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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2007-12-21 22:21:08 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2007-12-21 22:21:08 +1100
commitc2a7dcad9f0d92d7a96e735abb8bec7b9c621536 (patch)
treebf9b20fdd5ab07e5b0e4e0b95c6a3dbab1005cb9 /Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
parent373a6da165ac3012a74fd072da340eabca55d031 (diff)
parentea67db4cdbbf7f4e74150e71da0984e25121f500 (diff)
Merge branch 'linux-2.6'
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+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
- oom_kill_allocating_task
- mmap_min_address
- numa_zonelist_order
+- nr_hugepages
+- nr_overcommit_hugepages
==============================================================
@@ -305,3 +307,20 @@ will select "node" order in following case.
Otherwise, "zone" order will be selected. Default order is recommended unless
this is causing problems for your system/application.
+
+==============================================================
+
+nr_hugepages
+
+Change the minimum size of the hugepage pool.
+
+See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
+
+==============================================================
+
+nr_overcommit_hugepages
+
+Change the maximum size of the hugepage pool. The maximum is
+nr_hugepages + nr_overcommit_hugepages.
+
+See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt