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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2024-01-26 14:51:41 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2024-01-26 14:51:41 -0800 |
commit | 70da22eb63f73a1ce41c7d106a5a417c352089f8 (patch) | |
tree | bed8e4e323c39ca9f9d9b06f158147bef059c64a /Documentation | |
parent | 168174d78157bba1315d5f8e1c66548b92c84ae9 (diff) | |
parent | d546978e0c07b6333fdbcbd81b2f2e058d4560b5 (diff) |
Merge tag 'docs-6.8-fixes' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation fixes from Jonathan Corbet:
"A handful of relatively boring documentation fixes"
* tag 'docs-6.8-fixes' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
docs: admin-guide: remove obsolete advice related to SLAB allocator
doc: admin-guide/kernel-parameters: remove useless comment
docs/accel: correct links to mailing list archives
docs/sphinx: Fix TOC scroll hack for the home page
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/accel/introduction.rst | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sphinx/templates/kernel-toc.html | 4 |
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/accel/introduction.rst b/Documentation/accel/introduction.rst index 89984dfececf..ae3030136637 100644 --- a/Documentation/accel/introduction.rst +++ b/Documentation/accel/introduction.rst @@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ External References email threads ------------- -* `Initial discussion on the New subsystem for acceleration devices <https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/7/31/83>`_ - Oded Gabbay (2022) -* `patch-set to add the new subsystem <https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/10/22/544>`_ - Oded Gabbay (2022) +* `Initial discussion on the New subsystem for acceleration devices <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAFCwf11=9qpNAepL7NL+YAV_QO=Wv6pnWPhKHKAepK3fNn+2Dg@mail.gmail.com/>`_ - Oded Gabbay (2022) +* `patch-set to add the new subsystem <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221022214622.18042-1-ogabbay@kernel.org/>`_ - Oded Gabbay (2022) Conference talks ---------------- diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst index 102937bc8443..4410384596a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst @@ -218,8 +218,3 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted: .. include:: kernel-parameters.txt :literal: - -Todo ----- - - Add more DRM drivers. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst index 993c2a05f5ee..b6aeae3327ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst @@ -243,13 +243,9 @@ To reduce its OS jitter, do any of the following: 3. Do any of the following needed to avoid jitter that your application cannot tolerate: - a. Build your kernel with CONFIG_SLUB=y rather than - CONFIG_SLAB=y, thus avoiding the slab allocator's periodic - use of each CPU's workqueues to run its cache_reap() - function. - b. Avoid using oprofile, thus avoiding OS jitter from + a. Avoid using oprofile, thus avoiding OS jitter from wq_sync_buffer(). - c. Limit your CPU frequency so that a CPU-frequency + b. Limit your CPU frequency so that a CPU-frequency governor is not required, possibly enlisting the aid of special heatsinks or other cooling technologies. If done correctly, and if you CPU architecture permits, you should @@ -259,7 +255,7 @@ To reduce its OS jitter, do any of the following: WARNING: Please check your CPU specifications to make sure that this is safe on your particular system. - d. As of v3.18, Christoph Lameter's on-demand vmstat workers + c. As of v3.18, Christoph Lameter's on-demand vmstat workers commit prevents OS jitter due to vmstat_update() on CONFIG_SMP=y systems. Before v3.18, is not possible to entirely get rid of the OS jitter, but you can @@ -274,7 +270,7 @@ To reduce its OS jitter, do any of the following: (based on an earlier one from Gilad Ben-Yossef) that reduces or even eliminates vmstat overhead for some workloads at https://lore.kernel.org/r/00000140e9dfd6bd-40db3d4f-c1be-434f-8132-7820f81bb586-000000@email.amazonses.com. - e. If running on high-end powerpc servers, build with + d. If running on high-end powerpc servers, build with CONFIG_PPC_RTAS_DAEMON=n. This prevents the RTAS daemon from running on each CPU every second or so. (This will require editing Kconfig files and will defeat @@ -282,12 +278,12 @@ To reduce its OS jitter, do any of the following: due to the rtas_event_scan() function. WARNING: Please check your CPU specifications to make sure that this is safe on your particular system. - f. If running on Cell Processor, build your kernel with + e. If running on Cell Processor, build your kernel with CBE_CPUFREQ_SPU_GOVERNOR=n to avoid OS jitter from spu_gov_work(). WARNING: Please check your CPU specifications to make sure that this is safe on your particular system. - g. If running on PowerMAC, build your kernel with + f. If running on PowerMAC, build your kernel with CONFIG_PMAC_RACKMETER=n to disable the CPU-meter, avoiding OS jitter from rackmeter_do_timer(). diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/templates/kernel-toc.html b/Documentation/sphinx/templates/kernel-toc.html index b58efa99df52..41f1efbe64bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/sphinx/templates/kernel-toc.html +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/templates/kernel-toc.html @@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- var sbar = document.getElementsByClassName("sphinxsidebar")[0]; let currents = document.getElementsByClassName("current") - sbar.scrollTop = currents[currents.length - 1].offsetTop; + if (currents.length) { + sbar.scrollTop = currents[currents.length - 1].offsetTop; + } --> </script> |