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Message-Id: <1513260893-26616-4-git-send-email-frederic@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:14:53 +0100
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        kernel test robot <xiaolong.ye@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] sched/isolation: Document boot parameters dependency on CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

The "isolcpus=" and "nohz_full=" boot parameters depend on CPU Isolation
support. Let's document that.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst | 1 +
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
index b2598cc..7242cbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ parameter is applicable::
 	IPV6	IPv6 support is enabled.
 	ISAPNP	ISA PnP code is enabled.
 	ISDN	Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
+	ISOL	CPU Isolation is enabled.
 	JOY	Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
 	KGDB	Kernel debugger support is enabled.
 	KVM	Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6571fbf..1683107 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@
 	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
 			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
 
-	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
+	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
 			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
 			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
 
@@ -2662,7 +2662,7 @@
 			Valid arguments: on, off
 			Default: on
 
-	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT]
+	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
 			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
 			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
 			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
-- 
2.7.4

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