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authorDavid Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>2007-05-02 19:27:09 +0200
committerAndi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org>2007-05-02 19:27:09 +0200
commit8b8ca80e192b10eecc01fc44a2902510af86f73b (patch)
treeb5be871c62f4fd3f079a9ce7fcce0c09e87a9a5f /Documentation/x86_64
parent8280c0c58e9762a9fe29d550a9db81410de77691 (diff)
[PATCH] x86-64: configurable fake numa node sizes
Extends the numa=fake x86_64 command-line option to allow for configurable node sizes. These nodes can be used in conjunction with cpusets for coarse memory resource management. The old command-line option is still supported: numa=fake=32 gives 32 fake NUMA nodes, ignoring the NUMA setup of the actual machine. But now you may configure your system for the node sizes of your choice: numa=fake=2*512,1024,2*256 gives two 512M nodes, one 1024M node, two 256M nodes, and the rest of system memory to a sixth node. The existing hash function is maintained to support the various node sizes that are possible with this implementation. Each node of the same size receives roughly the same amount of available pages, regardless of any reserved memory with its address range. The total available pages on the system is calculated and divided by the number of equal nodes to allocate. These nodes are then dynamically allocated and their borders extended until such time as their number of available pages reaches the required size. Configurable node sizes are recommended when used in conjunction with cpusets for memory control because it eliminates the overhead associated with scanning the zonelists of many smaller full nodes on page_alloc(). Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index 85f51e5a749f..7500aad95f3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,13 @@ NUMA
numa=noacpi Don't parse the SRAT table for NUMA setup
- numa=fake=X Fake X nodes and ignore NUMA setup of the actual machine.
+ numa=fake=CMDLINE
+ If a number, fakes CMDLINE nodes and ignores NUMA setup of the
+ actual machine. Otherwise, system memory is configured
+ depending on the sizes and coefficients listed. For example:
+ numa=fake=2*512,1024,4*256
+ gives two 512M nodes, a 1024M node, and four 256M nodes. The
+ remaining system RAM is allocated to an additional node.
numa=hotadd=percent
Only allow hotadd memory to preallocate page structures upto