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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
index 046d0ccba4cd..8fbbe613611a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ enum {
MPOL_INTERLEAVE,
MPOL_LOCAL,
MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY,
+ MPOL_WEIGHTED_INTERLEAVE,
MPOL_MAX, /* always last member of enum */
};
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ enum {
#define MPOL_MF_MOVE (1<<1) /* Move pages owned by this process to conform
to policy */
#define MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL (1<<2) /* Move every page to conform to policy */
-#define MPOL_MF_LAZY (1<<3) /* Modifies '_MOVE: lazy migrate on fault */
+#define MPOL_MF_LAZY (1<<3) /* UNSUPPORTED FLAG: Lazy migrate on fault */
#define MPOL_MF_INTERNAL (1<<4) /* Internal flags start here */
#define MPOL_MF_VALID (MPOL_MF_STRICT | \
@@ -65,10 +66,16 @@ enum {
#define MPOL_F_MORON (1 << 4) /* Migrate On protnone Reference On Node */
/*
- * These bit locations are exposed in the vm.zone_reclaim_mode sysctl
- * ABI. New bits are OK, but existing bits can never change.
+ * Enabling zone reclaim means the page allocator will attempt to fulfill
+ * the allocation request on the current node by triggering reclaim and
+ * trying to shrink the current node.
+ * Fallback allocations on the next candidates in the zonelist are considered
+ * when reclaim fails to free up enough memory in the current node/zone.
+ *
+ * These bit locations are exposed in the vm.zone_reclaim_mode sysctl.
+ * New bits are OK, but existing bits should not be changed.
*/
-#define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */
+#define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Enable zone reclaim */
#define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1) /* Writeout pages during reclaim */
#define RECLAIM_UNMAP (1<<2) /* Unmap pages during reclaim */