linux-kernel - [PATCH] docs: tmpfs: update the huge folios policy for tmpfs and shmem fix

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Message-Id: <45509f49416849e6708a4fd57c988b8b0921210a.1731480582.git.baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:57:46 +0800
From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
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Subject: [PATCH] docs: tmpfs: update the huge folios policy for tmpfs and shmem fix

Drop 'fadvise()' from the doc, since fadvise() has no HUGEPAGE advise
currently.

Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
index ba6edff728ed..333958ef0d5f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
@@ -382,10 +382,10 @@ never
 
 within_size
     Only allocate huge page if it will be fully within i_size.
-    Also respect fadvise()/madvise() hints;
+    Also respect madvise() hints;
 
 advise
-    Only allocate huge pages if requested with fadvise()/madvise();
+    Only allocate huge pages if requested with madvise();
 
 Remember, that the kernel may use huge pages of all available sizes, and
 that no fine control as for the internal tmpfs mount is available.
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ never
 
 within_size
     Only allocate <size> huge page if it will be fully within i_size.
-    Also respect fadvise()/madvise() hints;
+    Also respect madvise() hints;
 
 advise
-    Only allocate <size> huge pages if requested with fadvise()/madvise();
+    Only allocate <size> huge pages if requested with madvise();
 
 Need of application restart
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