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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-02-11 16:03:11 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-02-11 16:03:11 -0500
commit73b4f63aebd6d57db4ca1d31fa6f8516651207b0 (patch)
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parent52e68924dfa8d9de5d82f6798352eecc5f03a97d (diff)
Merge tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "Highlights this time around include: - A thrashing of SubmittingPatches to bring it out of the "send everything to Linus" era of kernel development. - A new document on completions from Nicholas McGuire - Lots of typo fixes, formatting improvements, corrections, build fixes, and more" * tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (35 commits) Documentation: Fix the wrong command `echo -1 > set_ftrace_pid` for cleaning the filter. can-doc: Fixed a wrong filepath in can.txt Documentation: Fix trivial typo in comment. kgdb,docs: Fix typo and minor style issues Documentation: add description for FTRACE probe status doc: brief user documentation for completion Documentation/misc-devices/mei: Fix indentation of embedded code. Documentation/misc-devices/mei: Fix indentation of enumeration. Documentation/misc-devices/mei: Fix spacing around parentheses. Documentation/misc-devices/mei: Fix formatting of headings. Documentation: devicetree: Fix double words in Doumentation/devicetree Documentation: mm: Fix typo in vm.txt lockstat: Add documentation on contention and contenting points Documentation: fix blackfin gptimers-example build errors Fixes column alignment in table of contents entry 1.9 in Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt CodingStyle: enable emacs display of trailing whitespace DocBook: Do not exceed argument list limit gpio: board.txt: Fix the gpio name example Documentation/SubmittingPatches: unify whitespace/tabs for the DCO MAINTAINERS: Add the docs-next git tree to the maintainer entry ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
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@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ The default value is 60.
728 728
729- user_reserve_kbytes 729- user_reserve_kbytes
730 730
731When overcommit_memory is set to 2, "never overommit" mode, reserve 731When overcommit_memory is set to 2, "never overcommit" mode, reserve
732min(3% of current process size, user_reserve_kbytes) of free memory. 732min(3% of current process size, user_reserve_kbytes) of free memory.
733This is intended to prevent a user from starting a single memory hogging 733This is intended to prevent a user from starting a single memory hogging
734process, such that they cannot recover (kill the hog). 734process, such that they cannot recover (kill the hog).