From: Satheesh Rajendran <sathn...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Add document entry for kvm_cma_resv_ratio kernel param which
is used to alter the KVM contiguous memory allocation percentage
for hash pagetable allocation used by hash mode PowerPC KVM guests.

Cc: linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kvm-...@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Paul Mackerras <pau...@samba.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <cor...@lwn.net>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdun...@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Satheesh Rajendran <sathn...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

V2: 
Addressed review comments from Randy.

V1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/9/16/72
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt 
b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index a1068742a6df..932ed45740c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2258,6 +2258,14 @@
                        [KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
                        LPIs.
 
+       kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
+                       Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
+                       contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
+                       allocation.
+                       By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
+                       Format: <integer>
+                       Default: 5
+
        kvm-intel.ept=  [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
                        (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
                        Default is 1 (enabled)
-- 
2.26.2

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