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authorDaniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>2024-04-24 16:36:56 +0200
committerDaniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>2024-05-15 15:13:57 +0200
commitfb9e90a67ee9a42779a8ea296a4cf7734258b27d (patch)
tree54f52790248382ad671064f1d9ceca1b132fbc1d /Documentation/tools
parentcdbf71962bb07493d67fee34536a5724a8bb5886 (diff)
rtla/timerlat: Make user-space threads the default
After ther -u addition, most of the known users are setting it. And it makes sense, as it adds more information, and inherits the default setup for the threads - e.g., cgroups configs. Thus, if the user-space interface is available, enable -u. Otherwise, use the in-kernel thread. Add the -k option to allow the user to request kernel-threads. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/9241d3089de4091b124f780ed832a0e6646cadaa.1713968967.git.bristot@kernel.org Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
index d3255ed70195..090700a6ae9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
+++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
@@ -27,12 +27,16 @@
*cyclictest* sets this value to *0* by default, use **--dma-latency** *0* to have
similar results.
+**-k**, **--kernel-threads**
+
+ Use timerlat kernel-space threads, in contrast of **-u**.
+
**-u**, **--user-threads**
Set timerlat to run without a workload, and then dispatches user-space workloads
to wait on the timerlat_fd. Once the workload is awakes, it goes to sleep again
adding so the measurement for the kernel-to-user and user-to-kernel to the tracer
- output.
+ output. **--user-threads** will be used unless the user specify **-k**.
**-U**, **--user-load**