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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 1428c6659254..8cd7e5fc79da 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -403,15 +403,16 @@ workload pattern changes and minimises performance impact due to remote memory accesses. These sysctls control the thresholds for scan delays and the number of pages scanned. -numa_balancing_scan_period_min_ms is the minimum delay in milliseconds -between scans. It effectively controls the maximum scanning rate for -each task. +numa_balancing_scan_period_min_ms is the minimum time in milliseconds to +scan a tasks virtual memory. It effectively controls the maximum scanning +rate for each task. numa_balancing_scan_delay_ms is the starting "scan delay" used for a task when it initially forks. -numa_balancing_scan_period_max_ms is the maximum delay between scans. It -effectively controls the minimum scanning rate for each task. +numa_balancing_scan_period_max_ms is the maximum time in milliseconds to +scan a tasks virtual memory. It effectively controls the minimum scanning +rate for each task. numa_balancing_scan_size_mb is how many megabytes worth of pages are scanned for a given scan. |