linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/3] softirq: Add two parameters to control CPU bandwidth for use by softirq

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Date:   Wed, 6 Apr 2022 15:02:08 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Liao Chang <liaochang1@...wei.com>, mcgrof@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3] softirq: Add two parameters to control CPU bandwidth
 for use by softirq

Hi--

On 4/5/22 19:27, Liao Chang wrote:
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index e9119bf54b1f..a63ebc88a199 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -2393,3 +2393,13 @@ config ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE
>  # <asm/syscall_wrapper.h>.
>  config ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER
>  	def_bool n
> +
> +config SOFTIRQ_THROTTLE
> +	bool "Softirq Throttling Feature"
> +	help
> +	  Allow to allocate bandwidth for use by softirq handling. This
> +	  saftguard machanism is known as softirq throttling and is controlled

typos:
	  safeguard mechanism

> +	  by two parameters in the /proc/ file system:
> +
> +	  /proc/sysctl/kernel/softirq_period_ms
> +	  /proc/sysctl/kernel/softirq_runtime_ms

These should be documented in...
I guess    Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst

thanks.
-- 
~Randy