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-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h12
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/prctl.h10
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
index 1f9bb10d1a47..8fbbe613611a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -66,10 +66,16 @@ enum {
#define MPOL_F_MORON (1 << 4) /* Migrate On protnone Reference On Node */
/*
- * These bit locations are exposed in the vm.zone_reclaim_mode sysctl
- * ABI. New bits are OK, but existing bits can never change.
+ * Enabling zone reclaim means the page allocator will attempt to fulfill
+ * the allocation request on the current node by triggering reclaim and
+ * trying to shrink the current node.
+ * Fallback allocations on the next candidates in the zonelist are considered
+ * when reclaim fails to free up enough memory in the current node/zone.
+ *
+ * These bit locations are exposed in the vm.zone_reclaim_mode sysctl.
+ * New bits are OK, but existing bits should not be changed.
*/
-#define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */
+#define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Enable zone reclaim */
#define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1) /* Writeout pages during reclaim */
#define RECLAIM_UNMAP (1<<2) /* Unmap pages during reclaim */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
index ed3aed264aeb..51c4e8c82b1e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
@@ -177,7 +177,17 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
#define PR_GET_TID_ADDRESS 40
+/*
+ * Flags for PR_SET_THP_DISABLE are only applicable when disabling. Bit 0
+ * is reserved, so PR_GET_THP_DISABLE can return "1 | flags", to effectively
+ * return "1" when no flags were specified for PR_SET_THP_DISABLE.
+ */
#define PR_SET_THP_DISABLE 41
+/*
+ * Don't disable THPs when explicitly advised (e.g., MADV_HUGEPAGE /
+ * VM_HUGEPAGE, MADV_COLLAPSE).
+ */
+# define PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED (1 << 1)
#define PR_GET_THP_DISABLE 42
/*