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| author | Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> | 2023-05-05 12:48:58 -0700 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2023-05-05 21:57:29 +0200 |
| commit | 5dc7c1ee6efe81d68d153169ae72cd3ceeec26b8 (patch) | |
| tree | 04690aaac093ffa9d861e2336a2de8d074a597c8 | |
| parent | 44713beaccc5b36cd652eb235d58877b678267e4 (diff) | |
mbind.2: Clarify MPOL_MF_MOVE with MPOL_INTERLEAVE policy
There was user confusion about specifying MPOL_MF_MOVE* with
MPOL_INTERLEAVE policy [1]. Add clarification.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20230501185836.GA85110@monkey/
Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/mbind.2 | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man2/mbind.2 b/man2/mbind.2 index d540bbe23..73ca95efe 100644 --- a/man2/mbind.2 +++ b/man2/mbind.2 @@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ If is also specified, then the call fails with the error .B EIO if some pages could not be moved. +If the +.B MPOL_INTERLEAVE +policy was specified, +pages already residing on the specified nodes +will not be moved such that they are interleaved. .PP If .B MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL @@ -326,6 +331,11 @@ If is also specified, then the call fails with the error .B EIO if some pages could not be moved. +If the +.B MPOL_INTERLEAVE +policy was specified, +pages already residing on the specified nodes +will not be moved such that they are interleaved. .\" --------------------------------------------------------------- .SH RETURN VALUE On success, |