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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-07-02 12:08:10 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-07-02 12:08:10 -0700 |
commit | 71bd9341011f626d692aabe024f099820f02c497 (patch) | |
tree | a1c27fd8f17daff36e380800c5b69769d0d9cc99 /Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | |
parent | 3dbdb38e286903ec220aaf1fb29a8d94297da246 (diff) | |
parent | b869d5be0acf0e125e69adcffdca04000dc5b17c (diff) |
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge more updates from Andrew Morton:
"190 patches.
Subsystems affected by this patch series: mm (hugetlb, userfaultfd,
vmscan, kconfig, proc, z3fold, zbud, ras, mempolicy, memblock,
migration, thp, nommu, kconfig, madvise, memory-hotplug, zswap,
zsmalloc, zram, cleanups, kfence, and hmm), procfs, sysctl, misc,
core-kernel, lib, lz4, checkpatch, init, kprobes, nilfs2, hfs,
signals, exec, kcov, selftests, compress/decompress, and ipc"
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (190 commits)
ipc/util.c: use binary search for max_idx
ipc/sem.c: use READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() for use_global_lock
ipc: use kmalloc for msg_queue and shmid_kernel
ipc sem: use kvmalloc for sem_undo allocation
lib/decompressors: remove set but not used variabled 'level'
selftests/vm/pkeys: exercise x86 XSAVE init state
selftests/vm/pkeys: refill shadow register after implicit kernel write
selftests/vm/pkeys: handle negative sys_pkey_alloc() return code
selftests/vm/pkeys: fix alloc_random_pkey() to make it really, really random
kcov: add __no_sanitize_coverage to fix noinstr for all architectures
exec: remove checks in __register_bimfmt()
x86: signal: don't do sas_ss_reset() until we are certain that sigframe won't be abandoned
hfsplus: report create_date to kstat.btime
hfsplus: remove unnecessary oom message
nilfs2: remove redundant continue statement in a while-loop
kprobes: remove duplicated strong free_insn_page in x86 and s390
init: print out unknown kernel parameters
checkpatch: do not complain about positive return values starting with EPOLL
checkpatch: improve the indented label test
checkpatch: scripts/spdxcheck.py now requires python3
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 0315407f5f57..13f13fdd4731 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1594,6 +1594,23 @@ Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst. Format: size[KMG] + hugetlb_free_vmemmap= + [KNL] Reguires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP + enabled. + Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more + memory (6 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page). + Format: { on | off (default) } + + on: enable the feature + off: disable the feature + + Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y, + the default is on. + + This is not compatible with memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory. + If both parameters are enabled, hugetlb_free_vmemmap takes + precedence over memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory. + hung_task_panic= [KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics. Format: 0 | 1 @@ -2860,6 +2877,10 @@ Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where the feature is not effective. + This is not compatible with hugetlb_free_vmemmap. If + both parameters are enabled, hugetlb_free_vmemmap takes + precedence over memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory. + memtest= [KNL,X86,ARM,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest Format: <integer> default : 0 <disable> |