Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: update 'isolcpus' kernel option
authorLi Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Thu, 6 Nov 2008 20:53:39 +0000 (12:53 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:41:19 +0000 (15:41 -0800)
cpuset can be used to move a process onto or off an isolated CPU.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

index 1bbcaa8982b6c2445fcfdd852f9e33702129cd8b..8a8cb0ccc5f4e2c7515a00cb861882f88771c85a 100644 (file)
@@ -995,13 +995,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Format:
                        <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
                        or
-                       <cpu number>-<cpu number>  (must be a positive range in ascending order)
+                       <cpu number>-<cpu number>
+                       (must be a positive range in ascending order)
                        or a mixture
                        <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
+
                        This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
                        to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
-                       algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off
-                       an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls.
+                       algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an
+                       "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
                        <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
                        "number of CPUs in system - 1".