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2017-07-14kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt: standardize document formatMauro Carvalho Chehab
Each text file under Documentation follows a different format. Some doesn't even have titles! Change its representation to follow the adopted standard, using ReST markups for it to be parseable by Sphinx: - Use title markups; - use "-" for bulletted lists; - Split Name/Purpose on two lines, in order to make visually easier to read (in text format), and to bold the title (on ReST output) - Add blank lines to split bulleted lists; - use sub-titles for the several kthread softirq types; - mark one literal var with asterisk as such, in order to avoid an error warning on Sphinx. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-06-08rcu: Eliminate NOCBs CPU-state Kconfig optionsPaul E. McKenney
The CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL, CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE, and CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO Kconfig options are used only in testing and are redundant with the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter. This commit therefore removes these three Kconfig options and adjusts the rcutorture scripts to use the boot parameter instead. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2016-10-24docs: fix locations of several documents that got movedMauro Carvalho Chehab
The previous patch renamed several files that are cross-referenced along the Kernel documentation. Adjust the links to point to the right places. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-08-03Documenation: update cgroup's document pathseokhoon.yoon
cgroup's document path is changed to "cgroup-v1". update it. Signed-off-by: seokhoon.yoon <iamyooon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2015-12-11irq_poll: make blk-iopoll available outside the block layerChristoph Hellwig
The new name is irq_poll as iopoll is already taken. Better suggestions welcome. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@sandisk.com>
2015-02-26documentation: Update per-CPU kthreads documentationPaul E. McKenney
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26documentation: Update based on on-demand vmstat workersPaul E. McKenney
Now that the on-demand vmstat workers commit is in mainline, it is possible to eliminate vmstat_update()-induced OS jitter. This commit updates the documentation accordingly. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2014-02-17Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt: Workqueue affinityPaul E. McKenney
This commit documents the ability to apply CPU affinity to WQ_SYSFS workqueues, thus offloading them from the desired worker CPUs. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
2013-09-25kthread: Add pointer to vmstat-avoidance patchPaul E. McKenney
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
2013-07-04Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial Pull trivial tree updates from Jiri Kosina: "The usual stuff from trivial tree" * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (34 commits) treewide: relase -> release Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt: fix stat file documentation sysctl/net.txt: delete reference to obsolete 2.4.x kernel spinlock_api_smp.h: fix preprocessor comments treewide: Fix typo in printk doc: device tree: clarify stuff in usage-model.txt. open firmware: "/aliasas" -> "/aliases" md: bcache: Fixed a typo with the word 'arithmetic' irq/generic-chip: fix a few kernel-doc entries frv: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table sgi: xpc: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table doc: clk: Fix incorrect wording Documentation/arm/IXP4xx fix a typo Documentation/networking/ieee802154 fix a typo Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l fix a typo Documentation/video4linux/si476x.txt fix a typo Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt fix a typo Documentation/early-userspace/README fix a typo Documentation/video4linux/soc-camera.txt fix a typo lguest: fix CONFIG_PAE -> CONFIG_x86_PAE in comment ...
2013-06-10kthread: Add kworker kthreads to OS-jitter documentationPaul E. McKenney
The kworker workqueue kthreads can also contribute to OS jitter. The amount of jitter depends on their use, so this commit adds documentation on avoiding OS jitter due to workqueue use. Reported-by: Jonathan Clairembault <jonathan.clairembault@novasparks.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
2013-05-28rcu: Fix Documentation typo 'CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPUS'Paul Bolle
Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2013-04-27kthread: Document ways of reducing OS jitter due to per-CPU kthreadsPaul E. McKenney
The Linux kernel uses a number of per-CPU kthreads, any of which might contribute to OS jitter at any time. The usual approach to normal kthreads, namely to bind them to a "housekeeping" CPU, does not work with these kthreads because they cannot operate correctly if moved to some other CPU. This commit therefore lists ways of controlling OS jitter from the Linux kernel's per-CPU kthreads. It also lists some ways of diagnosing excessive jitter. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Olivier Baetz <olivier.baetz@novasparks.com> Cc: Pradeep Satyanarayana <pradeeps@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>