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| author | Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> | 2020-06-03 16:00:30 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-06-03 20:09:46 -0700 |
| commit | 71a2c112a0f6da497e1b44e18e97b1716c240518 (patch) | |
| tree | b63583bbd175c33167127a60f8cf7142b9eb6991 /Documentation/admin-guide/mm | |
| parent | 3917c80280c93a7123f1a3a6dcdb10a3ea19737d (diff) | |
khugepaged: introduce 'max_ptes_shared' tunable
'max_ptes_shared' specifies how many pages can be shared across multiple
processes. Exceeding the number would block the collapse::
/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/max_ptes_shared
A higher value may increase memory footprint for some workloads.
By default, at least half of pages has to be not shared.
[colin.king@canonical.com: fix several spelling mistakes]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200420084241.65433-1-colin.king@canonical.com
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Tested-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Cc: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@nvidia.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200416160026.16538-9-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst index 2f31de8f7c74..6a233e42be08 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst @@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ memory. A lower value can prevent THPs from being collapsed, resulting fewer pages being collapsed into THPs, and lower memory access performance. +``max_ptes_shared`` specifies how many pages can be shared across multiple +processes. Exceeding the number would block the collapse:: + + /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/max_ptes_shared + +A higher value may increase memory footprint for some workloads. + Boot parameter ============== |