From: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
Timofey Titovets <nefelim4ag@gmail.com>,
Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>,
Grzegorz Halat <ghalat@redhat.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 4/4] mm/ksm: add force merging/unmerging documentation
Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 15:16:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190514131654.25463-5-oleksandr@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190514131654.25463-1-oleksandr@redhat.com>
Document respective sysfs knob.
Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
index 9303786632d1..4302b92910ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ KSM daemon sysfs interface
The KSM daemon is controlled by sysfs files in ``/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/``,
readable by all but writable only by root:
+force_madvise
+ write-only control to force merging/unmerging for specific
+ task.
+
+ To mark the VMAs as mergeable, use:
+ ``echo PID > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/force_madvise``
+
+ To unmerge all the VMAs, use:
+ ``echo -PID > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/force_madvise``
+ (note the prepending "minus")
+
pages_to_scan
how many pages to scan before ksmd goes to sleep
e.g. ``echo 100 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_to_scan``.
--
2.21.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-14 13:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-14 13:16 [PATCH RFC v2 0/4] mm/ksm: add option to automerge VMAs Oleksandr Natalenko
2019-05-14 13:16 ` [PATCH RFC v2 1/4] mm/ksm: introduce ksm_enter() helper Oleksandr Natalenko
2019-05-14 13:16 ` [PATCH RFC v2 2/4] mm/ksm: introduce ksm_leave() helper Oleksandr Natalenko
2019-05-14 13:16 ` [PATCH RFC v2 3/4] mm/ksm: introduce force_madvise knob Oleksandr Natalenko
2019-05-14 13:22 ` Aaron Tomlin
2019-05-15 0:48 ` Timofey Titovets
2019-05-14 13:16 ` Oleksandr Natalenko [this message]
2019-05-15 0:53 ` [PATCH RFC v2 4/4] mm/ksm: add force merging/unmerging documentation Timofey Titovets
2019-05-15 6:26 ` Oleksandr Natalenko
2019-05-14 14:41 ` [PATCH RFC v2 0/4] mm/ksm: add option to automerge VMAs Michal Hocko
2019-05-14 14:51 ` Michal Hocko
2019-05-15 6:25 ` Oleksandr Natalenko
2019-05-15 6:53 ` Michal Hocko
2019-05-15 7:37 ` Oleksandr Natalenko
2019-05-15 8:33 ` Michal Hocko
2019-05-15 8:51 ` Oleksandr Natalenko
2019-05-15 14:24 ` Michal Hocko
2019-05-15 14:51 ` Michal Hocko
2019-05-15 15:15 ` Greg KH
2019-05-16 7:47 ` Michal Hocko
2019-05-16 7:53 ` Greg KH
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