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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index d79eeda..a341507 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - numa_zonelist_order - nr_hugepages - nr_overcommit_hugepages +- nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) ============================================================== -dirty_ratio, dirty_background_ratio, dirty_expire_centisecs, +dirty_bytes, dirty_ratio, dirty_background_bytes, +dirty_background_ratio, dirty_expire_centisecs, dirty_writeback_centisecs, highmem_is_dirtyable, vfs_cache_pressure, laptop_mode, block_dump, swap_token_timeout, drop-caches, hugepages_treat_as_movable: @@ -347,3 +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. |