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| author | Frank A. Cancio Bello <frank@generalsoftwareinc.com> | 2019-12-24 19:06:05 -0500 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2020-01-10 10:51:34 -0700 |
| commit | a65d634e63644d05a22f32e5f2e56dde4f7ee77b (patch) | |
| tree | c5fa0a12b5e2845a74dab7d3727d4624a6116d41 /arch/sh | |
| parent | 6f7f8ef713a24ccea341a7f0cb92ef2b6b297f01 (diff) | |
| download | linux-a65d634e63644d05a22f32e5f2e56dde4f7ee77b.tar.bz2 | |
docs: ftrace: Clarify the RAM impact of buffer_size_kb
The current text could mislead the user into believing that the number
of pages allocated by each CPU ring buffer is calculated by the round
up of the division: buffer_size_kb / PAGE_SIZE.
Clarifies that a few extra pages may be allocated to accommodate buffer
management meta-data.
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Suggested-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Frank A. Cancio Bello <frank@generalsoftwareinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6f33be5f3d60e5ffc061d8d2b329d3d3ccf22a8c.1577231751.git.frank@generalsoftwareinc.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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