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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 902b4574acfb..9832ec52f859 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - admin_reserve_kbytes - block_dump - compact_memory +- compact_unevictable_allowed - dirty_background_bytes - dirty_background_ratio - dirty_bytes @@ -106,6 +107,16 @@ huge pages although processes will also directly compact memory as required. ============================================================== +compact_unevictable_allowed + +Available only when CONFIG_COMPACTION is set. When set to 1, compaction is +allowed to examine the unevictable lru (mlocked pages) for pages to compact. +This should be used on systems where stalls for minor page faults are an +acceptable trade for large contiguous free memory. Set to 0 to prevent +compaction from moving pages that are unevictable. Default value is 1. + +============================================================== + dirty_background_bytes Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the background kernel |