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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Update shuffle documentation to match its current
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:05:39 -0600
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Ma=C3=ADra Canal <mcanal@igalia.com> writes:

> Commit 839195352d82 ("mm/shuffle: remove dynamic reconfiguration")
> removed the dynamic reconfiguration capabilities from the shuffle page
> allocator. This means that, now, we don't have any perspective of an
> "autodetection of memory-side-cache" that triggers the enablement of the
> shuffle page allocator.
>
> Therefore, let the documentation reflect that the only way to enable
> the shuffle page allocator is by setting `page_alloc.shuffle=3D1`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ma=C3=ADra Canal <mcanal@igalia.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++++------
>  mm/Kconfig                                      |  7 +++----
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon