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From: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: shr@devkernel.io, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 15/20] docs: document new procfs ksm knobs
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:37:43 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230123173748.1734238-16-shr@devkernel.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230123173748.1734238-1-shr@devkernel.io>

This documents the ksm_process_profit and ksm_merge_type settings in
ksm_stat.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
index 72189bf1283e..70896f01d641 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ several times, which are unprofitable memory consumed.
 			  ksm_rmap_items * sizeof(rmap_item).
 
    where ksm_merging_pages is shown under the directory ``/proc/<pid>/``,
-   and ksm_rmap_items is shown in ``/proc/<pid>/ksm_stat``.
+   and ksm_rmap_items is shown in ``/proc/<pid>/ksm_stat``. The process profit
+   is also shown in ``/proc/<pid>/ksm_stat`` as ksm_process_profit.
 
 From the perspective of application, a high ratio of ``ksm_rmap_items`` to
 ``ksm_merging_pages`` means a bad madvise-applied policy, so developers or
@@ -222,6 +223,9 @@ so if the ``ksm_rmap_items/ksm_merging_pages`` ratio exceeds 64 on 64-bit CPU
 or exceeds 128 on 32-bit CPU, then the app's madvise policy should be dropped,
 because the ksm profit is approximately zero or negative.
 
+The ksm_merge_type in ``/proc/<pid>/ksm_stat`` shows the merge type of the
+process. Valid values are ``none``, ``madvise`` and ``process``.
+
 Monitoring KSM events
 =====================
 
-- 
2.30.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-01-23 17:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-23 17:37 [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 00/20] mm: process/cgroup ksm support Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 01/20] mm: add new flag to enable ksm per process Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 02/20] mm: add flag to __ksm_enter Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 03/20] mm: add flag to __ksm_exit call Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 04/20] mm: invoke madvise for all vmas in scan_get_next_rmap_item Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 05/20] mm: support disabling of ksm for a process Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 06/20] mm: add new prctl option to get and set " Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 07/20] mm: add tracepoints to ksm Stefan Roesch
2023-01-30 17:03   ` Steven Rostedt
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 08/20] mm: split off pages_volatile function Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 09/20] mm: expose general_profit metric Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 10/20] docs: document general_profit sysfs knob Stefan Roesch
2023-01-24  4:07   ` Bagas Sanjaya
2023-01-24 16:21     ` Jonathan Corbet
2023-01-26  2:31       ` Bagas Sanjaya
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 11/20] mm: calculate ksm process profit metric Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 12/20] mm: add ksm_merge_type() function Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 13/20] mm: expose ksm process profit metric in ksm_stat Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 14/20] mm: expose ksm merge type " Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` Stefan Roesch [this message]
2023-01-24  4:09   ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 15/20] docs: document new procfs ksm knobs Bagas Sanjaya
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 16/20] tools: add new prctl flags to prctl in tools dir Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 17/20] selftests/vm: add KSM prctl merge test Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 18/20] selftests/vm: add KSM get merge type test Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 19/20] selftests/vm: add KSM fork test Stefan Roesch
2023-01-23 17:37 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 20/20] selftests/vm: add two functions for debugging merge outcome Stefan Roesch
2023-01-24 16:38 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 00/20] mm: process/cgroup ksm support David Hildenbrand
2023-01-24 17:37   ` Stefan Roesch
2023-01-24 18:01     ` David Hildenbrand
2023-01-25 13:01       ` Michal Hocko
2023-01-25 18:43         ` Rik van Riel

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