linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/6] sched/isolation: Update nohz documentation to explain tick offload

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Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2018 01:48:14 +0100
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] sched/isolation: Update nohz documentation to explain tick offload

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

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 1d1d53f..50b9837 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1766,6 +1766,17 @@
 
 			nohz
 			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
+
+			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
+			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
+			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
+			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
+			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
+
+			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
+			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
+			  be configured manually after bootup.
+
 			domain
 			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
 			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
-- 
2.7.4