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doc: document the relax_domain_level kernel boot argument
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Subject: doc: document the relax_domain_level kernel boot argument
From: Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx>
Document the kernel boot parameter: relax_domain_level=.
Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/cpusets.txt | 3 +++
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff -puN Documentation/cpusets.txt~doc-document-the-relax_domain_level-kernel-boot-argument Documentation/cpusets.txt
--- a/Documentation/cpusets.txt~doc-document-the-relax_domain_level-kernel-boot-argument
+++ a/Documentation/cpusets.txt
@@ -546,6 +546,9 @@ otherwise initial value -1 that indicate
( 4 : search nodes in a chunk of node [on NUMA system] )
( 5 : search system wide [on NUMA system] )
+The system default is 0 (no search). The system default can be
+changed using the relax_domain_level= boot parameter.
+
This file is per-cpuset and affect the sched domain where the cpuset
belongs to. Therefore if the flag 'sched_load_balance' of a cpuset
is disabled, then 'sched_relax_domain_level' have no effect since
diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~doc-document-the-relax_domain_level-kernel-boot-argument Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~doc-document-the-relax_domain_level-kernel-boot-argument
+++ a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1679,6 +1679,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
+ relax_domain_level=
+ [KNL, SMP] Set schedulers default relax_domain_level.
+ See Documentation/cpusets.txt.
+
reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
reservetop= [X86-32]
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from pj@xxxxxxx are
cgroups-document-the-effect-of-attaching-pid-0-to-a-cgroup.patch
cgroups-document-the-effect-of-attaching-pid-0-to-a-cgroup-fix.patch
cpusets-document-proc-status-cpus-and-mems-allowed-lists.patch
doc-document-the-relax_domain_level-kernel-boot-argument.patch
cgroup-files-clean-up-whitespace-in-struct-cftype.patch
cgroup-files-add-write_string-cgroup-control-file-method.patch
cgroup-files-move-the-release_agent-file-to-use-typed-handlers.patch
cgroups-misc-cleanups-to-write_string-patchset.patch
cgroup-files-move-notify_on_release-file-to-separate-write-handler.patch
cgroup-files-turn-attach_task_by_pid-directly-into-a-cgroup-write-handler.patch
cgroup-files-remove-cpuset_common_file_write.patch
cgroup-files-convert-devcgroup_access_write-into-a-cgroup-write_string-handler.patch
cgroup-files-convert-res_counter_write-to-be-a-cgroups-write_string-handler.patch
cpusets-restructure-the-function-update_cpumask-and-update_nodemask.patch
cpusets-update-tasks-cpus_allowed-and-mems_allowed-after-cpu-node-offline-online.patch
workqueues-make-get_online_cpus-useable-for-work-func.patch
s390-topology-dont-use-kthread-for-arch_reinit_sched_domains.patch
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