Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:00:50 -0800 (PST) | From | David Rientjes <> | Subject | [patch -mm] mm, page_alloc: extend kernelcore and movablecore for percent fix |
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Specify that movablecore= can use a percent value.
Remove comment about hugetlb pages not being movable per Mike.
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> --- .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 22 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1837,10 +1837,9 @@ ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration - subsystem. This means that HugeTLB pages may not be - allocated from this zone. Note that allocations like - PTEs-from-HighMem still use the HighMem zone if it - exists, and the Normal zone if it does not. + subsystem. Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem + still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal + zone if it does not. It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system @@ -2353,13 +2352,14 @@ mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets - movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter - is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the - amount of memory used for migratable allocations. - If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified, - then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified - value but may be more. If movablecore on its own - is specified, the administrator must be careful + movablecore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] + Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% + This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it + specifies the amount of memory used for migratable + allocations. If both kernelcore and movablecore is + specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the + specified value but may be more. If movablecore on its + own is specified, the administrator must be careful that the amount of memory usable for all allocations is not too small.
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