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-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt11
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt b/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt
index 6fbd55e..6bfbc17 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ Short descriptions to the page flags:
13. SWAPCACHE page is mapped to swap space, ie. has an associated swap entry
14. SWAPBACKED page is backed by swap/RAM
-The page-types tool in this directory can be used to query the above flags.
+The page-types tool in the tools/vm directory can be used to query the
+above flags.
Using pagemap to do something useful:
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
index 6b31cfb..8143b9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
@@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ for each pass:
/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/full_scans
+max_ptes_none specifies how many extra small pages (that are
+not already mapped) can be allocated when collapsing a group
+of small pages into one large page.
+
+/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/max_ptes_none
+
+A higher value leads to use additional memory for programs.
+A lower value leads to gain less thp performance. Value of
+max_ptes_none can waste cpu time very little, you can
+ignore it.
+
== Boot parameter ==
You can change the sysfs boot time defaults of Transparent Hugepage
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