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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/slub.txt2
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index c92b1532f05..a8d389d7240 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2395,6 +2395,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
slram= [HW,MTD]
+ slab_max_order= [MM, SLAB]
+ Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
+ A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
+ fragmentation. Defaults to 1 for systems with
+ more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
+
slub_debug[=options[,slabs]] [MM, SLUB]
Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
index f464f47bc60..2acdda9601b 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ can be influenced by kernel parameters:
slub_min_objects=x (default 4)
slub_min_order=x (default 0)
-slub_max_order=x (default 1)
+slub_max_order=x (default 3 (PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER))
slub_min_objects allows to specify how many objects must at least fit
into one slab in order for the allocation order to be acceptable.