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docs: describe preferIsolCpus
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Signed-off-by: Feruzjon Muyassarov <feruzjon.muyassarov@intel.com>
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Expand Up @@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ Balloons policy parameters:
preferring exclusive CPUs, as long as there are enough free
CPUs. The default is `false`: prefer filling and inflating
existing balloons over creating new ones.
- `preferIsolCpus`: if `true`,prefer system isolated CPUs (refer to
kernel command line parameter "isolcpus") for this balloon. Warning:
if there are not enough isolated CPUs in the system for balloons that
prefer them, balloons may include normal CPUs, too. This kind of
mixed-CPU balloons require special attention when implementing
programs that run on them. Therefore it is recommended to limit the
number of balloon CPUs (see maxCPUs) and allocate CPUs upfront (see
minBalloons, minCPUs) when using preferIsolCpus. The default is `false`.
- `shareIdleCPUsInSame`: Whenever the number of or sizes of balloons
change, idle CPUs (that do not belong to any balloon) are reshared
as extra CPUs to containers in balloons with this option. The value
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