Hi Svetly, On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 07:21:21PM +0000, Svetly Todorov wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Happy Saturday. Have a lovely Saturday! > >> diff --git a/man2/get_mempolicy.2 b/man2/get_mempolicy.2 > >> index 5248f04ba..03550331d 100644 > >> --- a/man2/get_mempolicy.2 > >> +++ b/man2/get_mempolicy.2 > >> @@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ specifies > >> but not > >> .BR MPOL_F_ADDR , > >> and the thread's current policy is > >> -.BR MPOL_INTERLEAVE , > >> +.BR MPOL_INTERLEAVE > > > > This should be B, not BR (BR is for alternating Bold and Roman). > > Can’t believe I missed that! > > > Or, > >> > >> .I flags > >> specified > >> diff --git a/man2/mbind.2 b/man2/mbind.2 > >> index b0e961f9c..6f85dec0e 100644 > >> --- a/man2/mbind.2 > >> +++ b/man2/mbind.2 > >> @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ argument must specify one of > >> .BR MPOL_DEFAULT , > >> .BR MPOL_BIND , > >> .BR MPOL_INTERLEAVE , > >> +.BR MPOL_WEIGHTED_INTERLEAVE , > >> .BR MPOL_PREFERRED , > >> or > >> .B MPOL_LOCAL > >> @@ -243,6 +244,22 @@ at least 1\ MB or bigger with a fairly uniform access pattern. > >> Accesses to a single page of the area will still be limited to > >> the memory bandwidth of a single node. > >> .TP > >> +.B MPOL_WEIGHTED_INTERLEAVE > >> +This mode interleaves page allocations across the nodes specified in > >> +.I nodemask > >> +according to the weights in > >> +.IR /sys/kernel/mm/mempolicy/weighted_interleave . > >> +For example, if bits 0, 2, and 5 are raised in > >> +.IR nodemask , > >> +and the contents of > >> +.IR /sys/kernel/mm/mempolicy/weighted_interleave/node0 , > >> +.IR /sys/.../node2 , > > > > Since ... is variable stuff inside an italicised word, according to the > > groff_man_style(7) paragraph I quoted, it should be in Roman. So, > > > > .IR /sys/ ... /node2 , > > > > Also, for better formatting of the '...', we use \| between the dots, > > which on proportional fonts (in PDF, or HTML, for example) will produce > > nicer elipses. So, > > > > .IR /sys/ .\|.\|. /node2 , > > This I was more unsure about. > I saw the quoted portion of groff (7) but since > the ellipses are a stand-in 'kernel/mm/mempolicy’, I figured > they technically *weren’t* a variable region, so I left them italicized... > > I dunno. I was pretty fried yesterday. I’ll follow your lead on this, > and thank you for the \| tip. The rule I follow to not have to think too much about it is: if the user can copy it verbatim, then it's not a variable; otherwise, it is. :) Cheers, Alex > > Svetly > -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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