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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-08-27 22:17:07 -0400
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-08-27 22:17:07 -0400
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Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/cpu
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
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@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ migrate_pages function call takes two sets of nodes and moves pages of a
18process that are located on the from nodes to the destination nodes. 18process that are located on the from nodes to the destination nodes.
19Page migration functions are provided by the numactl package by Andi Kleen 19Page 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
21ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/ak). numactl provided libnuma which 21ftp://oss.sgi.com/www/projects/libnuma/download/). numactl provides libnuma
22provides an interface similar to other numa functionality for page migration. 22which provides an interface similar to other numa functionality for page
23cat /proc/<pid>/numa_maps allows an easy review of where the pages of 23migration. cat /proc/<pid>/numa_maps allows an easy review of where the
24a process are located. See also the numa_maps manpage in the numactl package. 24pages of a process are located. See also the numa_maps documentation in the
25proc(5) man page.
25 26
26Manual migration is useful if for example the scheduler has relocated 27Manual migration is useful if for example the scheduler has relocated
27a process to a processor on a distant node. A batch scheduler or an 28a process to a processor on a distant node. A batch scheduler or an