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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-05-19 06:08:20 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-05-19 06:08:20 +0200 |
| commit | bb803cfbecb03a0cf8dc7e1864f18dda6631af00 (patch) | |
| tree | 6c0989693bea6f50cfa5c6bb14f52ec19668def3 /Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | |
| parent | The patch adds support for the PCI cards: PCIcan and PCIcanx (1, 2 or 4 chann... (diff) | |
| parent | pkt_sched: gen_estimator: use 64 bit intermediate counters for bps (diff) | |
| download | linux-bb803cfbecb03a0cf8dc7e1864f18dda6631af00.tar.xz linux-bb803cfbecb03a0cf8dc7e1864f18dda6631af00.zip | |
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 32 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 97c4b3284329..c302ddf629a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - nr_hugepages - nr_overcommit_hugepages - nr_pdflush_threads -- nr_pdflush_threads_min -- nr_pdflush_threads_max - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) - numa_zonelist_order - oom_dump_tasks @@ -90,6 +88,10 @@ will itself start writeback. If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value (dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory). +Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any +value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be +retained. + ============================================================== dirty_expire_centisecs @@ -465,32 +467,6 @@ The default value is 0. ============================================================== -nr_pdflush_threads_min - -This value controls the minimum number of pdflush threads. - -At boot time, the kernel will create and maintain 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' -threads for the kernel's lifetime. - -The default value is 2. The minimum value you can specify is 1, and -the maximum value is the current setting of 'nr_pdflush_threads_max'. - -See 'nr_pdflush_threads_max' below for more information. - -============================================================== - -nr_pdflush_threads_max - -This value controls the maximum number of pdflush threads that can be -created. The pdflush algorithm will create a new pdflush thread (up to -this maximum) if no pdflush threads have been available for >= 1 second. - -The default value is 8. The minimum value you can specify is the -current value of 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' and the -maximum is 1000. - -============================================================== - overcommit_memory: This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment. |