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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index bbd2e58d39d2..72af5de1effb 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | |||
| @@ -1220,9 +1220,9 @@ applications are using mlock(), or if you are running with no swap then | |||
| 1220 | you probably should increase the lower_zone_protection setting. | 1220 | you probably should increase the lower_zone_protection setting. |
| 1221 | 1221 | ||
| 1222 | The units of this tunable are fairly vague. It is approximately equal | 1222 | The units of this tunable are fairly vague. It is approximately equal |
| 1223 | to "megabytes". So setting lower_zone_protection=100 will protect around 100 | 1223 | to "megabytes," so setting lower_zone_protection=100 will protect around 100 |
| 1224 | megabytes of the lowmem zone from user allocations. It will also make | 1224 | megabytes of the lowmem zone from user allocations. It will also make |
| 1225 | those 100 megabytes unavaliable for use by applications and by | 1225 | those 100 megabytes unavailable for use by applications and by |
| 1226 | pagecache, so there is a cost. | 1226 | pagecache, so there is a cost. |
| 1227 | 1227 | ||
| 1228 | The effects of this tunable may be observed by monitoring | 1228 | The effects of this tunable may be observed by monitoring |