[PATCH 1/3] Documentation/admin-guide: kernel-parameters: update CMA entries

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Sep 09 2020 - 23:27:09 EST


Add qualifying build option legend [CMA] to kernel boot options
that requirce CMA support to be enabled for them to be usable.

Also capitalize 'CMA' when it is used as an acronym.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- linux-next-20200909.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-next-20200909/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
some critical bits.

cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
- [ARM,X86,KNL]
+ [ARM,X86,KNL,CMA]
Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
placement constraint by the physical address range of
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
include/linux/dma-contiguous.h

cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
- [ARM64,KNL]
+ [ARM64,KNL,CMA]
Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
@@ -1524,12 +1524,12 @@
hpet_mmap= [X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
registers. Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.

- hugetlb_cma= [HW] The size of a cma area used for allocation
+ hugetlb_cma= [HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
of gigantic hugepages.
Format: nn[KMGTPE]

- Reserve a cma area of given size and allocate gigantic
- hugepages using the cma allocator. If enabled, the
+ Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
+ hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.

hugepages= [HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.