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diff --git a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt index 8143b9e8373d..8a282687ee06 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt @@ -170,6 +170,16 @@ A lower value leads to gain less thp performance. Value of max_ptes_none can waste cpu time very little, you can ignore it. +max_ptes_swap specifies how many pages can be brought in from +swap when collapsing a group of pages into a transparent huge page. + +/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/max_ptes_swap + +A higher value can cause excessive swap IO and waste +memory. A lower value can prevent THPs from being +collapsed, resulting fewer pages being collapsed into +THPs, and lower memory access performance. + == Boot parameter == You can change the sysfs boot time defaults of Transparent Hugepage |