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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1802131700160.71590@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:00:50 -0800 (PST)
From: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch -mm] mm, page_alloc: extend kernelcore and movablecore for
percent fix
Specify that movablecore= can use a percent value.
Remove comment about hugetlb pages not being movable per Mike.
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
---
.../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 22 +++++++++----------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1837,10 +1837,9 @@
ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
- subsystem. This means that HugeTLB pages may not be
- allocated from this zone. Note that allocations like
- PTEs-from-HighMem still use the HighMem zone if it
- exists, and the Normal zone if it does not.
+ subsystem. Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
+ still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
+ zone if it does not.
It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
@@ -2353,13 +2352,14 @@
mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
- movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter
- is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
- amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
- If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
- then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified
- value but may be more. If movablecore on its own
- is specified, the administrator must be careful
+ movablecore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
+ Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
+ This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
+ specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
+ allocations. If both kernelcore and movablecore is
+ specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
+ specified value but may be more. If movablecore on its
+ own is specified, the administrator must be careful
that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
is not too small.
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