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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2017-09-21 14:49:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2017-09-22 08:44:18 +0200 |
| commit | db419c969a4c74269efdd509f23414be5ea12d6d (patch) | |
| tree | 8f2ced5d9a48274917e422699529fc1ed32faf61 /man5/sysfs.5 | |
| parent | cf4a2cfb0227f1b96f97d2160d14e17f6800504d (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-db419c969a4c74269efdd509f23414be5ea12d6d.tar.gz | |
sysfs.5: Add a description of /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man5/sysfs.5 b/man5/sysfs.5 index 85578de48a..a451436e46 100644 --- a/man5/sysfs.5 +++ b/man5/sysfs.5 @@ -172,6 +172,17 @@ information about the running kernel. This subdirectory contains various files and subdirectories that provide information about the kernel's memory management subsystem. .TP +.IR /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages +This subdirectory contains one subdirectory for each of the +huge page sizes that the system supports. +The subdirectory name indicates the huge page size (e.g., +.IR hugepages-2048kB ). +Within each of these subbdirectories is a set of files +that can be used to view and (in some cases) change settings +associated with that huge page size. +For further information, see the kernel source file +.IR Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt . +.TP .IR /sys/module This subdirectory contains one subdirectory for each module that is loaded into the kernel. |