X-Git-Url: https://git.kernelconcepts.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fvm%2Fksm.txt;h=100d58dd6f36e71e8aa995758cf071c5d250cebc;hb=123e1060c0554dc13f649d5d2e9c7342682f00f9;hp=b392e496f816ac6c77fccd9c0c367de4efa57034;hpb=35858adbfca13678af99fb31618ef4428d6dedb0;p=karo-tx-linux.git diff --git a/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt b/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt index b392e496f816..100d58dd6f36 100644 --- 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,