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@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ largest node numbers in the range. For example, mpol=bind:0-3,5,7,9-15
Note that trying to mount a tmpfs with an mpol option will fail if the
running kernel does not support NUMA; and will fail if its nodelist
-specifies a node >= MAX_NUMNODES. If your system relies on that tmpfs
-being mounted, but from time to time runs a kernel built without NUMA
-capability (perhaps a safe recovery kernel), or configured to support
-fewer nodes, then it is advisable to omit the mpol option from automatic
+specifies a node which is not online. If your system relies on that
+tmpfs being mounted, but from time to time runs a kernel built without
+NUMA capability (perhaps a safe recovery kernel), or with fewer nodes
+online, then it is advisable to omit the mpol option from automatic
mount options. It can be added later, when the tmpfs is already mounted
on MountPoint, by 'mount -o remount,mpol=Policy:NodeList MountPoint'.
@@ -121,4 +121,4 @@ RAM/SWAP in 10240 inodes and it is only accessible by root.
Author:
Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>, 1.12.01
Updated:
- Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 19 February 2006
+ Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 4 June 2007