hugetlb: fix hugepages= entry in kernel-parameters.txt
authorLuiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:55:18 +0000 (16:55 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 13 Dec 2014 20:42:47 +0000 (12:42 -0800)
commit27ec26ecdca956a32e89a22a148f1c16b5c0becf
tree336152f8fd37d6daf5244e973947578a1708461b
parent6f185c290edec576a2cccd6670e5b8e02e6f04db
hugetlb: fix hugepages= entry in kernel-parameters.txt

The hugepages= entry in kernel-parameters.txt states that 1GB pages can
only be allocated at boot time and not freed afterwards.  This is not
true since commit 944d9fec8d7a ("hugetlb: add support for gigantic page
allocation at runtime"), at least for x86_64.

Instead of adding arch-specifc observations to the hugepages= entry,
this commit just drops the out of date information.  Further information
about arch-specific support and available features can be obtained in
the hugetlb documentation.

Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Acked-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt