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@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ dirty_background_bytes
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Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the pdflush background writeback
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daemon will start writeback.
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-If dirty_background_bytes is written, dirty_background_ratio becomes a function
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-of its value (dirty_background_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
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+Note: dirty_background_bytes is the counterpart of dirty_background_ratio. Only
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+one of them may be specified at a time. When one sysctl is written it is
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+immediately taken into account to evaluate the dirty memory limits and the
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+other appears as 0 when read.
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@@ -97,8 +99,10 @@ dirty_bytes
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Contains the amount of dirty memory at which a process generating disk writes
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will itself start writeback.
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-If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value
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-(dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
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+Note: dirty_bytes is the counterpart of dirty_ratio. Only one of them may be
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+specified at a time. When one sysctl is written it is immediately taken into
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+account to evaluate the dirty memory limits and the other appears as 0 when
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+read.
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Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any
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value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be
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