From: Petr Oros <poros@redhat.com>
To: rdunlap@infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
trivial@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: incorrect formula to calculate CommitLimit value
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 14:04:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1400760284.3145.15.camel@holly> (raw)
The formula to calculate "CommitLimit" value mentioned in kernel documentation is incorrect.
Right formula is: CommitLimit = ([total RAM pages] - [total huge TLB pages]) * overcommit_ratio / 100 + [total swap pages]
Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <poros@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 8b9cd8e..b58d764 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -854,7 +854,8 @@ WritebackTmp: Memory used by FUSE for temporary writeback buffers
if strict overcommit accounting is enabled (mode 2 in
'vm.overcommit_memory').
The CommitLimit is calculated with the following formula:
- CommitLimit = ('vm.overcommit_ratio' * Physical RAM) + Swap
+ CommitLimit = ([total RAM pages] - [total huge TLB pages]) *
+ overcommit_ratio / 100 + [total swap pages]
For example, on a system with 1G of physical RAM and 7G
of swap with a `vm.overcommit_ratio` of 30 it would
yield a CommitLimit of 7.3G.
--
1.9.0
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2014-05-22 12:04 Petr Oros [this message]
2014-05-22 20:20 ` [PATCH] Documentation: incorrect formula to calculate CommitLimit value Randy Dunlap
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