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diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.rst index 22838ed8e13a..a727827b8dd5 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.rst +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.rst @@ -591,12 +591,13 @@ Deadline Task Scheduling The system wide settings are configured under the /proc virtual file system. - For now the -rt knobs are used for -deadline admission control and the - -deadline runtime is accounted against the -rt runtime. We realize that this - isn't entirely desirable; however, it is better to have a small interface for - now, and be able to change it easily later. The ideal situation (see 5.) is to - run -rt tasks from a -deadline server; in which case the -rt bandwidth is a - direct subset of dl_bw. + For now the -rt knobs are used for -deadline admission control and with + CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED the -deadline runtime is accounted against the (root) + -rt runtime. With !CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED the knob only serves for the -dl + admission control. We realize that this isn't entirely desirable; however, it + is better to have a small interface for now, and be able to change it easily + later. The ideal situation (see 5.) is to run -rt tasks from a -deadline + server; in which case the -rt bandwidth is a direct subset of dl_bw. This means that, for a root_domain comprising M CPUs, -deadline tasks can be created while the sum of their bandwidths stays below: |