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.
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Martin Kletzander 2012-08-27 16:26:26 +02:00
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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 These settings are superseded
by <a href="#elementsCPUTuning">CPU tuning</a>.
</dd>
</dl>
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</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>