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[v3,7/7] NOT kernel/man2/mbind.2: Add mode flag MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING

Message ID 20231201094636.19770-8-laoar.shao@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
Delegated to: Paul Moore
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Series mm, security, bpf: Fine-grained control over memory policy adjustments with lsm bpf | expand

Commit Message

Yafang Shao Dec. 1, 2023, 9:46 a.m. UTC 
In Linux Kernel 5.12, a new mode flag, MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING, was
added to set_mempolicy() to optimize the page placement among the
NUMA nodes with the NUMA balancing mechanism even if the memory of
the applications is bound with MPOL_BIND.

In Linux Kernel 5.15, this mode flag was extended to mbind(2). Let's
also add man-page for mbind(2). It is copied from set_mempoicy(2)
man-page with subtle modifications.

Related kernel commits:
bda420b985054a3badafef23807c4b4fa38a3dff
6d2aec9e123bb9c49cb5c7fc654f25f81e688e8c

Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Cc: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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 man2/mbind.2 | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/man2/mbind.2 b/man2/mbind.2
index ba1b81ae9..dac784389 100644
--- a/man2/mbind.2
+++ b/man2/mbind.2
@@ -142,6 +142,23 @@  The supported
 .I "mode flags"
 are:
 .TP
+.BR MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING " (since Linux 5.15)"
+.\" commit bda420b985054a3badafef23807c4b4fa38a3dff
+.\" commit 6d2aec9e123bb9c49cb5c7fc654f25f81e688e8c
+When
+.I mode
+is
+.BR MPOL_BIND ,
+enable the kernel NUMA balancing for the task if it is supported by the kernel.
+If the flag isn't supported by the kernel, or is used with
+.I mode
+other than
+.BR MPOL_BIND ,
+\-1 is returned and
+.I errno
+is set to
+.BR EINVAL .
+.TP
 .BR MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES " (since Linux-2.6.26)"
 A nonempty
 .I nodemask