/proc/extfrag_index does not exist. This file is in debugfs. Fix the description of extfrag_threshold to reflect this. Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin.vincent@xxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 9832ec5..9c3f2f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ with your system. To disable them, echo 4 (bit 3) into drop_caches. extfrag_threshold This parameter affects whether the kernel will compact memory or direct -reclaim to satisfy a high-order allocation. /proc/extfrag_index shows what -the fragmentation index for each order is in each zone in the system. Values -tending towards 0 imply allocations would fail due to lack of memory, -values towards 1000 imply failures are due to fragmentation and -1 implies -that the allocation will succeed as long as watermarks are met. +reclaim to satisfy a high-order allocation. The extfrag/extfrag_index file in +debugfs shows what the fragmentation index for each order is in each zone in +the system. Values tending towards 0 imply allocations would fail due to lack +of memory, values towards 1000 imply failures are due to fragmentation and -1 +implies that the allocation will succeed as long as watermarks are met. The kernel will not compact memory in a zone if the fragmentation index is <= extfrag_threshold. The default value is 500. -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
