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sched/isolation: Document boot parameters dependency on CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION=y

The "isolcpus=" and "nohz_full=" boot parameters depend on CPU Isolation
support. Let's document that.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@mellanox.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>
Cc: kernel test robot <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1513275507-29200-4-git-send-email-frederic@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Frederic Weisbecker 7 years ago
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Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ parameter is applicable::
 	IPV6	IPv6 support is enabled.
 	IPV6	IPv6 support is enabled.
 	ISAPNP	ISA PnP code is enabled.
 	ISAPNP	ISA PnP code is enabled.
 	ISDN	Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
 	ISDN	Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
+	ISOL	CPU Isolation is enabled.
 	JOY	Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
 	JOY	Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
 	KGDB	Kernel debugger support is enabled.
 	KGDB	Kernel debugger support is enabled.
 	KVM	Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.
 	KVM	Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.

+ 2 - 2
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@
 	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
 	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
 			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
 			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
 
 
-	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
+	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
 			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
 			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
 			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
 			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
 
 
@@ -2662,7 +2662,7 @@
 			Valid arguments: on, off
 			Valid arguments: on, off
 			Default: on
 			Default: on
 
 
-	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT]
+	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
 			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
 			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
 			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
 			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
 			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
 			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped