From 631605c007531ef0b48690740519d0b9a6b22d38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Whitchurch Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 17:14:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt: Fix drop_caches bit number Bits are usually numbered starting from zero, so 4 should be bit 2, not bit 3. Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 187ce4f599a2..6af24cdb25cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ used: cat (1234): drop_caches: 3 These are informational only. They do not mean that anything is wrong -with your system. To disable them, echo 4 (bit 3) into drop_caches. +with your system. To disable them, echo 4 (bit 2) into drop_caches. ============================================================== -- 2.30.2