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| author |   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-05-15 08:05:37 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-05-15 08:05:37 -0700 |
| commit | c6538499814d8112c5d4d08570a7cf0758e5f8f5 (patch) | |
| tree | 3c3574d8aea838d91372765847577772092f09bc /Documentation/sysctl | |
| parent | Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc (diff) | |
| parent | Revert "mm: add /proc controls for pdflush threads" (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block:
Revert "mm: add /proc controls for pdflush threads"
viocd: needs to depend on BLOCK
block: fix the bio_vec array index out-of-bounds test
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 28 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index b716d33912d8..c302ddf629a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - nr_hugepages - nr_overcommit_hugepages - nr_pdflush_threads -- nr_pdflush_threads_min -- nr_pdflush_threads_max - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) - numa_zonelist_order - oom_dump_tasks @@ -469,32 +467,6 @@ The default value is 0. ============================================================== -nr_pdflush_threads_min - -This value controls the minimum number of pdflush threads. - -At boot time, the kernel will create and maintain 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' -threads for the kernel's lifetime. - -The default value is 2. The minimum value you can specify is 1, and -the maximum value is the current setting of 'nr_pdflush_threads_max'. - -See 'nr_pdflush_threads_max' below for more information. - -============================================================== - -nr_pdflush_threads_max - -This value controls the maximum number of pdflush threads that can be -created. The pdflush algorithm will create a new pdflush thread (up to -this maximum) if no pdflush threads have been available for >= 1 second. - -The default value is 8. The minimum value you can specify is the -current value of 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' and the -maximum is 1000. - -============================================================== - overcommit_memory: This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment. |