From: sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com
To: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Subject: [PATCH] Doc: admin-guide: Add entry for kvm_cma_resv_ratio kernel param
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:41:30 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200916061130.723411-1-sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
From: Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Add document entry for kvm_cma_resv_ratio kernel param which
is used to alter the KVM contiguous memory allocation percentage
for hash pagetable allocation used by hash mode PowerPC KVM guests.
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index a1068742a6df..9cb126573c71 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -599,6 +599,15 @@
altogether. For more information, see
include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
+ kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n
+ [PPC]
+ Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
+ contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
+ allocation.
+ Bydefault it reserves 5% of total system memory.
+ Format: <integer>
+ Default: 5
+
cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no }
Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments
--
2.26.2
next reply other threads:[~2020-09-16 6:12 UTC|newest]
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2020-09-16 6:11 sathnaga [this message]
2020-09-16 6:18 ` [PATCH] Doc: admin-guide: Add entry for kvm_cma_resv_ratio kernel param Randy Dunlap
2020-09-16 8:01 ` Satheesh Rajendran
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