Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/admin-guide: kernel-parameters: update CMA entries
From: Mike Kravetz <hidden>
Date: 2021-01-25 22:05:23
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On 1/24/21 8:32 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
Add qualifying build option legend [CMA] to kernel boot options that requirce CMA support to be enabled for them to be usable. Also capitalize 'CMA' when it is used as an acronym. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <redacted> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Kravetz <redacted> --- v2: rebase & resend Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Thanks, Acked-by: Mike Kravetz <redacted> -- Mike Kravetz
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--- linux-next-20210122.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ linux-next-20210122/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ kernel/dma/contiguous.c cma_pernuma=nn[MG] - [ARM64,KNL] + [ARM64,KNL,CMA] Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not@@ -1556,12 +1556,12 @@ hpet_mmap= [X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET registers. Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT. - hugetlb_cma= [HW] The size of a cma area used for allocation + hugetlb_cma= [HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation of gigantic hugepages. Format: nn[KMGTPE] - Reserve a cma area of given size and allocate gigantic - hugepages using the cma allocator. If enabled, the + Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic + hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped. hugepages= [HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.