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Re: [PATCH -v6 2/3] NOT kernel/man-pages man2/set_mempolicy.2: Add mode flag MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING

From: Huang, Ying <hidden>
Date: 2020-12-01 00:28:45
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Dave Hansen [off-list ref] writes:
On 11/25/20 9:32 PM, Huang Ying wrote:
quoted
--- a/man2/set_mempolicy.2
+++ b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ A nonempty
 .I nodemask
 specifies node IDs that are relative to the set of
 node IDs allowed by the process's current cpuset.
+.TP
+.BR MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING " (since Linux 5.11)"
+Enable the Linux kernel NUMA balancing for the task if it is supported
+by kernel.  If the flag isn't supported by Linux kernel, return -1 and
+errno is set to EINVAL.
The one thing I learned about manpage CodingStyle is that new sentences
go on new lines.  I think this needs to be:

.TP
.BR MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING " (since Linux 5.11)"
Enable the Linux kernel NUMA balancing for the task if it is supported
by kernel.
If the flag isn't supported by Linux kernel, return -1 and errno is set
to EINVAL.
Thanks a lot for your information!  I will revise this in the next version.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying
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