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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/Kconfig.preempt')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt index ea1e3331c0ba..bd7c4147b9a8 100644 --- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt +++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt @@ -104,4 +104,18 @@ config SCHED_CORE bool "Core Scheduling for SMT" default y depends on SCHED_SMT + help + This option permits Core Scheduling, a means of coordinated task + selection across SMT siblings. When enabled -- see + prctl(PR_SCHED_CORE) -- task selection ensures that all SMT siblings + will execute a task from the same 'core group', forcing idle when no + matching task is found. + + Use of this feature includes: + - mitigation of some (not all) SMT side channels; + - limiting SMT interference to improve determinism and/or performance. + + SCHED_CORE is default enabled when SCHED_SMT is enabled -- when + unused there should be no impact on performance. + |