Re: [PATCH] doc: add information about max_ptes_none

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Feb 27 2015 - 17:14:51 EST


On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:34:36 +0200
Ebru Akagunduz <ebru.akagunduz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> max_ptes_none specifies how many extra small pages (that are
> not already mapped) can be allocated when collapsing a group
> of small pages into one large page.
>
> /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/max_ptes_none
>
> A higher value leads to use additional memory for programs.
> A lower value leads to gain less thp performance. Value of
> max_ptes_none can waste cpu time very little, you can
> ignore it.

Applied to the docs tree, thanks.

jon
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