From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
To: sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: 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: Re: [PATCH] Doc: admin-guide: Add entry for kvm_cma_resv_ratio kernel param
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 23:18:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <28eb9747-e4cc-424c-1f16-c68ed165b36a@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200916061130.723411-1-sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On 9/15/20 11:11 PM, sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
> 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]
You can put [PPC] on the line above.
> + Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
> + contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
> + allocation.
> + Bydefault it reserves 5% of total system memory.
By default
> + Format: <integer>
> + Default: 5
> +
and please use tabs for indentation, not all spaces.
> 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
>
Entries in kernel-parameters.txt should be sorted into dictionary order,
so please put that with the other kvm parameters.
thanks.
--
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-16 6:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-16 6:11 [PATCH] Doc: admin-guide: Add entry for kvm_cma_resv_ratio kernel param sathnaga
2020-09-16 6:18 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2020-09-16 8:01 ` Satheesh Rajendran
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=28eb9747-e4cc-424c-1f16-c68ed165b36a@infradead.org \
--to=rdunlap@infradead.org \
--cc=corbet@lwn.net \
--cc=kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-doc@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org \
--cc=mpe@ellerman.id.au \
--cc=paulus@samba.org \
--cc=sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).