Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:31:52 +0530 | From | Satheesh Rajendran <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Doc: admin-guide: Add entry for kvm_cma_resv_ratio kernel param |
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Hi Randy,
Thanks for the comments, will send a V2 fixing them.
On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 11:18:52PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 9/15/20 11:11 PM, sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote: > > From: Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > > > Add document entry for kvm_cma_resv_ratio kernel param which > > is used to alter the KVM contiguous memory allocation percentage > > for hash pagetable allocation used by hash mode PowerPC KVM guests. > > > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Cc: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org > > Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org > > Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> > > Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> > > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> > > Signed-off-by: Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > --- > > Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > > index a1068742a6df..9cb126573c71 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > > @@ -599,6 +599,15 @@ > > altogether. For more information, see > > include/linux/dma-contiguous.h > > > > + kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n > > + [PPC] > > You can put [PPC] on the line above. > sure > > + Reserves given percentage from system memory area for > > + contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable > > + allocation. > > + Bydefault it reserves 5% of total system memory. > > By default > > > + Format: <integer> > > + Default: 5 > > + > > and please use tabs for indentation, not all spaces. > sure > > cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no } > > Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive > > when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments > > > > Entries in kernel-parameters.txt should be sorted into dictionary order, > so please put that with the other kvm parameters. > sure. > thanks. > -- > ~Randy >
Thanks! -Satheesh.
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