The patch titled
Subject: docs: tmpfs: drop 'fadvise()' from the documentation
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
docs-tmpfs-drop-fadvise-from-the-documentation.patch
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/docs-tmpfs-drop-fadvise-from-the-documentation.patch
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From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: docs: tmpfs: drop 'fadvise()' from the documentation
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:40:44 +0800
Drop 'fadvise()' from the doc, since fadvise() has no HUGEPAGE advise
currently.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3a10bb49832f6d9827dc2c76aec0bf43a892876b.1732779148.git.baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lance Yang <ioworker0@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst~docs-tmpfs-drop-fadvise-from-the-documentation
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
@@ -382,10 +382,10 @@ never
within_size
Only allocate huge page if it will be fully within i_size.
- Also respect fadvise()/madvise() hints;
+ Also respect madvise() hints;
advise
- Only allocate huge pages if requested with fadvise()/madvise();
+ Only allocate huge pages if requested with madvise();
Remember, that the kernel may use huge pages of all available sizes, and
that no fine control as for the internal tmpfs mount is available.
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ never
within_size
Only allocate <size> huge page if it will be fully within i_size.
- Also respect fadvise()/madvise() hints;
+ Also respect madvise() hints;
advise
- Only allocate <size> huge pages if requested with fadvise()/madvise();
+ Only allocate <size> huge pages if requested with madvise();
Need of application restart
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-factor-out-the-order-calculation-into-a-new-helper.patch
mm-shmem-change-shmem_huge_global_enabled-to-return-huge-order-bitmap.patch
mm-shmem-add-large-folio-support-for-tmpfs.patch
mm-shmem-add-a-kernel-command-line-to-change-the-default-huge-policy-for-tmpfs.patch
docs-tmpfs-drop-fadvise-from-the-documentation.patch
