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@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ which function as described above for the default huge page-sized case.
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Interaction of Task Memory Policy with Huge Page Allocation/Freeing
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+===================================================================
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Whether huge pages are allocated and freed via the /proc interface or
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the /sysfs interface using the nr_hugepages_mempolicy attribute, the NUMA
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@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ resulting effect on persistent huge page allocation is as follows:
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of huge pages over all on-lines nodes with memory.
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Per Node Hugepages Attributes
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+=============================
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A subset of the contents of the root huge page control directory in sysfs,
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described above, will be replicated under each the system device of each
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@@ -258,6 +260,7 @@ applied, from which node the huge page allocation will be attempted.
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Using Huge Pages
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+================
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If the user applications are going to request huge pages using mmap system
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call, then it is required that system administrator mount a file system of
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@@ -296,20 +299,16 @@ calls, though the mount of filesystem will be required for using mmap calls
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without MAP_HUGETLB. For an example of how to use mmap with MAP_HUGETLB see
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map_hugetlb.c.
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-*******************************************************************
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+Examples
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+========
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-/*
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- * map_hugetlb: see tools/testing/selftests/vm/map_hugetlb.c
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- */
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+1) map_hugetlb: see tools/testing/selftests/vm/map_hugetlb.c
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-*******************************************************************
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+2) hugepage-shm: see tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-shm.c
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-/*
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- * hugepage-shm: see tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-shm.c
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- */
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+3) hugepage-mmap: see tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-mmap.c
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-*******************************************************************
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-
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-/*
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- * hugepage-mmap: see tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-mmap.c
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- */
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+4) The libhugetlbfs (http://libhugetlbfs.sourceforge.net) library provides a
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+ wide range of userspace tools to help with huge page usability, environment
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+ setup, and control. Furthermore it provides useful test cases that should be
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+ used when modifying code to ensure no regressions are introduced.
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