Commit b225d44e27521290faca2e0f9b1a4a8c74dc510a

Authored by Li Zefan
Committed by Linus Torvalds
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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: update 'isolcpus' kernel option

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>

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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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995 995 Format:
996 996 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
997 997 or
998   - <cpu number>-<cpu number> (must be a positive range in ascending order)
  998 + <cpu number>-<cpu number>
  999 + (must be a positive range in ascending order)
999 1000 or a mixture
1000 1001 <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
  1002 +
1001 1003 This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
1002 1004 to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1003   - algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off
1004   - an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls.
  1005 + algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an
  1006 + "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1005 1007 <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1006 1008 "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1007 1009