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authorClark Williams <williams@redhat.com>2010-06-14 14:50:02 -0500
committerClark Williams <williams@redhat.com>2010-06-14 14:50:02 -0500
commita3194e71ef314ee6fb86577e2c13ea6a9a5dcd64 (patch)
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parent9a0525c5b124cb7cd2e39f5c03ce488caa63c3df (diff)
downloadrt-tests-a3194e71ef314ee6fb86577e2c13ea6a9a5dcd64.tar.gz
added --numa option to cyclictest man page
Documented the --numa mode option to cyclictest in the man page. Also updated the command summary to include the short options for the --smp and --numa modes (-S and -U). Signed-off-by: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--src/cyclictest/cyclictest.810
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8
index 77f57c5..914075f 100644
--- a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8
+++ b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cyclictest \- High resolution test program
.B cyclictest
.RI "[ \-hfmnqrsvMS ] [\-a " proc " ] [\-b " usec " ] [\-c " clock " ] [\-d " dist " ] \
[\-h " histogram " ] [\-i " intv " ] [\-l " loop " ] [\-o " red " ] [\-p " prio " ] \
-[\-t " num " ] [\-D " time "] [\-w] [\-W] [\-y " policy "]"
+[\-t " num " ] [\-D " time "] [\-w] [\-W] [\-y " policy " ] [ \-S | \-U ]"
.\" .SH DESCRIPTION
.\" This manual page documents briefly the
@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ running cyclictest on low-bandwidth connections)
Set options for standard testing on SMP systems. Equivalent to using
the options: "\-t \-a \-n" as well keeping any specified priority
equal across all threads
+.TP
+.B \\-U, \-\-numa
+Similar to the above \-\-smp option, this implies the "\-t \-a \-n"
+options, as well as a constant measurement interval, but also forces
+memory allocations using the numa(3) policy library. Thread stacks and
+data structures are allocated from the NUMA node local to the core to
+which the thread is bound. Requires the underlying kernel to have NUMA
+support compiled in.
.\" .SH SEE ALSO
.\" .BR bar (1),
.\" .BR baz (1).