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/usr/bin/memhog

NUMA support for Linux

From numactl 2.0.19-r5 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running memhog --help (exit 1). permalink

memhog [-fFILE] [-rNUM] [-H] size[kmg] [policy [nodeset]]
-f mmap is backed by FILE
-rNUM repeat memset NUM times
-H disable transparent hugepages
Policies: preferred-many local interleave membind preferred default

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