KSM: numa awareness sysfs knob

[karo-tx-linux.git] / Documentation / vm / ksm.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt b/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt
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--- a/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ sleep_millisecs  - how many milliseconds ksmd should sleep before next scan
                    e.g. "echo 20 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/sleep_millisecs"
                    Default: 20 (chosen for demonstration purposes)
 
+merge_nodes      - specifies if pages from different numa nodes can be merged.
+                   When set to 0, ksm merges only pages which physically
+                   reside in the memory area of same NUMA node. It brings
+                   lower latency to access to shared page. Value can be
+                   changed only when there is no ksm shared pages in system.
+                   Default: 1
+
 run              - set 0 to stop ksmd from running but keep merged pages,
                    set 1 to run ksmd e.g. "echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run",
                    set 2 to stop ksmd and unmerge all pages currently merged,