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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2016-05-12 09:18:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2016-05-12 09:18:13 +0200 |
| commit | eb60b3e5e8dfdd590e586a6fc22daf2f63a7b7e6 (patch) | |
| tree | 1b06e2c1beca8f970685eb13096c7a12480526c6 /Documentation/sysctl | |
| parent | 58fe9c4621b7219e724c0b7af053112f974a08c3 (diff) | |
| parent | 53d3bc773eaa7ab1cf63585e76af7ee869d5e709 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'sched/urgent' into sched/core to pick up fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 19 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 57653a44b128..fcddfd5ded99 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ allowed to execute. perf_event_paranoid: Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged -users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 1. +users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 2. -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users >=0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index cb0368459da3..34a5fece3121 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -581,15 +581,16 @@ Specify "[Nn]ode" for node order "Zone Order" orders the zonelists by zone type, then by node within each zone. Specify "[Zz]one" for zone order. -Specify "[Dd]efault" to request automatic configuration. Autoconfiguration -will select "node" order in following case. -(1) if the DMA zone does not exist or -(2) if the DMA zone comprises greater than 50% of the available memory or -(3) if any node's DMA zone comprises greater than 70% of its local memory and - the amount of local memory is big enough. - -Otherwise, "zone" order will be selected. Default order is recommended unless -this is causing problems for your system/application. +Specify "[Dd]efault" to request automatic configuration. + +On 32-bit, the Normal zone needs to be preserved for allocations accessible +by the kernel, so "zone" order will be selected. + +On 64-bit, devices that require DMA32/DMA are relatively rare, so "node" +order will be selected. + +Default order is recommended unless this is causing problems for your +system/application. ============================================================== |