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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/page_migration | 3 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt b/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt index 6aaaeb38730c..be45dbb9d7f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt | |||
| @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ The current memory policy support was added to Linux 2.6 around May 2004. This | |||
| 8 | document attempts to describe the concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy | 8 | document attempts to describe the concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy |
| 9 | support. | 9 | support. |
| 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | Memory policies should not be confused with cpusets (Documentation/cpusets.txt) | 11 | Memory policies should not be confused with cpusets |
| 12 | (Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt) | ||
| 12 | which is an administrative mechanism for restricting the nodes from which | 13 | which is an administrative mechanism for restricting the nodes from which |
| 13 | memory may be allocated by a set of processes. Memory policies are a | 14 | memory may be allocated by a set of processes. Memory policies are a |
| 14 | programming interface that a NUMA-aware application can take advantage of. When | 15 | programming interface that a NUMA-aware application can take advantage of. When |
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_migration b/Documentation/vm/page_migration index d5fdfd34bbaf..6513fe2d90b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/page_migration +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_migration | |||
| @@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ locations. | |||
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | Larger installations usually partition the system using cpusets into | 38 | Larger installations usually partition the system using cpusets into |
| 39 | sections of nodes. Paul Jackson has equipped cpusets with the ability to | 39 | sections of nodes. Paul Jackson has equipped cpusets with the ability to |
| 40 | move pages when a task is moved to another cpuset (See ../cpusets.txt). | 40 | move pages when a task is moved to another cpuset (See |
| 41 | Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt). | ||
| 41 | Cpusets allows the automation of process locality. If a task is moved to | 42 | Cpusets allows the automation of process locality. If a task is moved to |
| 42 | a new cpuset then also all its pages are moved with it so that the | 43 | a new cpuset then also all its pages are moved with it so that the |
| 43 | performance of the process does not sink dramatically. Also the pages | 44 | performance of the process does not sink dramatically. Also the pages |