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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst index 5a6afecbb0d0..46515ad2337f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ -.. _numa_memory_policy: - ================== NUMA Memory Policy ================== @@ -246,7 +244,7 @@ MPOL_INTERLEAVED interleaved system default policy works in this mode. MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY - This mode specifices that the allocation should be preferrably + This mode specifies that the allocation should be preferably satisfied from the nodemask specified in the policy. If there is a memory pressure on all nodes in the nodemask, the allocation can fall back to all existing numa nodes. This is effectively @@ -360,7 +358,7 @@ and NUMA nodes. "Usage" here means one of the following: 2) examination of the policy to determine the policy mode and associated node or node lists, if any, for page allocation. This is considered a "hot path". Note that for MPOL_BIND, the "usage" extends across the entire - allocation process, which may sleep during page reclaimation, because the + allocation process, which may sleep during page reclamation, because the BIND policy nodemask is used, by reference, to filter ineligible nodes. We can avoid taking an extra reference during the usages listed above as |