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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-11-29 19:12:44 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-11-29 19:12:44 -0800
commita0908a1b7d68706ee52ed4a039756e70c8e956e9 (patch)
treece23d955c37b04d816fc7d551db71d4ff86630f7 /Documentation
parentb9151761021e25c024a6670df4e7c43ffbab0e1d (diff)
parent72639e6df4128dfde8fee7638a35be7db8114000 (diff)
downloadlinux-a0908a1b7d68706ee52ed4a039756e70c8e956e9.tar.gz
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Mergr misc fixes from Andrew Morton:
 "28 fixes"

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (28 commits)
  fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c: change put_page/unlock_page order in hugetlbfs_fallocate()
  mm/hugetlb: fix NULL-pointer dereference on 5-level paging machine
  autofs: revert "autofs: fix AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT not being honored"
  autofs: revert "autofs: take more care to not update last_used on path walk"
  fs/fat/inode.c: fix sb_rdonly() change
  mm, memcg: fix mem_cgroup_swapout() for THPs
  mm: migrate: fix an incorrect call of prep_transhuge_page()
  kmemleak: add scheduling point to kmemleak_scan()
  scripts/bloat-o-meter: don't fail with division by 0
  fs/mbcache.c: make count_objects() more robust
  Revert "mm/page-writeback.c: print a warning if the vm dirtiness settings are illogical"
  mm/madvise.c: fix madvise() infinite loop under special circumstances
  exec: avoid RLIMIT_STACK races with prlimit()
  IB/core: disable memory registration of filesystem-dax vmas
  v4l2: disable filesystem-dax mapping support
  mm: fail get_vaddr_frames() for filesystem-dax mappings
  mm: introduce get_user_pages_longterm
  device-dax: implement ->split() to catch invalid munmap attempts
  mm, hugetlbfs: introduce ->split() to vm_operations_struct
  scripts/faddr2line: extend usage on generic arch
  ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt7
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index b920423f88cb..5025ff9307e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -158,10 +158,6 @@ Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any
 value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be
 retained.
 
-Note: the value of dirty_bytes also must be set greater than
-dirty_background_bytes or the amount of memory corresponding to
-dirty_background_ratio.
-
 ==============================================================
 
 dirty_expire_centisecs
@@ -181,9 +177,6 @@ generating disk writes will itself start writing out dirty data.
 
 The total available memory is not equal to total system memory.
 
-Note: dirty_ratio must be set greater than dirty_background_ratio or
-ratio corresponding to dirty_background_bytes.
-
 ==============================================================
 
 dirty_writeback_centisecs