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slram= [HW,MTD]
- slub_debug [MM, SLUB]
- Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the culprit
- if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling slub_debug
- creates guard zones around objects and poisons objects
- when not in use. Also tracks the last alloc / free.
- For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
+ slub_debug[=options[,slabs]] [MM, SLUB]
+ Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
+ culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
+ slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
+ may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
+ last alloc / free. For more information see
+ Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
- Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. Setting
- this too high may cause fragmentation.
- For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
+ Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
+ A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
+ fragmentation. For more information see
+ Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB]
- The minimum objects per slab. SLUB will increase the
- slab order up to slub_max_order to generate a
- sufficiently big slab to satisfy the number of objects.
- The higher the number of objects the smaller the overhead
- of tracking slabs.
+ The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
+ increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
+ generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
+ the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
+ of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
+ and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB]
Determines the mininum page order for slabs. Must be
- lower than slub_max_order
+ lower than slub_max_order.
For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB]
- Disable merging of slabs of similar size. May be
+ Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
- allocs to different slabs.
+ allocs to different slabs. Debug options disable
+ merging on their own.
For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
smart2= [HW]