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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: update 'isolcpus' kernel option
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documentation-kernel-parameterstxt-update-isolcpus-kernel-option.patch
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Subject: Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: update 'isolcpus' kernel option
From: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cpuset can be used to move a process onto or off an isolated CPU.
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~documentation-kernel-parameterstxt-update-isolcpus-kernel-option Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~documentation-kernel-parameterstxt-update-isolcpus-kernel-option
+++ a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -995,13 +995,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Format:
<cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
or
- <cpu number>-<cpu number> (must be a positive range in ascending order)
+ <cpu number>-<cpu number>
+ (must be a positive range in ascending order)
or a mixture
<cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
+
This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
- algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off
- an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls.
+ algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an
+ "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
<cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
"number of CPUs in system - 1".
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
cgroups-fix-invalid-cgrp-dentry-before-cgroup-has-been-completely-removed.patch
documentation-kernel-parameterstxt-update-isolcpus-kernel-option.patch
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