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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt index 8a155418c705..1773106976a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt @@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ NodeList format is a comma-separated list of decimal numbers and ranges, a range being two hyphen-separated decimal numbers, the smallest and largest node numbers in the range. For example, mpol=bind:0-3,5,7,9-15 +Note that trying to mount a tmpfs with an mpol option will fail if the +running kernel does not support NUMA; and will fail if its nodelist +specifies a node >= MAX_NUMNODES. If your system relies on that tmpfs +being mounted, but from time to time runs a kernel built without NUMA +capability (perhaps a safe recovery kernel), or configured to support +fewer nodes, then it is advisable to omit the mpol option from automatic +mount options. It can be added later, when the tmpfs is already mounted +on MountPoint, by 'mount -o remount,mpol=Policy:NodeList MountPoint'. + To specify the initial root directory you can use the following mount options: |