RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] doc: update Linux core isolation guide

[Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>]

> On Mon, 2 May 2022 12:54:14 +0530
> Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com> wrote:
> 
> > Update Linux core isolation guide to include isolation from
> > timers, rcu processing and IRQs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst | 10 +++++-----
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
> > b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst index 1df3ab0255..f567c713e6
> > 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/enable_func.rst
> > @@ -90,16 +90,16 @@ Using Linux Core Isolation to Reduce Context
> > Switches -----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >  While the threads used by a DPDK application are pinned to logical
> > cores on the system, -it is possible for the Linux scheduler to run
> > other tasks on those cores also. -To help prevent additional
> > workloads from running on those cores, -it is possible to use the
> > ``isolcpus`` Linux kernel parameter to isolate them from the general
> > Linux scheduler. +it is possible for the Linux scheduler to run other
> > tasks on those cores. +To help prevent additional workloads, timers,
> > rcu processing and IRQs from running on those cores, it is possible
> > to use +the Linux kernel parameters ``isolcpus``, ``nohz_full``,
> > ``irqaffinity`` to isolate them from the general Linux scheduler
> > tasks. -For example, if DPDK applications are to run on logical cores
> > 2, 4 and 6, +For example, if a given CPU has 0-7 cores and DPDK
> > applications are to run on logical cores 2, 4 and 6, the following
> > should be added to the kernel parameter list: .. code-block:: console
> > -    isolcpus=2,4,6
> > +    isolcpus=2,4,6 nohz_full=2,4,6 irqaffinity=0,1,3,5,7
> >
> >  .. _High_Precision_Event_Timer:
> >
> 
> Also cgroups is often a better solution than the kernel command line.
> There are also caveats around some of these settings so worth reading
> the
> kernel documentation.

Most of the performance tests that we advertise include these parameters and a note 
In docs would helpful if users are trying to replicating those numbers.
I will add a note about cgroups and links to kernel documentation in the next version.

Thanks,
Pavan.