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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-01-09 14:00:58 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-01-09 14:00:58 -0800 |
commit | c40f6f8bbc4cbd2902671aacd587400ddca62627 (patch) | |
tree | a991e5521e10943f4457fb7f494e00aec75cc7df /Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | |
parent | 1a7d0f0bec4be078ce2cfb11538c0f4ffbbed8e5 (diff) | |
parent | cb6ff208076b5f434db1b8c983429269d719cef5 (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-2.6-nommu
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-2.6-nommu:
NOMMU: Support XIP on initramfs
NOMMU: Teach kobjsize() about VMA regions.
FLAT: Don't attempt to expand the userspace stack to fill the space allocated
FDPIC: Don't attempt to expand the userspace stack to fill the space allocated
NOMMU: Improve procfs output using per-MM VMAs
NOMMU: Make mmap allocation page trimming behaviour configurable.
NOMMU: Make VMAs per MM as for MMU-mode linux
NOMMU: Delete askedalloc and realalloc variables
NOMMU: Rename ARM's struct vm_region
NOMMU: Fix cleanup handling in ramfs_nommu_get_umapped_area()
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index cd05994..a341507 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. |