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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/Kconfig | 7 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 623fce7d5fcd..e6809b85b211 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4169,13 +4169,11 @@ page_alloc.shuffle= [KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator - should randomize its free lists. The randomization may - be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is - running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side - cache, and this parameter can be used to - override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag - can be read from sysfs at: + should randomize its free lists. This parameter can be + used to enable/disable page randomization. The state of + the flag can be read from sysfs at: /sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle. + This parameter is only available if CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y. page_owner= [KNL,EARLY] Boot-time page_owner enabling option. Storage of the information about who allocated diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig index b1448aa81e15..f30a18a0e37d 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig +++ b/mm/Kconfig @@ -333,10 +333,9 @@ config SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR While the randomization improves cache utilization it may negatively impact workloads on platforms without a cache. For - this reason, by default, the randomization is enabled only - after runtime detection of a direct-mapped memory-side-cache. - Otherwise, the randomization may be force enabled with the - 'page_alloc.shuffle' kernel command line parameter. + this reason, by default, the randomization is not enabled even + if SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y. The randomization may be force enabled + with the 'page_alloc.shuffle' kernel command line parameter. Say Y if unsure. |