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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 79a797eb3e87..1fbd4eb7b64a 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -119,8 +119,11 @@ other appears as 0 when read. dirty_background_ratio -Contains, as a percentage of total system memory, the number of pages at which -the background kernel flusher threads will start writing out dirty data. +Contains, as a percentage of total available memory that contains free pages +and reclaimable pages, the number of pages at which the background kernel +flusher threads will start writing out dirty data. + +The total avaiable memory is not equal to total system memory. ============================================================== @@ -151,9 +154,11 @@ interval will be written out next time a flusher thread wakes up. dirty_ratio -Contains, as a percentage of total system memory, the number of pages at which -a process which is generating disk writes will itself start writing out dirty -data. +Contains, as a percentage of total available memory that contains free pages +and reclaimable pages, the number of pages at which a process which is +generating disk writes will itself start writing out dirty data. + +The total avaiable memory is not equal to total system memory. ============================================================== |