[Patch] describe 'swappiness' for proc(5)

[Patch] describe 'swappiness' for proc(5)

[Américo Wang]

Add descriptions for /proc/sys/vm/swappiness.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

---
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 48c103a..c74d7f7 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -2382,6 +2382,14 @@ user should run
 .BR sync (8)
 first.
 .TP
+.IR /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
+.\" The following is from Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+This control is used to define how aggressive the kernel will swap
+memory pages.  Higher values will increase agressiveness, lower values
+descrease the amount of swap.
+
+The default value is 60.
+.TP
 .IR /proc/sys/vm/legacy_va_layout " (since Linux 2.6.9)"
 .\" The following is from Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
 If non-zero, this disables the new 32-bit memory-mapping layout;

 
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Re: [Patch] describe 'swappiness' for proc(5)

[Michael Kerrisk]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Add descriptions for /proc/sys/vm/swappiness.
>
> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

Thanks!  Applied for man-pages-3.20.

Cheers,

Michael


> ---
> diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
> index 48c103a..c74d7f7 100644
> --- a/man5/proc.5
> +++ b/man5/proc.5
> @@ -2382,6 +2382,14 @@ user should run
>  .BR sync (8)
>  first.
>  .TP
> +.IR /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
> +.\" The following is from Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
> +This control is used to define how aggressive the kernel will swap
> +memory pages.  Higher values will increase agressiveness, lower values
> +descrease the amount of swap.
> +
> +The default value is 60.
> +.TP
>  .IR /proc/sys/vm/legacy_va_layout " (since Linux 2.6.9)"
>  .\" The following is from Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
>  If non-zero, this disables the new 32-bit memory-mapping layout;
>
>
>



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