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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 705fb915cbf7..a1489e14f8ee 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -33,6 +33,37 @@ can also be entered as Double-quotes can be used to protect spaces in values, e.g.: param="spaces in here" +cpu lists: +---------- + +Some kernel parameters take a list of CPUs as a value, e.g. isolcpus, +nohz_full, irqaffinity, rcu_nocbs. The format of this list is: + + <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> + +or + + <cpu number>-<cpu number> + (must be a positive range in ascending order) + +or a mixture + +<cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> + +Note that for the special case of a range one can split the range into equal +sized groups and for each group use some amount from the beginning of that +group: + + <cpu number>-cpu number>:<used size>/<group size> + +For example one can add to the command line following parameter: + + isolcpus=1,2,10-20,100-2000:2/25 + +where the final item represents CPUs 100,101,125,126,150,151,... + + + This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also @@ -1789,13 +1820,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt. irqaffinity= [SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask - Format: - <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> - or - <cpu number>-<cpu number> - (must be a positive range in ascending order) - or a mixture - <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> + The argument is a cpu list, as described above. irqfixup [HW] When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers @@ -1812,13 +1837,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity> isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler. - Format: - <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> - or - <cpu number>-<cpu number> - (must be a positive range in ascending order) - or a mixture - <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> + The argument is a cpu list, as described above. This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling @@ -2680,6 +2699,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Default: on nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT] + 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 whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside @@ -3285,6 +3305,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. rcu_nocbs= [KNL] + The argument is a cpu list, as described above. + In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs. Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will |