Bug 845657
| Summary: | Man page for numactl does not accurately describe the localalloc option. | ||||||||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Reporter: | Travis Gummels <tgummels> | ||||||||||
| Component: | man-pages-overrides | Assignee: | Peter Schiffer <pschiffe> | ||||||||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Iveta Wiedermann <isenfeld> | ||||||||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||||||||
| Priority: | medium | ||||||||||||
| Version: | 6.3 | CC: | azelinka, isenfeld, ovasik, pschiffe | ||||||||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | ManPageChange, Patch | ||||||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||||||||
| Hardware: | All | ||||||||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||||||||
| Doc Text: |
Cause: localalloc option on the numactl(8) manual page was not described properly
Consequence: confusing documentation
Fix: described localalloc option on the numactl(8) manual page more verbosely
Result: clear documentation
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Story Points: | --- | ||||||||||
| Clone Of: | |||||||||||||
| : | 881779 (view as bug list) | Environment: | |||||||||||
| Last Closed: | 2013-02-21 10:54:18 UTC | Type: | Bug | ||||||||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||||||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||||||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||||||||
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| Bug Depends On: | |||||||||||||
| Bug Blocks: | 832743, 881779, 886216 | ||||||||||||
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Created attachment 650480 [details]
--localalloc option manpage patch
Created attachment 650485 [details]
--localalloc option manpage patch
Created attachment 650486 [details]
--localalloc option manpage patch
Created attachment 650487 [details]
--localalloc option manpage patch
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0464.html |
Description of problem: Man page for numactl does not accurately describe the localalloc option. --localalloc, -l Always allocate on the current node. The assumption the customer makes, which seems reasonable, is that --localalloc would imply: MPOL_BIND. The documentation for numactl could be clearer that --localalloc falls back to the system default which is local allocation. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): As shipped with RHEL 6.3 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: N/A Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: LLNL requests that all bugs logged on their behalf be public facing.