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authorHugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>2009-09-22 02:02:24 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-22 16:17:33 +0200
commit7701c9c0f54feb682d0cefa2ae1f4a1e00e0ba09 (patch)
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parentksm: sysfs and defaults (diff)
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ksm: add some documentation
Add Documentation/vm/ksm.txt: how to use the Kernel Samepage Merging feature Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index c0b6afa178a1..71eb0b4cce8d 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
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@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ config KSM
the many instances by a single resident page with that content, so
saving memory until one or another app needs to modify the content.
Recommended for use with KVM, or with other duplicative applications.
+ See Documentation/vm/ksm.txt for more information.
config DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
int "Low address space to protect from user allocation"