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2022-06-27docs: rename Documentation/vm to Documentation/mmMike Rapoport
so it will be consistent with code mm directory and with Documentation/admin-guide/mm and won't be confused with virtual machines. Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Tested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Acked-by: Wu XiangCheng <bobwxc@email.cn>
2021-12-16docs/vm: clarify overcommit amount sysctl behaviorAnssi Hannula
Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting.rst says that the overcommit amount can be set via vm.overcommit_ratio and vm.overcommit_kbytes. Add a clarification that those only take effect in overcommit handling mode 2 ("Don't overcommit"), i.e. they do not act as an "additional" limit that is always enforced. Signed-off-by: Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@iki.fi> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211211194159.3137362-1-anssi.hannula@iki.fi Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-04-16docs/vm: rename documentation files to .rstMike Rapoport
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>