---
name: "hugeedit"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "libhugetlbfs-bin"
version: "2.20-4"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hugeedit"
---

# hugeedit(8)

Set default policy for backing text and data with hugepages

## NAME

hugeedit - Set default policy for backing text and data with hugepages

## SYNOPSIS

**hugeedit binary**\
 **hugeedit \[options\] binary**

## DESCRIPTION

**hugectl** runs processes with a specific policy for backing memory regions with hugepages. Ordinarily when processes are relinked with **libhugetlbfs** using the recommended linking method, either **hugectl** is required on each execution or environment variables must be set for each execution. **hugeedit** can be used to set bits in the ELF header that determine if the text or data segments are backed by default without further intervention.

If no arguments are specified, **hugeedit** will display what the current defaults for each segment in a binary are. The available options are

- **--text**

  Back the text segments of the binary by default.

- **--data**

  Back the data segments of the binary by default

- **--disable**

  Back all segments using small pages by default

## SEE ALSO

*[oprofile(1)](/oprofile/1.md),* *[libhugetlbfs(7)](/libhugetlbfs/7.md),* *[hugectl(8)](/hugectl/8.md)*\

## AUTHORS

libhugetlbfs was written by various people on the libhugetlbfs-devel mailing list.