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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-09-07 05:49:49 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-09-07 05:49:49 +0200 |
commit | d34fc1adf01ff87026da85fb972dc259dc347540 (patch) | |
tree | 27356073d423187157b7cdb69da32b53102fb9e7 /Documentation/sysctl | |
parent | x86/mm: Document how CR4.PCIDE restore works (diff) | |
parent | mm,fork: introduce MADV_WIPEONFORK (diff) | |
download | linux-d34fc1adf01ff87026da85fb972dc259dc347540.tar.xz linux-d34fc1adf01ff87026da85fb972dc259dc347540.zip |
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge updates from Andrew Morton:
- various misc bits
- DAX updates
- OCFS2
- most of MM
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (119 commits)
mm,fork: introduce MADV_WIPEONFORK
x86,mpx: make mpx depend on x86-64 to free up VMA flag
mm: add /proc/pid/smaps_rollup
mm: hugetlb: clear target sub-page last when clearing huge page
mm: oom: let oom_reap_task and exit_mmap run concurrently
swap: choose swap device according to numa node
mm: replace TIF_MEMDIE checks by tsk_is_oom_victim
mm, oom: do not rely on TIF_MEMDIE for memory reserves access
z3fold: use per-cpu unbuddied lists
mm, swap: don't use VMA based swap readahead if HDD is used as swap
mm, swap: add sysfs interface for VMA based swap readahead
mm, swap: VMA based swap readahead
mm, swap: fix swap readahead marking
mm, swap: add swap readahead hit statistics
mm/vmalloc.c: don't reinvent the wheel but use existing llist API
mm/vmstat.c: fix wrong comment
selftests/memfd: add memfd_create hugetlbfs selftest
mm/shmem: add hugetlbfs support to memfd_create()
mm, devm_memremap_pages: use multi-order radix for ZONE_DEVICE lookups
mm/vmalloc.c: halve the number of comparisons performed in pcpu_get_vm_areas()
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 48244c42ff52..9baf66a9ef4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -572,7 +572,9 @@ See Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt for more information. numa_zonelist_order -This sysctl is only for NUMA. +This sysctl is only for NUMA and it is deprecated. Anything but +Node order will fail! + 'where the memory is allocated from' is controlled by zonelists. (This documentation ignores ZONE_HIGHMEM/ZONE_DMA32 for simple explanation. you may be able to read ZONE_DMA as ZONE_DMA32...) |