From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The patch is still pending. I'm assuming it'll get into 3.8. If not please adjust the version number Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/mmap.2 | 6 ++++++ man2/shmget.2 | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/mmap.2 b/man2/mmap.2 index af539b6..f92ab90 100644 --- a/man2/mmap.2 +++ b/man2/mmap.2 @@ -295,6 +295,12 @@ support can later be transparently implemented for glibc. .\" http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/720412 .\" "pthread_create() slow for many threads; also time to revisit 64b .\" context switch optimization?" +.TP +.BR "MAP_HUGE_2MB, MAP_HUGE_1GB" " (Since Linux 3.8)" +on x86 systems select alternative hugetlb page sizes when configured. +More generally 6bits of the log2 of the huge page size can be put at the +.BR MAP_HUGE_SHIFT +bit offset to select that page size. .LP Some systems document the additional flags .BR MAP_AUTOGROW , diff --git a/man2/shmget.2 b/man2/shmget.2 index 9e479b6..8681995 100644 --- a/man2/shmget.2 +++ b/man2/shmget.2 @@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ See also the discussion of the file .I /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory in .BR proc (5). +.TP +.BR "SHM_HUGE_2MB, SHM_HUGE_1GB" " (Since Linux 3.8)" +on x86 systems select alternative hugetlb page sizes when configured. +More general 6bits of the log2 of the huge page size can be put at the +.BR SHM_HUGE_SHIFT +bit offset. .\" As at 2.6.17-rc2, this flag has no effect if SHM_HUGETLB was also .\" specified. .PP -- 1.7.7.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
