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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/net.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 32 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt index a34d55b..df38ef0 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ of struct cmsghdr structures with appended data. There is only one file in this directory. unix_dgram_qlen limits the max number of datagrams queued in Unix domain -socket's buffer. It will not take effect unless PF_UNIX flag is spicified. +socket's buffer. It will not take effect unless PF_UNIX flag is specified. 3. /proc/sys/net/ipv4 - IPV4 settings diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 97c4b32..c302ddf 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - nr_hugepages - nr_overcommit_hugepages - nr_pdflush_threads -- nr_pdflush_threads_min -- nr_pdflush_threads_max - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) - numa_zonelist_order - oom_dump_tasks @@ -90,6 +88,10 @@ will itself start writeback. If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value (dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory). +Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any +value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be +retained. + ============================================================== dirty_expire_centisecs @@ -465,32 +467,6 @@ The default value is 0. ============================================================== -nr_pdflush_threads_min - -This value controls the minimum number of pdflush threads. - -At boot time, the kernel will create and maintain 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' -threads for the kernel's lifetime. - -The default value is 2. The minimum value you can specify is 1, and -the maximum value is the current setting of 'nr_pdflush_threads_max'. - -See 'nr_pdflush_threads_max' below for more information. - -============================================================== - -nr_pdflush_threads_max - -This value controls the maximum number of pdflush threads that can be -created. The pdflush algorithm will create a new pdflush thread (up to -this maximum) if no pdflush threads have been available for >= 1 second. - -The default value is 8. The minimum value you can specify is the -current value of 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' and the -maximum is 1000. - -============================================================== - overcommit_memory: This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment. |
