From 847dd70aa971a67b4dfdb8f131428dfb90d88714 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 14:24:03 -0700 Subject: doc: Document rcuperf's module parameters This commit adds documentation for the rcuperf module parameters. Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index fb95fad81c79..20cd00b78fc4 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4407,6 +4407,42 @@ reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor to be used for rebooting. + refperf.holdoff= [KNL] + Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of + this parameter is to delay the start of the + test until boot completes in order to avoid + interference. + + refperf.loops= [KNL] + Set the number of loops over the synchronization + primitive under test. Increasing this number + reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead, + but the default has already reduced the per-pass + noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020 + x86 laptops. + + refperf.nreaders= [KNL] + Set number of readers. The default value of -1 + selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number + of CPUs. A value of zero is an interesting choice. + + refperf.nruns= [KNL] + Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto + the console log. + + refperf.readdelay= [KNL] + Set the read-side critical-section duration, + measured in microseconds. + + refperf.shutdown= [KNL] + Shut down the system at the end of the performance + test. This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when + rcuperf is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave + it running) when rcuperf is built as a module. + + refperf.verbose= [KNL] + Enable additional printk() statements. + relax_domain_level= [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level. See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst. -- cgit v1.2.3