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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst index bd77841041af..2994958c7ce8 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst @@ -433,6 +433,18 @@ The following module parameters are currently defined: memory in a way that huge pages in bigger granularity cannot be formed on hotplugged memory. + + With value "force" it could result in memory + wastage due to memmap size limitations. For + example, if the memmap for a memory block + requires 1 MiB, but the pageblock size is 2 + MiB, 1 MiB of hotplugged memory will be wasted. + Note that there are still cases where the + feature cannot be enforced: for example, if the + memmap is smaller than a single page, or if the + architecture does not support the forced mode + in all configurations. + ``online_policy`` read-write: Set the basic policy used for automatic zone selection when onlining memory blocks without specifying a target zone. |