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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2021-05-25 08:53:28 +0200
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2021-06-01 16:00:10 +0200
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sched: Add CONFIG_SCHED_CORE help text
Hugh noted that the SCHED_CORE Kconfig option could do with a help text. Requested-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YKyhtwhEgvtUDOyl@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
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@@ -104,4 +104,18 @@ config SCHED_CORE
bool "Core Scheduling for SMT"
default y
depends on SCHED_SMT
+ help
+ This option permits Core Scheduling, a means of coordinated task
+ selection across SMT siblings. When enabled -- see
+ prctl(PR_SCHED_CORE) -- task selection ensures that all SMT siblings
+ will execute a task from the same 'core group', forcing idle when no
+ matching task is found.
+
+ Use of this feature includes:
+ - mitigation of some (not all) SMT side channels;
+ - limiting SMT interference to improve determinism and/or performance.
+
+ SCHED_CORE is default enabled when SCHED_SMT is enabled -- when
+ unused there should be no impact on performance.
+