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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-11-14 00:37:52 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-11-14 00:37:52 +0300
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Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar: "The main updates in this cycle were: - Group balancing enhancements and cleanups (Brendan Jackman) - Move CPU isolation related functionality into its separate kernel/sched/isolation.c file, with related 'housekeeping_*()' namespace and nomenclature et al. (Frederic Weisbecker) - Improve the interactive/cpu-intense fairness calculation (Josef Bacik) - Improve the PELT code and related cleanups (Peter Zijlstra) - Improve the logic of pick_next_task_fair() (Uladzislau Rezki) - Improve the RT IPI based balancing logic (Steven Rostedt) - Various micro-optimizations: - better !CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG optimizations (Patrick Bellasi) - better idle loop (Cheng Jian) - ... plus misc fixes, cleanups and updates" * 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (54 commits) sched/core: Optimize sched_feat() for !CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG builds sched/sysctl: Fix attributes of some extern declarations sched/isolation: Document isolcpus= boot parameter flags, mark it deprecated sched/isolation: Add basic isolcpus flags sched/isolation: Move isolcpus= handling to the housekeeping code sched/isolation: Handle the nohz_full= parameter sched/isolation: Introduce housekeeping flags sched/isolation: Split out new CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION=y config from CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL sched/isolation: Rename is_housekeeping_cpu() to housekeeping_cpu() sched/isolation: Use its own static key sched/isolation: Make the housekeeping cpumask private sched/isolation: Provide a dynamic off-case to housekeeping_any_cpu() sched/isolation, watchdog: Use housekeeping_cpumask() instead of ad-hoc version sched/isolation: Move housekeeping related code to its own file sched/idle: Micro-optimize the idle loop sched/isolcpus: Fix "isolcpus=" boot parameter handling when !CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK x86/tsc: Append the 'tsc=' description for the 'tsc=unstable' boot parameter sched/rt: Simplify the IPI based RT balancing logic block/ioprio: Use a helper to check for RT prio sched/rt: Add a helper to test for a RT task ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 116e798b61e6..38ed8787261b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1730,20 +1730,33 @@
isapnp= [ISAPNP]
Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
- isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler.
- The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
+ isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
+ [Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
+ Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
+
+ Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
+ specified in the flag list (default: domain):
+
+ nohz
+ Disable the tick when a single task runs.
+ domain
+ Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
+ algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
+ is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
+ the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
+ advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
+ balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
+ It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
+ move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
+
+ You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
+ the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
+ <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
+ "number of CPUs in system - 1".
+
+ The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
- This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
- to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
- algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an
- "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
- <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
- "number of CPUs in system - 1".
- This option is the preferred way to isolate CPUs. The
- alternative -- manually setting the CPU mask of all
- tasks in the system -- can cause problems and
- suboptimal load balancer performance.
iucv= [HW,NET]
@@ -4209,6 +4222,9 @@
Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
can add overhead.
+ [x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
+ marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
+ avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
TurboGraFX parallel port interface