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author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2008-08-27 22:17:07 -0400 |
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committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2008-08-27 22:17:07 -0400 |
commit | b30a72a7edfc64c8929104d5c2178aca489aa559 (patch) | |
tree | 2b26c155c318d08d946bd2d70cf815dcdb29a243 /Documentation/vm/page_migration | |
parent | f1c5d30e1d79bbfb60eaf189db862d3cb2bcac92 (diff) | |
parent | c1b362e3b4d331a63915b268a33207311a439d60 (diff) |
Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/cpu
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_migration b/Documentation/vm/page_migration index 99f89aa1016..d5fdfd34bba 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/page_migration +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_migration | |||
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ migrate_pages function call takes two sets of nodes and moves pages of a | |||
18 | process that are located on the from nodes to the destination nodes. | 18 | process that are located on the from nodes to the destination nodes. |
19 | Page migration functions are provided by the numactl package by Andi Kleen | 19 | Page migration functions are provided by the numactl package by Andi Kleen |
20 | (a version later than 0.9.3 is required. Get it from | 20 | (a version later than 0.9.3 is required. Get it from |
21 | ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/ak). numactl provided libnuma which | 21 | ftp://oss.sgi.com/www/projects/libnuma/download/). numactl provides libnuma |
22 | provides an interface similar to other numa functionality for page migration. | 22 | which provides an interface similar to other numa functionality for page |
23 | cat /proc/<pid>/numa_maps allows an easy review of where the pages of | 23 | migration. cat /proc/<pid>/numa_maps allows an easy review of where the |
24 | a process are located. See also the numa_maps manpage in the numactl package. | 24 | pages of a process are located. See also the numa_maps documentation in the |
25 | proc(5) man page. | ||
25 | 26 | ||
26 | Manual migration is useful if for example the scheduler has relocated | 27 | Manual migration is useful if for example the scheduler has relocated |
27 | a process to a processor on a distant node. A batch scheduler or an | 28 | a process to a processor on a distant node. A batch scheduler or an |