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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 9b34b1685078..8d90c42e5db6 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -438,6 +438,32 @@ This file shows up if CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW is enabled. ============================================================== +perf_cpu_time_max_percent: + +Hints to the kernel how much CPU time it should be allowed to +use to handle perf sampling events. If the perf subsystem +is informed that its samples are exceeding this limit, it +will drop its sampling frequency to attempt to reduce its CPU +usage. + +Some perf sampling happens in NMIs. If these samples +unexpectedly take too long to execute, the NMIs can become +stacked up next to each other so much that nothing else is +allowed to execute. + +0: disable the mechanism. Do not monitor or correct perf's + sampling rate no matter how CPU time it takes. + +1-100: attempt to throttle perf's sample rate to this + percentage of CPU. Note: the kernel calculates an + "expected" length of each sample event. 100 here means + 100% of that expected length. Even if this is set to + 100, you may still see sample throttling if this + length is exceeded. Set to 0 if you truly do not care + how much CPU is consumed. + +============================================================== + pid_max: |