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[10/24] rcu/tree: add rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs description

Message ID 20200428205903.61704-11-urezki@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Introduce kvfree_rcu(1 or 2 arguments) | expand

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Uladzislau Rezki April 28, 2020, 8:58 p.m. UTC
Document the rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs sysfs kernel parameter.

Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Comments

Paul E. McKenney May 1, 2020, 10:25 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 10:58:49PM +0200, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> Document the rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs sysfs kernel parameter.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>

Could you please combine this wtih the patch that created this sysfs
parameter?

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 828ff975fbc6..b2b7022374af 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -3977,6 +3977,14 @@
>  			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
>  			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
>  
> +	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
> +			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
> +			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
> +			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
> +			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
> +			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
> +			condition.
> +
>  	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
>  			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
>  			first attempt to force quiescent states.
> -- 
> 2.20.1
>
Uladzislau Rezki May 4, 2020, 12:44 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, May 01, 2020 at 03:25:24PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 10:58:49PM +0200, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> > Document the rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs sysfs kernel parameter.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
> 
> Could you please combine this wtih the patch that created this sysfs
> parameter?
> 
Will combine them.

--
Vlad Rezki
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 828ff975fbc6..b2b7022374af 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3977,6 +3977,14 @@ 
 			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
 			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
 
+	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
+			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
+			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
+			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
+			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
+			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
+			condition.
+
 	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
 			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
 			first attempt to force quiescent states.