The "isolcpus=" and "nohz_full=" boot parameters depend on CPU Isolation support. Let's document that.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: Chris Metcalf <[email protected]> Cc: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]> Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Cc: Luiz Capitulino <[email protected]> Cc: Mike Galbraith <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Rik van Riel <[email protected]> Cc: Wanpeng Li <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: John Stultz <[email protected]> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst | 1 + Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst index b2598cc..7242cbd 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ parameter is applicable:: IPV6 IPv6 support is enabled. ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. + ISOL CPU Isolation is enabled. JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. KGDB Kernel debugger support is enabled. KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 6571fbf..1683107 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ isapnp= [ISAPNP] Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity> - isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance. + isolcpus= [KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance. [Deprecated - use cpusets instead] Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list> @@ -2662,7 +2662,7 @@ Valid arguments: on, off Default: on - nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT] + nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL] The argument is a cpu list, as described above. In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped -- 2.7.4
