From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
To: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH -mm] slub: debug_guardpage_minorder documentation tweak
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:23:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111216132349.GB14271@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111216132155.GA14271@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab | 6 ++++--
Documentation/vm/slub.txt | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
index bfd1d9f..91bd6ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
@@ -346,8 +346,10 @@ Description:
number of objects per slab. If a slab cannot be allocated
because of fragmentation, SLUB will retry with the minimum order
possible depending on its characteristics.
- When debug_guardpage_minorder > 0 parameter is specified, the
- minimum possible order is used and cannot be changed.
+ When debug_guardpage_minorder=N (N > 0) parameter is specified
+ (see Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt), the minimum possible
+ order is used and this sysfs entry can not be used to change
+ the order at run time.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/order_fallback
Date: April 2008
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
index dbf02ad..1514d9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
@@ -131,9 +131,10 @@ slub_min_objects.
slub_max_order specified the order at which slub_min_objects should no
longer be checked. This is useful to avoid SLUB trying to generate
super large order pages to fit slub_min_objects of a slab cache with
-large object sizes into one high order page. Setting parameter
-debug_guardpage_minorder > 0 forces setting slub_max_order to 0, what
-cause minimum possible order of slabs allocation.
+large object sizes into one high order page. Setting command line
+parameter debug_guardpage_minorder=N (N > 0), forces setting
+slub_max_order to 0, what cause minimum possible order of slabs
+allocation.
SLUB Debug output
-----------------
--
1.7.1
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From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
To: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH -mm] slub: debug_guardpage_minorder documentation tweak
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:23:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111216132349.GB14271@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111216132155.GA14271@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab | 6 ++++--
Documentation/vm/slub.txt | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
index bfd1d9f..91bd6ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
@@ -346,8 +346,10 @@ Description:
number of objects per slab. If a slab cannot be allocated
because of fragmentation, SLUB will retry with the minimum order
possible depending on its characteristics.
- When debug_guardpage_minorder > 0 parameter is specified, the
- minimum possible order is used and cannot be changed.
+ When debug_guardpage_minorder=N (N > 0) parameter is specified
+ (see Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt), the minimum possible
+ order is used and this sysfs entry can not be used to change
+ the order at run time.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/order_fallback
Date: April 2008
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
index dbf02ad..1514d9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
@@ -131,9 +131,10 @@ slub_min_objects.
slub_max_order specified the order at which slub_min_objects should no
longer be checked. This is useful to avoid SLUB trying to generate
super large order pages to fit slub_min_objects of a slab cache with
-large object sizes into one high order page. Setting parameter
-debug_guardpage_minorder > 0 forces setting slub_max_order to 0, what
-cause minimum possible order of slabs allocation.
+large object sizes into one high order page. Setting command line
+parameter debug_guardpage_minorder=N (N > 0), forces setting
+slub_max_order to 0, what cause minimum possible order of slabs
+allocation.
SLUB Debug output
-----------------
--
1.7.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-16 13:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-18 16:25 [PATCH v2 1/3] mm: more intensive memory corruption debug Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-11-18 16:25 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-11-18 16:25 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] PM / Hibernate : do not count debug pages as savable Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-11-18 16:25 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-11-18 16:25 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] slub: min order when debug_guardpage_minorder > 0 Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-11-18 16:25 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-11-21 17:15 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-11-21 17:15 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-12-07 22:07 ` David Rientjes
2011-12-07 22:07 ` David Rientjes
2011-12-08 7:33 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-12-08 7:33 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-12-08 21:06 ` David Rientjes
2011-12-08 21:06 ` David Rientjes
2011-12-12 14:59 ` [PATCH -mm] slub: document setting min order with " Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-12-12 14:59 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-12-12 23:21 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-12-12 23:21 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-12-14 0:41 ` David Rientjes
2011-12-14 0:41 ` David Rientjes
2011-12-16 13:21 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-12-16 13:21 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-12-16 13:23 ` Stanislaw Gruszka [this message]
2011-12-16 13:23 ` [PATCH -mm] slub: debug_guardpage_minorder documentation tweak Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-12-16 21:16 ` David Rientjes
2011-12-16 21:16 ` David Rientjes
2012-01-06 17:52 ` David Rientjes
2012-01-06 17:52 ` David Rientjes
2011-11-22 21:56 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] mm: more intensive memory corruption debug Andrew Morton
2011-11-22 21:56 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-23 13:25 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-11-23 13:25 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
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