The patch titled vm.txt: document min_free_pages as critical for correctness has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was vmtxt-document-min_free_pages-as-critical-for-correctness.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: vm.txt: document min_free_pages as critical for correctness From: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> min_free_pages is critical for correctness, document it as such. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff -puN Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt~vmtxt-document-min_free_pages-as-critical-for-correctness Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt~vmtxt-document-min_free_pages-as-critical-for-correctness +++ a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ of kilobytes free. The VM uses this num value for each lowmem zone in the system. Each lowmem zone gets a number of reserved free pages based proportionally on its size. +Some minimal ammount of memory is needed to satisfy PF_MEMALLOC +allocations; if you set this to lower than 1024KB, your system will +become subtly broken, and prone to deadlock under high loads. + +Setting this too high will OOM your machine instantly. + ============================================================== percpu_pagelist_fraction _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from pavel@xxxxxx are origin.patch git-acpi.patch working-3d-dri-intel-agpko-resume-for-i815-chip.patch git-x86.patch make-kernel-power-maincsuspend_enter-static.patch pm-move-definition-of-struct-pm_ops-to-suspendh.patch pm-rename-struct-pm_ops-and-related-things.patch pm-rework-struct-platform_suspend_ops.patch pm-rework-struct-platform_suspend_ops-fixup.patch pm-rework-struct-platform_suspend_ops-fixup-checkpatch-fixes.patch pm-make-suspend_ops-static.patch pm-rework-struct-hibernation_ops.patch pm-rename-hibernation_ops-to-platform_hibernation_ops.patch freezer-document-relationship-with-memory-shrinking.patch freezer-do-not-sync-filesystems-from-freeze_processes.patch freezer-prevent-new-tasks-from-inheriting-tif_freeze-set.patch freezer-introduce-freezer-firendly-waiting-macros.patch freezer-do-not-send-signals-to-kernel-threads.patch freezer-be-more-verbose.patch freezer-measure-freezing-time.patch serial-turn-serial-console-suspend-a-boot-rather-than-compile-time-option.patch serial-turn-serial-console-suspend-a-boot-rather-than-compile-time-option-update.patch s2ram-kill-old-debugging-junk.patch hibernation-arbitrary-boot-kernel-support-generic-code-rev-2.patch hibernation-arbitrary-boot-kernel-support-on-x86_64-rev-2.patch hibernation-pass-cr3-in-the-image-header-on-x86_64-rev-2.patch hibernation-use-temporary-page-tables-for-kernel-text-mapping-on-x86_64.patch hibernation-check-if-acpi-is-enabled-during-restore-in-the-right-place.patch hibernation-enter-platform-hibernation-state-in-a-consistent-way-rev-4.patch hibernation-enter-platform-hibernation-state-in-a-consistent-way-rev-4-fix.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html