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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h index 1f9bb10d1a47..6c962d866e86 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ enum { #define MPOL_MODE_FLAGS \ (MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES | MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES | MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING) +/* Whether the nodemask is specified by users */ +#define MPOL_USER_NODEMASK_FLAGS (MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES | MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES) + /* Flags for get_mempolicy */ #define MPOL_F_NODE (1<<0) /* return next IL mode instead of node mask */ #define MPOL_F_ADDR (1<<1) /* look up vma using address */ @@ -66,10 +69,16 @@ enum { #define MPOL_F_MORON (1 << 4) /* Migrate On protnone Reference On Node */ /* - * These bit locations are exposed in the vm.zone_reclaim_mode sysctl - * ABI. New bits are OK, but existing bits can never change. + * Enabling zone reclaim means the page allocator will attempt to fulfill + * the allocation request on the current node by triggering reclaim and + * trying to shrink the current node. + * Fallback allocations on the next candidates in the zonelist are considered + * when reclaim fails to free up enough memory in the current node/zone. + * + * These bit locations are exposed in the vm.zone_reclaim_mode sysctl. + * New bits are OK, but existing bits should not be changed. */ -#define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */ +#define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Enable zone reclaim */ #define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1) /* Writeout pages during reclaim */ #define RECLAIM_UNMAP (1<<2) /* Unmap pages during reclaim */ |