Jonathan, On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 10:37:12AM +0200, Jonathan Schwender wrote: > This allows the user to specify a separate cpuset for the main pid, > e.g. on a housekeeping CPU. > If --mainaffinity is not specified, but --affinity is, then the > current behaviour is preserved and the main thread is bound > to the cpuset specified by --affinity > > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Schwender <schwenderjonathan@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c > index 3bab3b2..a2103c7 100644 > --- a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c > +++ b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c > @@ -836,6 +836,8 @@ static void display_help(int error) > " --laptop Save battery when running cyclictest\n" > " This will give you poorer realtime results\n" > " but will not drain your battery so quickly\n" > + " --mainaffinity=[CPUSET] Run the main thread on CPU #N. This only affects\n" > + " the main thread and not the measurement threads\n" The main thread is allowed to run on any CPU which CPUSET specifies. CPU #N does not really make sense. While at it, please update man page accordingly. Thanks, Daniel
