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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-01-11 15:34:05 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-01-11 15:34:05 +0100 |
commit | d19b85db9d5c44a4c21dcb10d6fbadaa4425ab2a (patch) | |
tree | 250be7a5a29069f7d1f4524fa45ab0e988833025 /Documentation/sysctl | |
parent | 490dea45d00f01847ebebd007685d564aaf2cd98 (diff) | |
parent | c59765042f53a79a7a65585042ff463b69cb248c (diff) |
Merge commit 'v2.6.29-rc1' into timers/urgent
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index cd05994a49e..a3415070bca 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - numa_zonelist_order - nr_hugepages - nr_overcommit_hugepages +- nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) ============================================================== @@ -348,3 +349,20 @@ Change the maximum size of the hugepage pool. The maximum is nr_hugepages + nr_overcommit_hugepages. See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt + +============================================================== + +nr_trim_pages + +This is available only on NOMMU kernels. + +This value adjusts the excess page trimming behaviour of power-of-2 aligned +NOMMU mmap allocations. + +A value of 0 disables trimming of allocations entirely, while a value of 1 +trims excess pages aggressively. Any value >= 1 acts as the watermark where +trimming of allocations is initiated. + +The default value is 1. + +See Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt for more information. |