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index 97c4b3284329..c302ddf629a0 100644
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@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
39- nr_hugepages 39- nr_hugepages
40- nr_overcommit_hugepages 40- nr_overcommit_hugepages
41- nr_pdflush_threads 41- nr_pdflush_threads
42- nr_pdflush_threads_min
43- nr_pdflush_threads_max
44- nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) 42- nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n)
45- numa_zonelist_order 43- numa_zonelist_order
46- oom_dump_tasks 44- oom_dump_tasks
@@ -90,6 +88,10 @@ will itself start writeback.
90If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value 88If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value
91(dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory). 89(dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
92 90
91Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any
92value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be
93retained.
94
93============================================================== 95==============================================================
94 96
95dirty_expire_centisecs 97dirty_expire_centisecs
@@ -465,32 +467,6 @@ The default value is 0.
465 467
466============================================================== 468==============================================================
467 469
468nr_pdflush_threads_min
469
470This value controls the minimum number of pdflush threads.
471
472At boot time, the kernel will create and maintain 'nr_pdflush_threads_min'
473threads for the kernel's lifetime.
474
475The default value is 2. The minimum value you can specify is 1, and
476the maximum value is the current setting of 'nr_pdflush_threads_max'.
477
478See 'nr_pdflush_threads_max' below for more information.
479
480==============================================================
481
482nr_pdflush_threads_max
483
484This value controls the maximum number of pdflush threads that can be
485created. The pdflush algorithm will create a new pdflush thread (up to
486this maximum) if no pdflush threads have been available for >= 1 second.
487
488The default value is 8. The minimum value you can specify is the
489current value of 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' and the
490maximum is 1000.
491
492==============================================================
493
494overcommit_memory: 470overcommit_memory:
495 471
496This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment. 472This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment.