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 00/20] mm: process/cgroup ksm support
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:37:28 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230123173748.1734238-1-shr@devkernel.io> (raw)
So far KSM can only be enabled by calling madvise for memory regions. What is
required to enable KSM for more workloads is to enable / disable it at the
process / cgroup level.
1. New options for prctl system command
This patch series adds two new options to the prctl system call. The first
one allows to enable KSM at the process level and the second one to query the
setting.
The setting will be inherited by child processes.
With the above setting, KSM can be enabled for the seed process of a cgroup
and all processes in the cgroup will inherit the setting.
2. Changes to KSM processing
When KSM is enabled at the process level, the KSM code will iterate over all
the VMA's and enable KSM for the eligible VMA's.
When forking a process that has KSM enabled, the setting will be inherited by
the new child process.
In addition when KSM is disabled for a process, KSM will be disabled for the
VMA's where KSM has been enabled.
3. Add tracepoints to KSM
Currently KSM has no tracepoints. This adds tracepoints to the key KSM functions
to make it easier to debug KSM.
4. Add general_profit metric
The general_profit metric of KSM is specified in the documentation, but not
calculated. This adds the general profit metric to /sys/kernel/debug/mm/ksm.
5. Add more metrics to ksm_stat
This adds the process profit and ksm type metric to /proc/<pid>/ksm_stat.
6. Add more tests to ksm_tests
This adds an option to specify the merge type to the ksm_tests. This allows to
test madvise and prctl KSM. It also adds a new option to query if prctl KSM has
been enabled. It adds a fork test to verify that the KSM process setting is
inherited by client processes.
Stefan Roesch (20):
mm: add new flag to enable ksm per process
mm: add flag to __ksm_enter
mm: add flag to __ksm_exit call
mm: invoke madvise for all vmas in scan_get_next_rmap_item
mm: support disabling of ksm for a process
mm: add new prctl option to get and set ksm for a process
mm: add tracepoints to ksm
mm: split off pages_volatile function
mm: expose general_profit metric
docs: document general_profit sysfs knob
mm: calculate ksm process profit metric
mm: add ksm_merge_type() function
mm: expose ksm process profit metric in ksm_stat
mm: expose ksm merge type in ksm_stat
docs: document new procfs ksm knobs
tools: add new prctl flags to prctl in tools dir
selftests/vm: add KSM prctl merge test
selftests/vm: add KSM get merge type test
selftests/vm: add KSM fork test
selftests/vm: add two functions for debugging merge outcome
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-ksm | 8 +
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst | 8 +-
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
fs/proc/base.c | 5 +
include/linux/ksm.h | 19 +-
include/linux/sched/coredump.h | 1 +
include/trace/events/ksm.h | 257 ++++++++++++++++++
include/uapi/linux/prctl.h | 2 +
kernel/sys.c | 29 ++
mm/ksm.c | 134 ++++++++-
tools/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h | 2 +
tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile | 3 +-
tools/testing/selftests/vm/ksm_tests.c | 254 ++++++++++++++---
13 files changed, 665 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/trace/events/ksm.h
base-commit: c1649ec55708ae42091a2f1bca1ab49ecd722d55
--
2.30.2
next reply other threads:[~2023-01-23 17:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-23 17:37 Stefan Roesch [this message]
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 ` [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 15/20] docs: document new procfs ksm knobs Stefan Roesch
2023-01-24 4:09 ` 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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