[libvirt] [PATCH] docs: CPU allocation and pinning clarification

There was a request for clarifying this part of the documentation. This also fixes a case used with CPU. --- docs/formatdomain.html.in | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in index e671e36..468fc62 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in @@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ if it's specified. If both <code>cpuset</code> and <code>placement</code> are not specified, or if <code>placement</code> is "static", but no <code>cpuset</code> is specified, the domain process will be pinned to - all the available physical CPUs. + all the available physical CPUs. These settings can be superseded + by <a href="#elementsCPUTuning">CPU tuning</a>. </dd> </dl> @@ -404,9 +405,11 @@ </dd> <dt><code>vcpupin</code></dt> <dd> - The optional <code>vcpupin</code> element specifies which of host - physical CPUS the domain VCPU will be pinned to. If this is omitted, - each VCPU is pinned to all the physical CPUS by default. It contains two + The optional <code>vcpupin</code> element specifies which of host's + physical CPUs the domain VCPU will be pinned to. This setting supersedes + previous VCPU placement specified in <a href="#elementsCPUAllocation">CPU + Allocation</a> using <code>vcpu</code> element. If this is omitted, + each VCPU is pinned to all the physical CPUs by default. It contains two required attributes, the attribute <code>vcpu</code> specifies vcpu id, and the attribute <code>cpuset</code> is same as attribute <code>cpuset</code> -- 1.7.12