hugetlb: fix pool resizing corner case

[linux-2.6] / Documentation / cpusets.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cpusets.txt
index 76b44290c1546c50a4e15527c18a19e626249f35..b875d231ac748c64129865b8b4c130c929b474c1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/cpusets.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpusets.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ CONTENTS:
 ----------------------
 
 Cpusets provide a mechanism for assigning a set of CPUs and Memory
-Nodes to a set of tasks.
+Nodes to a set of tasks.   In this document "Memory Node" refers to
+an on-line node that contains memory.
 
 Cpusets constrain the CPU and Memory placement of tasks to only
 the resources within a tasks current cpuset.  They form a nested
@@ -217,11 +218,11 @@ exclusive cpuset.  Also, the use of a Linux virtual file system (vfs)
 to represent the cpuset hierarchy provides for a familiar permission
 and name space for cpusets, with a minimum of additional kernel code.
 
-The cpus file in the root (top_cpuset) cpuset is read-only.
-It automatically tracks the value of cpu_online_map, using a CPU
-hotplug notifier.  If and when memory nodes can be hotplugged,
-we expect to make the mems file in the root cpuset read-only
-as well, and have it track the value of node_online_map.
+The cpus and mems files in the root (top_cpuset) cpuset are
+read-only.  The cpus file automatically tracks the value of
+cpu_online_map using a CPU hotplug notifier, and the mems file
+automatically tracks the value of node_states[N_MEMORY]--i.e.,
+nodes with memory--using the cpuset_track_online_nodes() hook.
 
 
 1.4 What are exclusive cpusets ?
@@ -557,6 +558,9 @@ Set some flags:
 Add some cpus:
 # /bin/echo 0-7 > cpus
 
+Add some mems:
+# /bin/echo 0-7 > mems
+
 Now attach your shell to this cpuset:
 # /bin/echo $$ > tasks