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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index f7cbe1d98cb..5190f170641 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2408,6 +2408,27 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. + rcu_nocbs= [KNL,BOOT] + 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 + be offloaded to "rcuoN" kthreads created for + that purpose. This reduces OS jitter on the + offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and + real-time workloads. It can also improve energy + efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors. + + rcu_nocbs_poll [KNL,BOOT] + Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs + (specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly + awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads, + make these kthreads poll for callbacks. + This improves the real-time response for the + offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to + wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades + energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads + periodically wake up to do the polling. + rcutree.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process in one batch. @@ -2873,6 +2894,22 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. to facilitate early boot debugging. See also Documentation/trace/events.txt + trace_options=[option-list] + [FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot. + The option-list is a comma delimited list of options + that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were + to echo the option name into + + /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options + + For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the + stack trace of each event), add to the command line: + + trace_options=stacktrace + + See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt "trace options" + section. + transparent_hugepage= [KNL] Format: [always|madvise|never] |