The meaning persistent huge pages is ambiguous both in documentation and
code implementation. About the bugfix, see the details in the commit
message in patch 1 and 3.
Additionally, code relevant with hstate:max_huge_pages can be simplified
easily after the bugfix, do it in patch 2.
v1 -> v2
1. Revise the commit message in patch 1.
3. Add fix tag in patch 3.
4. Add the patch 4 to correct documentation.
Xueshi Hu (4):
mm/hugetlb: fix the inconsistency of /proc/sys/vm/nr_huge_pages
mm/hugeltb: clean up hstate::max_huge_pages
mm/hugeltb: fix nodes huge page allocation when there are surplus
pages
docs: hugetlbpage.rst: make the meaning of persistent hugetlb pages
clear
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst | 31 ++++++++++----------
fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 2 +-
mm/hugetlb.c | 30 ++++++-------------
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
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