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docs: Update nosmt support for arm64
authorJinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:25:40 +0000 (11:25 +0800)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Fri, 15 May 2026 14:26:31 +0000 (08:26 -0600)
commitf5899ff9c48d8f4dcfb1d622605d6ea2e0cf7eb9
tree93bf1fd14e1a9bfbd965569a1a99911241440cff
parent696ce7ca20f5269ccef828663c4272b72be88ac3
docs: Update nosmt support for arm64

commit eed4583bcf9a6 ("arm64: Kconfig: Enable HOTPLUG_SMT") enable
HOTPLUG_SMT for SMT control for arm64, but the documentation was
not updated accordingly to reflect that ARM64 now supports control SMT
via boot parameter and sysfs knobs:

1. Boot parameters:

nosmt:          Disable SMT, can be enabled via sysfs knobs.
nosmt=force:    Disable SMT, cannot be enabled via sysfs knobs.

2. Runtime sysfs controls:

Write "on", "off", "forceoff" or the number of SMT threads (1, 2, ...)
to /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control.

Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20260417032540.3720627-1-ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt