On Fri, 4 Jul 2025, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote: > The number and breadth of cyclictest's options is huge, and just > exploring them in sequence can get the manpage reader lost. > > Put the cyclictest's thread priority options: > > --policy=NAME > -p, --prio=PRIO > --priospread > > into their own group. Adjust the Synopsis accordingly as well. > > Further groupings will be added next. > > Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 | 25 +++++-------------------- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 > index a099416..90a3e08 100644 > --- a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 > +++ b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 > @@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ cyclictest \- High resolution test program > .IR proc-set ] > .RB [ \-a\~\c > .IR proc\-set ] > +.RB [ \-\-policy\~\c > +.IR threads\-sched\-policy ] > +.RB [ \-p\~\c > +.IR thread\-prio ] > +.RB [ \-\-priospread ] > .RB [ \-b\~\c > .IR break\-usec ] > .RB [ \-D\~\c > @@ -44,20 +49,15 @@ cyclictest \- High resolution test program > .IR num\-loops ] > .RB [ \-o\~\c > .IR oscope\-red ] > -.RB [ \-p\~\c > -.IR thread\-prio ] > .RB [ \-\-histfile\~\c > .IR file\-path ] > .RB [ \-\-json\~\c > .IR file\-path ] > -.RB [ \-\-policy\~\c > -.IR threads\-sched\-policy ] > .RB [ \-\-spike\~\c > .IR trigger\-point-usec ] > .RB [ \-\-spike\-nodes\~\c > .IR num\-nodes ] > .RB [ \-\-dbg_cyclictest ] > -.RB [ \-\-priospread ] > .RB [ \-\-smi ] > .RB [ \-\-tracemark ] > .YS > @@ -243,21 +243,6 @@ unit. > Oscilloscope mode, reduce verbose output by RED. > . > .TP > -.B \-p, \-\-prio=PRIO > -Set the priority of the first thread. The given priority is set to the > -first test thread. Each further thread gets a lower priority: > -Priority(Thread N) = max(Priority(Thread N\-1) \- 1, 0) > -. > -.TP > -.B \-\-policy=NAME > -set the scheduler policy of the measurement threads where NAME is one of: > -other, normal, batch, idle, fifo, rr > -. > -.TP > -.B \-\-priospread > -spread priority levels starting at a specified value > -. > -.TP > .B \-q, \-\-quiet > Print a summary only on exit. Useful for automated tests, where only the > summary output needs to be captured. > -- > 2.49.0 > > > Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@xxxxxxxxxx>
