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

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Message-ID: <38db3c2d5d51432b95cd1011c9f83c27@intel.com>
Date:   Sat, 21 Nov 2020 04:09:02 +0000
From:   "Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "Li, Xiaoyao" <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>,
        "Shankar, Ravi V" <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, Randy,

> > +			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.

You are right. I will remove "and N is appropriate" in the next version.

Could you please ack this patch? Can I add Acked-by from you in the updated patch?

Thank you very much for your review!

-Fenghua