linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] Documentation/admin-guide: Change doc for split_lock

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Message-ID: <d90ce156-5c44-e0b2-276e-a818ce99317f@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 20 Nov 2020 19:31:52 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>,
        Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] Documentation/admin-guide: Change doc for
 split_lock_detect parameter

Hi--

On 11/20/20 6:36 PM, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> +			ratelimit:N -
> +				  Set rate limit to N bus locks per second
> +				  for bus lock detection. 0 < N <= HZ/2 and
> +				  N is approximate. Only applied to non-root
> +				  users.

Sorry, but I don't know what this means. I think it's the "and N is appropriate"
that is confusing me.

	0 < N <= HZ/2 and N is appropriate.

-- 
~Randy