From: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
To: akinobu.mita@gmail.com
Cc: linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
axelrasmussen@google.com, yuanchu@google.com, weixugc@google.com,
hannes@cmpxchg.org, david@kernel.org, mhocko@kernel.org,
zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com, shakeel.butt@linux.dev,
lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com,
vbabka@suse.cz, rppt@kernel.org, surenb@google.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm: numa_emu: add document for NUMA emulation
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:48:33 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251222004834.10539-3-akinobu.mita@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251222004834.10539-1-akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Add a document with a brief explanation of numa emulation and how to use
the newly added "numa_emulation.adistance=" kernel cmdline parameter.
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
---
New in v2
Documentation/mm/index.rst | 1 +
Documentation/mm/numa_emulation.rst | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/mm/numa_emulation.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/index.rst b/Documentation/mm/index.rst
index 7aa2a8886908..7d628edd6a17 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/index.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ see the :doc:`admin guide <../admin-guide/mm/index>`.
page_cache
shmfs
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+ numa_emulation
Unsorted Documentation
======================
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/numa_emulation.rst b/Documentation/mm/numa_emulation.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dce9f607c031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/mm/numa_emulation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==============
+NUMA emulation
+==============
+
+If CONFIG_NUMA_EMU is enabled, you can create fake NUMA nodes with
+``numa=fake=`` kernel cmdline option.
+See Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt and
+Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets.rst for more information.
+
+
+Multiple Memory Tiers Creation
+==============================
+
+The "numa_emulation.adistance=" kernel cmdline option allows you to set
+the abstract distance for each NUMA node.
+
+For example, you can create two fake nodes, each in a different memory
+tier by booting with "numa=fake=2 numa_emulation.adistance=576,704".
+Here, the abstract distances of node0 and node1 are set to 576 and 706,
+respectively.
+
+Each memory tier covers an abstract distance chunk size of 128. Thus,
+nodes with abstract distances between 512 and 639 are classified into the
+same memory tier, and nodes with abstract distances between 640 and 767
+are classified into the next slower memory tier.
+
+The abstract distance of fake nodes not specified in the parameter will
+be the default DRAM abstract distance of 576.
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-22 0:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-22 0:48 [PATCH v2 0/3] mm: fix oom-killer not being invoked when demotion is enabled Akinobu Mita
2025-12-22 0:48 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] mm: memory-tiers, numa_emu: enable to create memory tiers using fake numa nodes Akinobu Mita
2025-12-22 0:48 ` Akinobu Mita [this message]
2025-12-22 0:48 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/vmscan: don't demote if there is not enough free memory in the lower memory tier Akinobu Mita
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