From 01a69402cf9d38ff180345d55c2ee51c7e89fbc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 20:50:03 +0200
Subject: Adding upstream version 6.8.9.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst | 16 ++++++----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst')

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst
index 993c2a05f5..b6aeae3327 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst
@@ -243,13 +243,9 @@ To reduce its OS jitter, do any of the following:
 3.	Do any of the following needed to avoid jitter that your
 	application cannot tolerate:
 
-	a.	Build your kernel with CONFIG_SLUB=y rather than
-		CONFIG_SLAB=y, thus avoiding the slab allocator's periodic
-		use of each CPU's workqueues to run its cache_reap()
-		function.
-	b.	Avoid using oprofile, thus avoiding OS jitter from
+	a.	Avoid using oprofile, thus avoiding OS jitter from
 		wq_sync_buffer().
-	c.	Limit your CPU frequency so that a CPU-frequency
+	b.	Limit your CPU frequency so that a CPU-frequency
 		governor is not required, possibly enlisting the aid of
 		special heatsinks or other cooling technologies.  If done
 		correctly, and if you CPU architecture permits, you should
@@ -259,7 +255,7 @@ To reduce its OS jitter, do any of the following:
 
 		WARNING:  Please check your CPU specifications to
 		make sure that this is safe on your particular system.
-	d.	As of v3.18, Christoph Lameter's on-demand vmstat workers
+	c.	As of v3.18, Christoph Lameter's on-demand vmstat workers
 		commit prevents OS jitter due to vmstat_update() on
 		CONFIG_SMP=y systems.  Before v3.18, is not possible
 		to entirely get rid of the OS jitter, but you can
@@ -274,7 +270,7 @@ To reduce its OS jitter, do any of the following:
 		(based on an earlier one from Gilad Ben-Yossef) that
 		reduces or even eliminates vmstat overhead for some
 		workloads at https://lore.kernel.org/r/00000140e9dfd6bd-40db3d4f-c1be-434f-8132-7820f81bb586-000000@email.amazonses.com.
-	e.	If running on high-end powerpc servers, build with
+	d.	If running on high-end powerpc servers, build with
 		CONFIG_PPC_RTAS_DAEMON=n.  This prevents the RTAS
 		daemon from running on each CPU every second or so.
 		(This will require editing Kconfig files and will defeat
@@ -282,12 +278,12 @@ To reduce its OS jitter, do any of the following:
 		due to the rtas_event_scan() function.
 		WARNING:  Please check your CPU specifications to
 		make sure that this is safe on your particular system.
-	f.	If running on Cell Processor, build your kernel with
+	e.	If running on Cell Processor, build your kernel with
 		CBE_CPUFREQ_SPU_GOVERNOR=n to avoid OS jitter from
 		spu_gov_work().
 		WARNING:  Please check your CPU specifications to
 		make sure that this is safe on your particular system.
-	g.	If running on PowerMAC, build your kernel with
+	f.	If running on PowerMAC, build your kernel with
 		CONFIG_PMAC_RACKMETER=n to disable the CPU-meter,
 		avoiding OS jitter from rackmeter_do_timer().
 
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