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Subject: docs: move numa=fake description to kernel-parameters.txt
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
docs-move-numa=fake-description-to-kernel-parameterstxt.patch
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From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: docs: move numa=fake description to kernel-parameters.txt
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 09:41:10 +0300
NUMA emulation can be now enabled on arm64 and riscv in addition to x86.
Move description of numa=fake parameters from x86 documentation of
admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240807064110.1003856-27-rppt@xxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx> [arm64 + CXL via QEMU]
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andreas Larsson <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 15 ++++++++++++++
Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst | 12 -----------
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt~docs-move-numa=fake-description-to-kernel-parameterstxt
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4123,6 +4123,21 @@
Disable NUMA, Only set up a single NUMA node
spanning all memory.
+ numa=fake=<size>[MG]
+ [KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
+ If given as a memory unit, fills all system RAM with
+ nodes of size interleaved over physical nodes.
+
+ numa=fake=<N>
+ [KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
+ If given as an integer, fills all system RAM with N
+ fake nodes interleaved over physical nodes.
+
+ numa=fake=<N>U
+ [KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
+ If given as an integer followed by 'U', it will
+ divide each physical node into N emulated nodes.
+
numa_balancing= [KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
NUMA balancing.
Allowed values are enable and disable
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst~docs-move-numa=fake-description-to-kernel-parameterstxt
+++ a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
@@ -170,18 +170,6 @@ NUMA
Don't parse the HMAT table for NUMA setup, or soft-reserved memory
partitioning.
- numa=fake=<size>[MG]
- If given as a memory unit, fills all system RAM with nodes of
- size interleaved over physical nodes.
-
- numa=fake=<N>
- If given as an integer, fills all system RAM with N fake nodes
- interleaved over physical nodes.
-
- numa=fake=<N>U
- If given as an integer followed by 'U', it will divide each
- physical node into N emulated nodes.
-
ACPI
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from rppt@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-move-kernel-numac-to-mm.patch
mips-sgi-ip27-make-node_data-the-same-as-on-all-other-architectures.patch
mips-sgi-ip27-ensure-node_possible_map-only-contains-valid-nodes.patch
mips-sgi-ip27-drop-have_arch_nodedata_extension.patch
mips-loongson64-rename-__node_data-to-node_data.patch
mips-loongson64-drop-have_arch_nodedata_extension.patch
arch-mm-move-definition-of-node_data-to-generic-code.patch
mm-drop-config_have_arch_nodedata_extension.patch
arch-mm-pull-out-allocation-of-node_data-to-generic-code.patch
x86-numa-simplify-numa_distance-allocation.patch
x86-numa-use-get_pfn_range_for_nid-to-verify-that-node-spans-memory.patch
x86-numa-move-fake_node_-defines-to-numa_emu.patch
x86-numa_emu-simplify-allocation-of-phys_dist.patch
x86-numa_emu-split-__apicid_to_node-update-to-a-helper-function.patch
x86-numa_emu-use-a-helper-function-to-get-max_dma32_pfn.patch
x86-numa-numa_addremove_cpu-make-cpu-parameter-unsigned.patch
mm-introduce-numa_memblks.patch
mm-move-numa_distance-and-related-code-from-x86-to-numa_memblks.patch
mm-introduce-numa_emulation.patch
mm-numa_memblks-introduce-numa_memblks_init.patch
mm-numa_memblks-make-several-functions-and-variables-static.patch
mm-numa_memblks-use-memblock_startend_of_dram-when-sanitizing-meminfo.patch
of-numa-return-einval-when-no-numa-node-id-is-found.patch
arch_numa-switch-over-to-numa_memblks.patch
arch_numa-switch-over-to-numa_memblks-fix.patch
mm-make-range-to-target_node-lookup-facility-a-part-of-numa_memblks.patch
docs-move-numa=fake-description-to-kernel-parameterstxt.patch
