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Peter Xu authored
The "isolcpus=" parameter allows sub-parameters before the cpulist is specified, and if the parser detects an unknown sub-parameters the whole parameter will be ignored. This design is incompatible with itself when new sub-parameters are added. An older kernel will not recognize the new sub-parameter and will invalidate the whole parameter so the CPU isolation will not take effect. It emits a warning: isolcpus: Error, unknown flag The better and compatible way is to allow "isolcpus=" to skip unknown sub-parameters, so that even if new sub-parameters are added an older kernel will still be able to behave as usual even if with the new sub-parameter specified on the command line. Ideally this should have been there when the first sub-parameter for "isolcpus=" was introduced. Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200403223517.406353-1-peterx@redhat.com
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