From nobody Mon Nov 25 10:42:48 2024 Received: from fanzine2.igalia.com (fanzine.igalia.com [178.60.130.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 874B3567D; Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:24:12 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=178.60.130.6 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1730161454; cv=none; b=sDERpNyMQRiVUFPZmY50iyAgO11NjMCLYDEnk1TSr3x69wrx2vWhAKrZ75rmey1d2VlhltKItxmko2/14VEuC4qCrQR8IqyUwMJnCUyI7wGYt0gV8s4+d/Bp8JQtDr8FE578dAylJg+Ffw2zGDHOYUq1N/AIykbiX08LujEmk6Q= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1730161454; c=relaxed/simple; bh=PXExopGqHf/XUbPawY0gjrjO+odnFm47+qge4z72Bx0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=OgvYq6gmQLIDAJiVtkzmwBuESDsWXVgh6bQmdI21kUka8/175xw9ytGupYm3pmYsTVb4m8q6sOav71HJP46t9k14oM+7sUswDXAiWRx0L0VEh1dZhdwqSLreBOxzVpJZC+wvm6d+iWH7WWJyCOSVpVFa5A2D1hS1SiDzGC4ok7U= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=igalia.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=igalia.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=igalia.com header.i=@igalia.com header.b=XhqzgsmJ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=178.60.130.6 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=igalia.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=igalia.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=igalia.com header.i=@igalia.com header.b="XhqzgsmJ" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=igalia.com; s=20170329; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References: In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=x/+J4VNwyIjYndlAztlVz2EFWQN/WXmhUknqKDEMai0=; b=XhqzgsmJFPEicL7uXc8og75hT6 GoLHVGkfeLhnFeZnqsIp/LmFd5p+DMTqpcTnTZfsMNWPvpMO8cOMAdP9dEL+4qLDcz1l22Axah76m 5i8pvPIen5duuIFzXBoxOYd7BriPN3mw1yLxwqosyH5YEDOg2v6xdKMhLPbcYuoXQTjLTcQWzujZB XazKzT53tLeY4W0J9nnM8LxKURXn5gPxzexKe8HoK0Hdjjkmggv3IrEB7I5A1EbZhEYVL48Tqn11g qvO5YgR8dEtRmTQQpliXY0rpILzWz9KAMN1MJpWzmlWTTPVsq3Aoy6WRl1ZLPYDQa5A48redJ6zTc HrqroFaw==; Received: from [187.36.213.55] (helo=morissey..) by fanzine2.igalia.com with esmtpsa (Cipher TLS1.3:ECDHE_X25519__RSA_PSS_RSAE_SHA256__AES_256_GCM:256) (Exim) id 1t5a1U-00GIrd-TT; Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:23:49 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ma=C3=ADra=20Canal?= To: Jonathan Corbet , Andrew Morton , Hugh Dickins , Barry Song , David Hildenbrand , Ryan Roberts , Baolin Wang , Lance Yang Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-dev@igalia.com, =?UTF-8?q?Ma=C3=ADra=20Canal?= Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] mm: fix docs for the kernel parameter ``thp_anon=`` Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:13:05 -0300 Message-ID: <20241029002324.1062723-2-mcanal@igalia.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.46.2 In-Reply-To: <20241029002324.1062723-1-mcanal@igalia.com> References: <20241029002324.1062723-1-mcanal@igalia.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If we add ``thp_anon=3D32,64K:always`` to the kernel command line, we will see the following error: [ 0.000000] huge_memory: thp_anon=3D32,64K:always: error parsing string,= ignoring setting This happens because the correct format isn't ``thp_anon=3D,[KM= G]:```, as [KMG] must follow each number to especify its unit. So, the correct format is ``thp_anon=3D[KMG],[KMG]:```. Therefore, adjust the documentation to reflect the correct format of the parameter ``thp_anon=3D``. Fixes: dd4d30d1cdbe ("mm: override mTHP "enabled" defaults at kernel cmdlin= e") Signed-off-by: Ma=C3=ADra Canal Acked-by: Barry Song Acked-by: David Hildenbrand --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +- Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentatio= n/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 1518343bbe22..1666576acc0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -6688,7 +6688,7 @@ 0: no polling (default) =20 thp_anon=3D [KNL] - Format: ,[KMG]:;-[KMG]: + Format: [KMG],[KMG]:;[KMG]-[KMG]: state is one of "always", "madvise", "never" or "inherit". Control the default behavior of the system with respect to anonymous transparent hugepages. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/adm= in-guide/mm/transhuge.rst index 203ba7aaf5fc..745055c3dc09 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ control by passing the parameter ``transparent_hugepage= =3Dalways`` or kernel command line. =20 Alternatively, each supported anonymous THP size can be controlled by -passing ``thp_anon=3D,[KMG]:;-[KMG]:= ``, +passing ``thp_anon=3D[KMG],[KMG]:;[KMG]-[KM= G]:``, where ```` is the THP size (must be a power of 2 of PAGE_SIZE and supported anonymous THP) and ```` is one of ``always``, ``madvise`= `, ``never`` or ``inherit``. --=20 2.46.2