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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-10-25 12:30:53 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-10-25 12:30:53 -0400
commit0b9e31e9264f1bad89856afb96da1688292f13b4 (patch)
tree7a9e9b6456dce993efeed8734de0a15a1f16ae94 /Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
parentcf82ff7ea7695b0e82ba07bc5e9f1bd03a74e1aa (diff)
parent964fe080d94db82a3268443e9b9ece4c60246414 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into sched/core
Conflicts: fs/proc/array.c Merge reason: resolve conflict and queue up dependent patch. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status:
176 CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff 176 CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff
177 voluntary_ctxt_switches: 0 177 voluntary_ctxt_switches: 0
178 nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 1 178 nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 1
179 Stack usage: 12 kB
179 180
180This shows you nearly the same information you would get if you viewed it with 181This shows you nearly the same information you would get if you viewed it with
181the ps command. In fact, ps uses the proc file system to obtain its 182the ps command. In fact, ps uses the proc file system to obtain its
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.30-rc7)
229 Mems_allowed_list Same as previous, but in "list format" 230 Mems_allowed_list Same as previous, but in "list format"
230 voluntary_ctxt_switches number of voluntary context switches 231 voluntary_ctxt_switches number of voluntary context switches
231 nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches number of non voluntary context switches 232 nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches number of non voluntary context switches
233 Stack usage: stack usage high water mark (round up to page size)
232.............................................................................. 234..............................................................................
233 235
234Table 1-3: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3) 236Table 1-3: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3)
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ address perms offset dev inode pathname
30708049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/test 30908049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/test
3080804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] 3100804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
309a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 311a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
310a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 312a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [threadstack:001ff4b4]
311a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 313a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
312a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 314a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
313a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 315a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6
@@ -343,6 +345,7 @@ is not associated with a file:
343 [stack] = the stack of the main process 345 [stack] = the stack of the main process
344 [vdso] = the "virtual dynamic shared object", 346 [vdso] = the "virtual dynamic shared object",
345 the kernel system call handler 347 the kernel system call handler
348 [threadstack:xxxxxxxx] = the stack of the thread, xxxxxxxx is the stack size
346 349
347 or if empty, the mapping is anonymous. 350 or if empty, the mapping is anonymous.
348 351
@@ -375,6 +378,19 @@ of memory currently marked as referenced or accessed.
375This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is 378This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is
376enabled. 379enabled.
377 380
381The /proc/PID/clear_refs is used to reset the PG_Referenced and ACCESSED/YOUNG
382bits on both physical and virtual pages associated with a process.
383To clear the bits for all the pages associated with the process
384 > echo 1 > /proc/PID/clear_refs
385
386To clear the bits for the anonymous pages associated with the process
387 > echo 2 > /proc/PID/clear_refs
388
389To clear the bits for the file mapped pages associated with the process
390 > echo 3 > /proc/PID/clear_refs
391Any other value written to /proc/PID/clear_refs will have no effect.
392
393
3781.2 Kernel data 3941.2 Kernel data
379--------------- 395---------------
380 396
@@ -1032,9 +1048,9 @@ Various pieces of information about kernel activity are available in the
1032since the system first booted. For a quick look, simply cat the file: 1048since the system first booted. For a quick look, simply cat the file:
1033 1049
1034 > cat /proc/stat 1050 > cat /proc/stat
1035 cpu 2255 34 2290 22625563 6290 127 456 0 1051 cpu 2255 34 2290 22625563 6290 127 456 0 0
1036 cpu0 1132 34 1441 11311718 3675 127 438 0 1052 cpu0 1132 34 1441 11311718 3675 127 438 0 0
1037 cpu1 1123 0 849 11313845 2614 0 18 0 1053 cpu1 1123 0 849 11313845 2614 0 18 0 0
1038 intr 114930548 113199788 3 0 5 263 0 4 [... lots more numbers ...] 1054 intr 114930548 113199788 3 0 5 263 0 4 [... lots more numbers ...]
1039 ctxt 1990473 1055 ctxt 1990473
1040 btime 1062191376 1056 btime 1062191376
@@ -1056,6 +1072,7 @@ second). The meanings of the columns are as follows, from left to right:
1056- irq: servicing interrupts 1072- irq: servicing interrupts
1057- softirq: servicing softirqs 1073- softirq: servicing softirqs
1058- steal: involuntary wait 1074- steal: involuntary wait
1075- guest: running a guest
1059 1076
1060The "intr" line gives counts of interrupts serviced since boot time, for each 1077The "intr" line gives counts of interrupts serviced since boot time, for each
1061of the possible system interrupts. The first column is the total of all 1078of the possible system interrupts. The first column is the total of all
@@ -1096,7 +1113,6 @@ Table 1-12: Files in /proc/fs/ext4/<devname>
1096.............................................................................. 1113..............................................................................
1097 File Content 1114 File Content
1098 mb_groups details of multiblock allocator buddy cache of free blocks 1115 mb_groups details of multiblock allocator buddy cache of free blocks
1099 mb_history multiblock allocation history
1100.............................................................................. 1116..............................................................................
1101 1117
1102 1118
@@ -1191,7 +1207,7 @@ The following heuristics are then applied:
1191 * if the task was reniced, its score doubles 1207 * if the task was reniced, its score doubles
1192 * superuser or direct hardware access tasks (CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE 1208 * superuser or direct hardware access tasks (CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE
1193 or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) have their score divided by 4 1209 or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) have their score divided by 4
1194 * if oom condition happened in one cpuset and checked task does not belong 1210 * if oom condition happened in one cpuset and checked process does not belong
1195 to it, its score is divided by 8 1211 to it, its score is divided by 8
1196 * the resulting score is multiplied by two to the power of oom_adj, i.e. 1212 * the resulting score is multiplied by two to the power of oom_adj, i.e.
1197 points <<= oom_adj when it is positive and 1213 points <<= oom_adj when it is positive and