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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 697ef8c225df..e72853b6d725 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - dirty_bytes - dirty_expire_centisecs - dirty_ratio +- dirtytime_expire_seconds - dirty_writeback_centisecs - drop_caches - extfrag_threshold @@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - mmap_rnd_bits - mmap_rnd_compat_bits - nr_hugepages +- nr_hugepages_mempolicy - nr_overcommit_hugepages - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) - numa_zonelist_order @@ -178,6 +180,18 @@ The total available memory is not equal to total system memory. ============================================================== +dirtytime_expire_seconds + +When a lazytime inode is constantly having its pages dirtied, the inode with +an updated timestamp will never get chance to be written out. And, if the +only thing that has happened on the file system is a dirtytime inode caused +by an atime update, a worker will be scheduled to make sure that inode +eventually gets pushed out to disk. This tunable is used to define when dirty +inode is old enough to be eligible for writeback by the kernel flusher threads. +And, it is also used as the interval to wakeup dirtytime_writeback thread. + +============================================================== + dirty_writeback_centisecs The kernel flusher threads will periodically wake up and write `old' data @@ -519,6 +533,15 @@ See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst ============================================================== +nr_hugepages_mempolicy + +Change the size of the hugepage pool at run-time on a specific +set of NUMA nodes. + +See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst + +============================================================== + nr_overcommit_hugepages Change the maximum size of the hugepage pool. The maximum is |