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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-08-21 07:28:24 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-08-21 07:28:24 -0400
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Merge branch 'linus' into x86/doc
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@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ Table 1-4: Kernel info in /proc
296 uptime System uptime 296 uptime System uptime
297 version Kernel version 297 version Kernel version
298 video bttv info of video resources (2.4) 298 video bttv info of video resources (2.4)
299 vmallocinfo Show vmalloced areas
299.............................................................................. 300..............................................................................
300 301
301You can, for example, check which interrupts are currently in use and what 302You can, for example, check which interrupts are currently in use and what
@@ -557,6 +558,49 @@ VmallocTotal: total size of vmalloc memory area
557 VmallocUsed: amount of vmalloc area which is used 558 VmallocUsed: amount of vmalloc area which is used
558VmallocChunk: largest contigious block of vmalloc area which is free 559VmallocChunk: largest contigious block of vmalloc area which is free
559 560
561..............................................................................
562
563vmallocinfo:
564
565Provides information about vmalloced/vmaped areas. One line per area,
566containing the virtual address range of the area, size in bytes,
567caller information of the creator, and optional information depending
568on the kind of area :
569
570 pages=nr number of pages
571 phys=addr if a physical address was specified
572 ioremap I/O mapping (ioremap() and friends)
573 vmalloc vmalloc() area
574 vmap vmap()ed pages
575 user VM_USERMAP area
576 vpages buffer for pages pointers was vmalloced (huge area)
577 N<node>=nr (Only on NUMA kernels)
578 Number of pages allocated on memory node <node>
579
580> cat /proc/vmallocinfo
5810xffffc20000000000-0xffffc20000201000 2101248 alloc_large_system_hash+0x204 ...
582 /0x2c0 pages=512 vmalloc N0=128 N1=128 N2=128 N3=128
5830xffffc20000201000-0xffffc20000302000 1052672 alloc_large_system_hash+0x204 ...
584 /0x2c0 pages=256 vmalloc N0=64 N1=64 N2=64 N3=64
5850xffffc20000302000-0xffffc20000304000 8192 acpi_tb_verify_table+0x21/0x4f...
586 phys=7fee8000 ioremap
5870xffffc20000304000-0xffffc20000307000 12288 acpi_tb_verify_table+0x21/0x4f...
588 phys=7fee7000 ioremap
5890xffffc2000031d000-0xffffc2000031f000 8192 init_vdso_vars+0x112/0x210
5900xffffc2000031f000-0xffffc2000032b000 49152 cramfs_uncompress_init+0x2e ...
591 /0x80 pages=11 vmalloc N0=3 N1=3 N2=2 N3=3
5920xffffc2000033a000-0xffffc2000033d000 12288 sys_swapon+0x640/0xac0 ...
593 pages=2 vmalloc N1=2
5940xffffc20000347000-0xffffc2000034c000 20480 xt_alloc_table_info+0xfe ...
595 /0x130 [x_tables] pages=4 vmalloc N0=4
5960xffffffffa0000000-0xffffffffa000f000 61440 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
597 pages=14 vmalloc N2=14
5980xffffffffa000f000-0xffffffffa0014000 20480 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
599 pages=4 vmalloc N1=4
6000xffffffffa0014000-0xffffffffa0017000 12288 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
601 pages=2 vmalloc N1=2
6020xffffffffa0017000-0xffffffffa0022000 45056 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
603 pages=10 vmalloc N0=10
560 604
5611.3 IDE devices in /proc/ide 6051.3 IDE devices in /proc/ide
562---------------------------- 606----------------------------
@@ -887,7 +931,7 @@ group_prealloc max_to_scan mb_groups mb_history min_to_scan order2_req
887stats stream_req 931stats stream_req
888 932
889mb_groups: 933mb_groups:
890This file gives the details of mutiblock allocator buddy cache of free blocks 934This file gives the details of multiblock allocator buddy cache of free blocks
891 935
892mb_history: 936mb_history:
893Multiblock allocation history. 937Multiblock allocation history.
@@ -1430,7 +1474,7 @@ used because pages_free(1355) is smaller than watermark + protection[2]
1430normal page requirement. If requirement is DMA zone(index=0), protection[0] 1474normal page requirement. If requirement is DMA zone(index=0), protection[0]
1431(=0) is used. 1475(=0) is used.
1432 1476
1433zone[i]'s protection[j] is calculated by following exprssion. 1477zone[i]'s protection[j] is calculated by following expression.
1434 1478
1435(i < j): 1479(i < j):
1436 zone[i]->protection[j] 1480 zone[i]->protection[j]