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nr_hugepages_mempolicy

file: /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages_mempolicy
variable: vm.nr_hugepages_mempolicy
Official reference

Change the size of the hugepage pool at run-time on a specific set of NUMA nodes.

See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst

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Last update: 2026-03-30 12:00:00 UTC
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