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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 01:48:09 +0900 From: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com> To: linux-mm@...ck.org Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: mm: Fix path to extfrag_index in vm.txt The path for extfrag_index has not been updated even after it moved to under /sys. This patch fixed the path. Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com> --- Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index c94acad..9dd8555 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -166,11 +166,12 @@ user should run `sync' first. extfrag_threshold This parameter affects whether the kernel will compact memory or direct -reclaim to satisfy a high-order allocation. /proc/extfrag_index shows what -the fragmentation index for each order is in each zone in the system. Values -tending towards 0 imply allocations would fail due to lack of memory, -values towards 1000 imply failures are due to fragmentation and -1 implies -that the allocation will succeed as long as watermarks are met. +reclaim to satisfy a high-order allocation. +/sys/kernel/debug/extfrag/extfrag_index shows what the fragmentation index +for each order is in each zone in the system. Values tending towards 0 +imply allocations would fail due to lack of memory, values towards 1000 +imply failures are due to fragmentation and -1 implies that the allocation +will succeed as long as watermarks are met. The kernel will not compact memory in a zone if the fragmentation index is <= extfrag_threshold. The default value is 500. -- 1.7.10.rc4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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