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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst | 4 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst index a321b84eccaa..47499a1742bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst @@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ pre-allocation or re-sizing of any kernel data structures. dentry-state ------------ -This file shows the values in ``struct dentry_stat``, as defined in -``linux/include/linux/dcache.h``:: +This file shows the values in ``struct dentry_stat_t``, as defined in +``fs/dcache.c``:: struct dentry_stat_t dentry_stat { - int nr_dentry; - int nr_unused; - int age_limit; /* age in seconds */ - int want_pages; /* pages requested by system */ - int nr_negative; /* # of unused negative dentries */ - int dummy; /* Reserved for future use */ + long nr_dentry; + long nr_unused; + long age_limit; /* age in seconds */ + long want_pages; /* pages requested by system */ + long nr_negative; /* # of unused negative dentries */ + long dummy; /* Reserved for future use */ }; Dentries are dynamically allocated and deallocated. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst index 45ba1f4dc004..c59889de122b 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst @@ -742,8 +742,8 @@ overcommit_memory This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment. -When this flag is 0, the kernel attempts to estimate the amount -of free memory left when userspace requests more memory. +When this flag is 0, the kernel compares the userspace memory request +size against total memory plus swap and rejects obvious overcommits. When this flag is 1, the kernel pretends there is always enough memory until it actually runs out. |