Re: [PATCH -V7 2/3] NOT kernel/man2/set_mempolicy.2: Add mode flag MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING
From: Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2020-12-04 13:26:21
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Hi Huang Ying, Please, see a few fixes below. Thanks, Alex On 12/4/20 10:15 AM, Huang Ying wrote:
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Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <redacted> --- man2/set_mempolicy.2 | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)diff --git a/man2/set_mempolicy.2 b/man2/set_mempolicy.2 index 68011eecb..fb2e6fd96 100644 --- a/man2/set_mempolicy.2 +++ b/man2/set_mempolicy.2@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ 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)" +When +.I mode +is MPOL_BIND, enable the Linux kernel NUMA balancing for the task if
.B MPOL_BIND
+it is supported by kernel. +If the flag isn't supported by Linux kernel, or is used with +.I mode> +other than MPOL_BIND, return -1 and errno is set to EINVAL.
.BR MPOL_BIND , A minus sign should be escaped: \-1 See man-pages(7)::STYLE GUIDE::Generating optimal glyphs) .I errno .BR EINVAL .
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.PP .I nodemask points to a bit mask of node IDs that contains up to@@ -293,6 +302,11 @@ argument specified both .B MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES and .BR MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES . +Or, the +.B MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING +isn't supported by the Linux kernel, or is used with +.I mode +other than MPOL_BIND.
.BR MPOL_BIND .
.TP .B ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory was available.