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-documentation_complete: true
-
-
-title: 'Enable IRQ Balance (irqbalance)'
-
-description: |-
-    The <tt>irqbalance</tt> service optimizes the balance between
-    power savings and performance through distribution of hardware interrupts across
-    multiple processors.
-    {{{ describe_service_enable(service="irqbalance") }}}
-
-rationale: |-
-    In an environment with multiple processors (now common), the irqbalance service
-    provides potential speedups for handling interrupt requests.
-
-severity: low
-
-references:
-    cis-csc: 11,14,3,9
-    cobit5: BAI10.01,BAI10.02,BAI10.03,BAI10.05,DSS05.02,DSS05.05,DSS06.06
-    isa-62443-2009: 4.3.3.5.1,4.3.3.5.2,4.3.3.5.3,4.3.3.5.4,4.3.3.5.5,4.3.3.5.6,4.3.3.5.7,4.3.3.5.8,4.3.3.6.1,4.3.3.6.2,4.3.3.6.3,4.3.3.6.4,4.3.3.6.5,4.3.3.6.6,4.3.3.6.7,4.3.3.6.8,4.3.3.6.9,4.3.3.7.1,4.3.3.7.2,4.3.3.7.3,4.3.3.7.4,4.3.4.3.2,4.3.4.3.3
-    isa-62443-2013: 'SR 1.1,SR 1.10,SR 1.11,SR 1.12,SR 1.13,SR 1.2,SR 1.3,SR 1.4,SR 1.5,SR 1.6,SR 1.7,SR 1.8,SR 1.9,SR 2.1,SR 2.2,SR 2.3,SR 2.4,SR 2.5,SR 2.6,SR 2.7,SR 7.6'
-    iso27001-2013: A.12.1.2,A.12.5.1,A.12.6.2,A.14.2.2,A.14.2.3,A.14.2.4,A.9.1.2
-    nist: CM-6(a),CM-7(a),CM-7(b)
-    nist-csf: PR.IP-1,PR.PT-3
-
-ocil_clause: |-
-    {{{ ocil_clause_service_disabled(service="irqbalance") }}}
-
-ocil: |-
-    {{{ ocil_service_disabled(service="irqbalance") }}}
-
-platform: machine
-
-template:
-    name: service_enabled
-    vars:
-        servicename: irqbalance