linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cgroup: Fix documentation for cpu.idle

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Date:   Fri, 01 Dec 2023 08:14:27 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>,
        Josh Don <joshdon@...gle.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:     Linux CGroups <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Documentation <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Attreyee M <tintinm2017@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroup: Fix documentation for cpu.idle

Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com> writes:

> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 04:52:03PM -0800, Josh Don wrote:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
>> index 3f85254f3cef..9debf02bcb39 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
>> +  cpu.idle
>> +	A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups.
>> +	The default is 0.
>> +
>> +	This is the cgroup analog of the per-task SCHED_IDLE sched policy.
> "... cgroup analogy to ..."
>> +	Setting this value to a 1 will make the scheduling policy of the

Bagas, please stop this (again).  The original wording is better than
your suggested "improvement".

jon