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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 97c4b328432..c302ddf629a 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - nr_hugepages - nr_overcommit_hugepages - nr_pdflush_threads -- nr_pdflush_threads_min -- nr_pdflush_threads_max - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) - numa_zonelist_order - oom_dump_tasks @@ -90,6 +88,10 @@ will itself start writeback. If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value (dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory). +Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any +value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be +retained. + ============================================================== dirty_expire_centisecs @@ -465,32 +467,6 @@ The default value is 0. ============================================================== -nr_pdflush_threads_min - -This value controls the minimum number of pdflush threads. - -At boot time, the kernel will create and maintain 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' -threads for the kernel's lifetime. - -The default value is 2. The minimum value you can specify is 1, and -the maximum value is the current setting of 'nr_pdflush_threads_max'. - -See 'nr_pdflush_threads_max' below for more information. - -============================================================== - -nr_pdflush_threads_max - -This value controls the maximum number of pdflush threads that can be -created. The pdflush algorithm will create a new pdflush thread (up to -this maximum) if no pdflush threads have been available for >= 1 second. - -The default value is 8. The minimum value you can specify is the -current value of 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' and the -maximum is 1000. - -============================================================== - overcommit_memory: This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment. |