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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst
index ae646d621a8a..c7909e5ac136 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Written by Simon.Derr@bull.net
- Portions Copyright (c) 2004-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Modified by Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
-- Modified by Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
+- Modified by Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>
- Modified by Paul Menage <menage@google.com>
- Modified by Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ files describing that cpuset:
- cpuset.mem_hardwall flag: is memory allocation hardwalled
- cpuset.memory_pressure: measure of how much paging pressure in cpuset
- cpuset.memory_spread_page flag: if set, spread page cache evenly on allowed nodes
- - cpuset.memory_spread_slab flag: if set, spread slab cache evenly on allowed nodes
+ - cpuset.memory_spread_slab flag: OBSOLETE. Doesn't have any function.
- cpuset.sched_load_balance flag: if set, load balance within CPUs on that cpuset
- cpuset.sched_relax_domain_level: the searching range when migrating tasks
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ on the next tick. For some applications in special situation, waiting
The 'cpuset.sched_relax_domain_level' file allows you to request changing
this searching range as you like. This file takes int value which
-indicates size of searching range in levels ideally as follows,
+indicates size of searching range in levels approximately as follows,
otherwise initial value -1 that indicates the cpuset has no request.
====== ===========================================================
@@ -581,6 +581,11 @@ otherwise initial value -1 that indicates the cpuset has no request.
5 search system wide [on NUMA system]
====== ===========================================================
+Not all levels can be present and values can change depending on the
+system architecture and kernel configuration. Check
+/sys/kernel/debug/sched/domains/cpu*/domain*/ for system-specific
+details.
+
The system default is architecture dependent. The system default
can be changed using the relax_domain_level= boot parameter.