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Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt: update numa_zonelist_order description

Commit 3193913ce62c ("mm: page_alloc: default node-ordering on 64-bit
NUMA, zone-ordering on 32-bit") changes the default value of
numa_zonelist_order.  Update the document.

Signed-off-by: Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@huawei.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -581,15 +581,16 @@ Specify "[Nn]ode" for node order
 "Zone Order" orders the zonelists by zone type, then by node within each
 "Zone Order" orders the zonelists by zone type, then by node within each
 zone.  Specify "[Zz]one" for zone order.
 zone.  Specify "[Zz]one" for zone order.
 
 
-Specify "[Dd]efault" to request automatic configuration.  Autoconfiguration
-will select "node" order in following case.
-(1) if the DMA zone does not exist or
-(2) if the DMA zone comprises greater than 50% of the available memory or
-(3) if any node's DMA zone comprises greater than 70% of its local memory and
-    the amount of local memory is big enough.
-
-Otherwise, "zone" order will be selected. Default order is recommended unless
-this is causing problems for your system/application.
+Specify "[Dd]efault" to request automatic configuration.
+
+On 32-bit, the Normal zone needs to be preserved for allocations accessible
+by the kernel, so "zone" order will be selected.
+
+On 64-bit, devices that require DMA32/DMA are relatively rare, so "node"
+order will be selected.
+
+Default order is recommended unless this is causing problems for your
+system/application.
 
 
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