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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt | 11 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory index 9fe91c02ee40..bf1627b02a03 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory @@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ Description: Users: hotplug memory remove tools https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/powerpc-utils/ + +What: /sys/devices/system/memoryX/nodeY +Date: October 2009 +Contact: Linux Memory Management list <linux-mm@kvack.org> +Description: + When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that + points to the corresponding NUMA node directory. + + For example, the following symbolic link is created for + memory section 9 on node0: + /sys/devices/system/memory/memory9/node0 -> ../../node/node0 + + What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memoryY Date: September 2008 Contact: Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com> @@ -70,4 +83,3 @@ Description: memory section directory. For example, the following symbolic link is created for memory section 9 on node0. /sys/devices/system/node/node0/memory9 -> ../../memory/memory9 - diff --git a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt index bbc8a6a36921..57e7e9cc1870 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt @@ -160,12 +160,15 @@ Under each section, you can see 4 files. NOTE: These directories/files appear after physical memory hotplug phase. -If CONFIG_NUMA is enabled the -/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX memory section -directories can also be accessed via symbolic links located in -the /sys/devices/system/node/node* directories. For example: +If CONFIG_NUMA is enabled the memoryXXX/ directories can also be accessed +via symbolic links located in the /sys/devices/system/node/node* directories. + +For example: /sys/devices/system/node/node0/memory9 -> ../../memory/memory9 +A backlink will also be created: +/sys/devices/system/memory/memory9/node0 -> ../../node/node0 + -------------------------------- 4. Physical memory hot-add phase -------------------------------- |