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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/halt-polling.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/halt-polling.rst index 4f1a1b23d99c..a6790a67e205 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/halt-polling.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/halt-polling.rst @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ before giving up the cpu to the scheduler in order to let something else run. Polling provides a latency advantage in cases where the guest can be run again very quickly by at least saving us a trip through the scheduler, normally on the order of a few micro-seconds, although performance benefits are workload -dependant. In the event that no wakeup source arrives during the polling +dependent. In the event that no wakeup source arrives during the polling interval or some other task on the runqueue is runnable the scheduler is invoked. Thus halt polling is especially useful on workloads with very short wakeup periods where the time spent halt polling is minimised and the time @@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ adjustment of the polling interval. Module Parameters ================= -The kvm module has 3 tuneable module parameters to adjust the global max -polling interval as well as the rate at which the polling interval is grown and -shrunk. These variables are defined in include/linux/kvm_host.h and as module -parameters in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c, or arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c in the -powerpc kvm-hv case. +The kvm module has 4 tunable module parameters to adjust the global max polling +interval, the initial value (to grow from 0), and the rate at which the polling +interval is grown and shrunk. These variables are defined in +include/linux/kvm_host.h and as module parameters in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c, or +arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c in the powerpc kvm-hv case. +-----------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------+ |Module Parameter | Description | Default Value | @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ powerpc kvm-hv case. | | grow_halt_poll_ns() | | | | function. | | +-----------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------+ -|halt_poll_ns_shrink | The value by which the | 0 | +|halt_poll_ns_shrink | The value by which the | 2 | | | halt polling interval is | | | | divided in the | | | | shrink_halt_poll_ns() | | |