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It helps administrators to > better know the system's KSM behavior at process level. > > ksm_merge_any: yes/no > whether the process'mm is added by prctl() into the candidate list > of KSM or not, and fully enabled at process level. > > ksm_mergeable: yes/no > whether any VMAs of the process'mm are currently applicable to KSM. > > Purpose > ======= > These two items are just to improve the observability of KSM at process > level, so that users can know if a certain process has enable KSM. s/enable/enabled/ > > For example, if without these two items, when we look at > /proc//ksm_stat and there's no merging pages found, We are not sure > whether it is because KSM was not enabled or because KSM did not > successfully merge any pages. > > Althrough "mg" in /proc//smaps indicate VM_MERGEABLE, it's opaque s/Althrough/Although/ > and not very obvious for non professionals. > > Signed-off-by: xu xin > Cc: Wang Yaxin > --- > Changelog v4 -> v5: > 1. Update the documentation. > 2. Correct a comment sentence and add purpose statment in commit message. > --- > Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > fs/proc/base.c | 11 +++++++ > include/linux/ksm.h | 1 + > mm/ksm.c | 19 +++++++++++ > 4 files changed, 97 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst > index 6a882c57a7e7..916f83203de0 100644 > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst > @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ fixes/update part 1.1 Stefani Seibold June 9 2009 > 3.11 /proc//patch_state - Livepatch patch operation state > 3.12 /proc//arch_status - Task architecture specific information > 3.13 /proc//fd - List of symlinks to open files > + 3.14 /proc/ > 4 Configuring procfs > 4.1 Mount options > @@ -2232,6 +2233,71 @@ The number of open files for the process is stored in 'size' member > of stat() output for /proc//fd for fast access. > ------------------------------------------------------- > > +3.14 /proc/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------- > +When CONFIG_KSM is enabled, each process has this file which displays > +the information of ksm merging status. > + > +Example > +~~~~~~~ > + > +:: > + > + / # cat /proc/self/ksm_stat > + ksm_rmap_items 0 > + ksm_zero_pages 0 > + ksm_merging_pages 0 > + ksm_process_profit 0 > + ksm_merge_any: no > + ksm_mergeable: no > + > +Description > +~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +ksm_rmap_items > +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > + > +The number of ksm_rmap_item structure in use. The structure of structures > +ksm_rmap_item is to store the reverse mapping information for virtual is to store -> stores? > +addresses. KSM will generate a ksm_rmap_item for each ksm-scanned page > +of the process. Is it really each > + > +ksm_zero_pages > +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > + > +When /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/use_zero_pages is enabled, it represent how many > +empty pages are merged with kernel zero pages by KSM. > + > +ksm_merging_pages > +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > + > +It represents how many pages of this process are involved in KSM merging > +(not including ksm_zero_pages). It is the same with what > +/proc//ksm_merging_pages shows. > +> +ksm_process_profit > +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > + > +The profit that KSM brings (Saved bytes). KSM can save memory by merging > +identical pages, but also can consume additional memory, because it needs > +to generate a number of rmap_items to save each scanned page's brief rmap > +information. Some of these pages may be merged, but some may not be abled > +to be merged after being checked several times, which are unprofitable > +memory consumed. > + > +ksm_merge_any > +^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > + > +It specifies whether the process'mm is added by prctl() into the candidate list Shows whether ... ? > +of KSM or not, and KSM scanning is fully enabled at process level. > + > +ksm_mergeable > +^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > + > +It specifies whether any VMAs of the process'mm are currently applicable to KSM. Shows whether ... ? "any VMA" Apart from that LGTM Acked-by: David Hildenbrand -- Cheers, David / dhildenb