[PATCH] mm: update the document of numa_zonelist_order

Xishi Qiu
2016-04-23T07:14:34Z

commit 3193913ce62c63056bc67a6ae378beaf494afa66 change the default value
of numa_zonelist_order, this patch update the document.

Signed-off-by: Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@huawei.com>
---
Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 19 ++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index cb03684..34a5fec 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -581,15 +581,16 @@ Specify "[Nn]ode" for node order
"Zone Order" orders the zonelists by zone type, then by node within each
zone. Specify "[Zz]one" for zone order.

-Specify "[Dd]efault" to request automatic configuration. Autoconfiguration
-will select "node" order in following case.
-(1) if the DMA zone does not exist or
-(2) if the DMA zone comprises greater than 50% of the available memory or
-(3) if any node's DMA zone comprises greater than 70% of its local memory and
- the amount of local memory is big enough.
-
-Otherwise, "zone" order will be selected. Default order is recommended unless
-this is causing problems for your system/application.
+Specify "[Dd]efault" to request automatic configuration.
+
+On 32-bit, the Normal zone needs to be preserved for allocations accessible
+by the kernel, so "zone" order will be selected.
+
+On 64-bit, devices that require DMA32/DMA are relatively rare, so "node"
+order will be selected.
+
+Default order is recommended unless this is causing problems for your
+system/application.

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