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[209.85.220.65]) by mx.google.com with SMTPS id q6sor619326wrf.51.2017.10.31.05.20.24 for (Google Transport Security); Tue, 31 Oct 2017 05:20:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 13:20:19 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VG9tw6HFoSBHb2xlbWJpb3Zza8O9?= Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] virtio_balloon: include buffers and cached memory statistics Message-ID: <20171031132019.76197945@fiorina> In-Reply-To: <20171022200557.02558e37@fiorina> References: <20171019160405-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <20171022200557.02558e37@fiorina> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, Wei Wang , Shaohua Li , Huang Ying , Jason Wang , Gal Hammer , Amnon Ilan ping +Gil, +Amnon... could you maybe aid in reviewing the patch, please? Tomas On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 20:05:57 +0200 Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 Golembiovsk=C3=BD wrote: > On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:12:20 +0300 > "Michael S. Tsirkin" wrote: >=20 > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 02:55:41PM +0200, Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 Golembiovsk= =C3=BD wrote: =20 > > > Add a new fields, VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_BUFFERS and VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_CACHE= D, > > > to virtio_balloon memory statistics protocol. The values correspond to > > > 'Buffers' and 'Cached' in /proc/meminfo. > > >=20 > > > To be able to compute the value of 'Cached' memory it is necessary to > > > export total_swapcache_pages() to modules. > > >=20 > > > Signed-off-by: Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 Golembiovsk=C3=BD =20 > >=20 > > Does 'Buffers' actually make sense? It's a temporary storage - > > wouldn't it be significantly out of date by the time > > host receives it? =20 >=20 > That would be best answered by somebody from kernel. But my personal > opinion is that it would not be out of date. The amount of memory > dedicated to Buffers does not seem to fluctuate too much. >=20 > Tomas >=20 >=20 > > > --- > > > drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 11 +++++++++++ > > > include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 4 +++- > > > mm/swap_state.c | 1 + > > > 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > >=20 > > > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_= balloon.c > > > index f0b3a0b9d42f..c2558ec47a62 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c > > > +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c > > > @@ -244,12 +244,19 @@ static unsigned int update_balloon_stats(struct= virtio_balloon *vb) > > > struct sysinfo i; > > > unsigned int idx =3D 0; > > > long available; > > > + long cached; > > > =20 > > > all_vm_events(events); > > > si_meminfo(&i); > > > =20 > > > available =3D si_mem_available(); > > > =20 > > > + cached =3D global_node_page_state(NR_FILE_PAGES) - > > > + total_swapcache_pages() - i.bufferram; > > > + if (cached < 0) > > > + cached =3D 0; > > > + > > > + > > > #ifdef CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS > > > update_stat(vb, idx++, VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_SWAP_IN, > > > pages_to_bytes(events[PSWPIN])); > > > @@ -264,6 +271,10 @@ static unsigned int update_balloon_stats(struct = virtio_balloon *vb) > > > pages_to_bytes(i.totalram)); > > > update_stat(vb, idx++, VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_AVAIL, > > > pages_to_bytes(available)); > > > + update_stat(vb, idx++, VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_BUFFERS, > > > + pages_to_bytes(i.bufferram)); > > > + update_stat(vb, idx++, VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_CACHED, > > > + pages_to_bytes(cached)); > > > =20 > > > return idx; > > > } > > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h b/include/uapi/linux= /virtio_balloon.h > > > index 343d7ddefe04..d5dc8a56a497 100644 > > > --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h > > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h > > > @@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ struct virtio_balloon_config { > > > #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_MEMFREE 4 /* Total amount of free memory= */ > > > #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_MEMTOT 5 /* Total amount of memory */ > > > #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_AVAIL 6 /* Available memory as in /pro= c */ > > > -#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_NR 7 > > > +#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_BUFFERS 7 /* Buffers memory as in /proc = */ > > > +#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_CACHED 8 /* Cached memory as in /proc */ > > > +#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_NR 9 > > > =20 > > > /* > > > * Memory statistics structure. > > > diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c > > > index 71ce2d1ccbf7..f3a4ff7d6c52 100644 > > > --- a/mm/swap_state.c > > > +++ b/mm/swap_state.c > > > @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ unsigned long total_swapcache_pages(void) > > > rcu_read_unlock(); > > > return ret; > > > } > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(total_swapcache_pages); > > > =20 > > > static atomic_t swapin_readahead_hits =3D ATOMIC_INIT(4); =20 > >=20 > > Need an ack from MM crowd on that. > > =20 > > > --=20 > > > 2.14.1 =20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 Golembiovsk=C3=BD --=20 Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 Golembiovsk=C3=BD -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. 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