From: Petr Oros <poros@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 12:04:44 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: doc: fix incorrect formula to calculate CommitLimit value
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doc: fix incorrect formula to calculate CommitLimit value

The formula to calculate "CommitLimit" value mentioned in kernel documentation is incorrect.
Right formula is: CommitLimit = ([total RAM pages] - [total huge TLB pages]) * overcommit_ratio / 100 + [total swap pages]

Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <poros@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
---

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index d4fa7f52034e..324328d18464 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -854,7 +854,8 @@ WritebackTmp: Memory used by FUSE for temporary writeback buffers
               if strict overcommit accounting is enabled (mode 2 in
               'vm.overcommit_memory').
               The CommitLimit is calculated with the following formula:
-              CommitLimit = ('vm.overcommit_ratio' * Physical RAM) + Swap
+              CommitLimit = ([total RAM pages] - [total huge TLB pages]) *
+                             overcommit_ratio / 100 + [total swap pages]
               For example, on a system with 1G of physical RAM and 7G
               of swap with a `vm.overcommit_ratio` of 30 it would
               yield a CommitLimit of 7.3G.