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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt | 11 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt b/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt index 6fbd55ef6b45..6bfbc172cdb9 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt @@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ Short descriptions to the page flags: 13. SWAPCACHE page is mapped to swap space, ie. has an associated swap entry 14. SWAPBACKED page is backed by swap/RAM -The page-types tool in this directory can be used to query the above flags. +The page-types tool in the tools/vm directory can be used to query the +above flags. Using pagemap to do something useful: diff --git a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt index 6b31cfbe2a9a..8143b9e8373d 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt @@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ for each pass: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/full_scans +max_ptes_none specifies how many extra small pages (that are +not already mapped) can be allocated when collapsing a group +of small pages into one large page. + +/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/max_ptes_none + +A higher value leads to use additional memory for programs. +A lower value leads to gain less thp performance. Value of +max_ptes_none can waste cpu time very little, you can +ignore it. + == Boot parameter == You can change the sysfs boot time defaults of Transparent Hugepage |