[PATCH 33/33] doc: Add housekeeping documentation

Waiman Long llong at redhat.com
Wed Dec 31 09:35:49 PST 2025


On 12/31/25 10:25 AM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Le Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 07:39:28PM -0500, Waiman Long a écrit :
>> On 12/24/25 8:45 AM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic at kernel.org>
>>> ---
>>>    Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>    Documentation/core-api/index.rst        |   1 +
>>>    2 files changed, 112 insertions(+)
>>>    create mode 100644 Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst b/Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000000..e5417302774c
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
>>> +======================================
>>> +Housekeeping
>>> +======================================
>>> +
>>> +
>>> +CPU Isolation moves away kernel work that may otherwise run on any CPU.
>>> +The purpose of its related features is to reduce the OS jitter that some
>>> +extreme workloads can't stand, such as in some DPDK usecases.
>> Nit: "usecases" => "use cases"
> Are you sure? I'm not a native speaker but at least the kernel
> has established its use:
>
> $ git grep usecase | wc -l
> 517
"usecase" is not a proper word by itself, but people do use it some times.
$ git grep "use case" | wc -l
694

Anyway, you can keep it if you want. It is not something that is worth 
arguing for. :-)

Cheers,
Longman




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