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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-11 14:44:27 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-11 14:44:31 +0200
commit41fb454ebe6024f5c1e3b3cbc0abc0da762e7b51 (patch)
tree51c50bcb67a5039448ddfa1869d7948cab1217e9 /mm/Kconfig
parent19c1a6f5764d787113fa323ffb18be7991208f82 (diff)
parent091bf7624d1c90cec9e578a18529f615213ff847 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc5' into core/iommu
Merge reason: core/iommu was on an .30-rc1 base, update it to .30-rc5 to refresh. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index b53427ad30a..c2b57d81e15 100644
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+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ config UNEVICTABLE_LRU
will use one page flag and increase the code size a little,
say Y unless you know what you are doing.
+ See Documentation/vm/unevictable-lru.txt for more information.
+
config HAVE_MLOCK
bool
default y if MMU=y
@@ -223,3 +225,31 @@ config HAVE_MLOCKED_PAGE_BIT
config MMU_NOTIFIER
bool
+
+config NOMMU_INITIAL_TRIM_EXCESS
+ int "Turn on mmap() excess space trimming before booting"
+ depends on !MMU
+ default 1
+ help
+ The NOMMU mmap() frequently needs to allocate large contiguous chunks
+ of memory on which to store mappings, but it can only ask the system
+ allocator for chunks in 2^N*PAGE_SIZE amounts - which is frequently
+ more than it requires. To deal with this, mmap() is able to trim off
+ the excess and return it to the allocator.
+
+ If trimming is enabled, the excess is trimmed off and returned to the
+ system allocator, which can cause extra fragmentation, particularly
+ if there are a lot of transient processes.
+
+ If trimming is disabled, the excess is kept, but not used, which for
+ long-term mappings means that the space is wasted.
+
+ Trimming can be dynamically controlled through a sysctl option
+ (/proc/sys/vm/nr_trim_pages) which specifies the minimum number of
+ excess pages there must be before trimming should occur, or zero if
+ no trimming is to occur.
+
+ This option specifies the initial value of this option. The default
+ of 1 says that all excess pages should be trimmed.
+
+ See Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt for more information.