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[180.214.233.91]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id bt21-20020a632915000000b0045dc85c4a5fsm331533pgb.44.2023.01.23.20.07.48 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 23 Jan 2023 20:07:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by debian.me (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9AD56105170; Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:07:46 +0700 (WIB) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:07:46 +0700 From: Bagas Sanjaya To: Stefan Roesch , linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: 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: Re: [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 10/20] docs: document general_profit sysfs knob Message-ID: References: <20230123173748.1734238-1-shr@devkernel.io> <20230123173748.1734238-11-shr@devkernel.io> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Ml68OXFDXr5GpjRs" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20230123173748.1734238-11-shr@devkernel.io> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --Ml68OXFDXr5GpjRs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 09:37:38AM -0800, Stefan Roesch wrote: > This adds documentation for the new /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/general_profit > knob. "Document general_profit knob." >=20 > Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch > --- > Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-ksm | 8 ++++++++ > Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst | 2 ++ > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) >=20 > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-ksm b/Documentatio= n/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-ksm > index d244674a9480..7768e90f7a8f 100644 > --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-ksm > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-ksm > @@ -51,3 +51,11 @@ Description: Control merging pages across different NU= MA nodes. > =20 > When it is set to 0 only pages from the same node are merged, > otherwise pages from all nodes can be merged together (default). > + > +What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/general_profit > +Date: January 2023 > +KernelVersion: 6.1 > +Contact: Linux memory management mailing list > +Description: Measure how effective KSM is. > + general_profit: how effective is KSM. The formula for the > + calculation is in Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst. > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst b/Documentation/admin-g= uide/mm/ksm.rst > index fb6ba2002a4b..72189bf1283e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst > @@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ stable_node_chains_prune_millisecs > =20 > The effectiveness of KSM and MADV_MERGEABLE is shown in ``/sys/kernel/mm= /ksm/``: > =20 > +general_profit > + how effective is KSM. The calculation is explained below. > pages_shared > how many shared pages are being used > pages_sharing Seems like the wording is confusing me, so I write the improv: ---- >8 ---- diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-ksm b/Documentation/= ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-ksm index 7768e90f7a8fef..5309a912ab679b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-ksm +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-ksm @@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/general_profit Date: January 2023 KernelVersion: 6.1 Contact: Linux memory management mailing list -Description: Measure how effective KSM is. - general_profit: how effective is KSM. The formula for the - calculation is in Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst. +Description: Measure the KSM profit. See + :ref:`KSM documentation ` for details + on the calculated formula. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst b/Documentation/admin-gui= de/mm/ksm.rst index 70896f01d64106..fb67318aab1ba2 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst @@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ stable_node_chains_prune_millisecs The effectiveness of KSM and MADV_MERGEABLE is shown in ``/sys/kernel/mm/k= sm/``: =20 general_profit - how effective is KSM. The calculation is explained below. + the KSM profit. The calculation is described :ref:`below + `. pages_shared how many shared pages are being used pages_sharing @@ -186,6 +187,8 @@ The maximum possible ``pages_sharing/pages_shared`` rat= io is limited by the ``max_page_sharing`` tunable. To increase the ratio ``max_page_sharing`` m= ust be increased accordingly. =20 +.. _monitoring-ksm-profit: + Monitoring KSM profit =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Thanks. --=20 An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara --Ml68OXFDXr5GpjRs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQSSYQ6Cy7oyFNCHrUH2uYlJVVFOowUCY89ZjQAKCRD2uYlJVVFO o7BlAQDMyhqJu2Gd5aYmI3wObMlSEIFv1Ac/f3j1FXfD812CqAD/Za4EumtDc83n k0qMH+uB80ZYuRPQwLaAw2vO4gNCOAI= =AqVg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Ml68OXFDXr5GpjRs--