2017-10-27 15:58 UTC+02:00, Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>: > On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 05:06:25AM -0700, tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker > wrote: >> + isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance. >> + 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. This option is the preferred way to >> isolate >> + CPUs from tasks. > > I _strongly_ object to this statement, isolcpus is _not_ the preferred > way, cpusets are. > > And yes, while cpusets suffers some problems, we _should_ really fix > those and not promote this piece of shit isolcpus crap.
I definitely agree with that so your position is a relief :-) This patch only indented the existing parameter documentation so fixing its content was beyond its scope. I'll send a patch to correct the text. Thanks.
