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author | Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> | 2009-10-07 19:32:28 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-10-08 10:36:39 -0400 |
commit | a1bbb5ec39042fb762e7f4bcc634da0d87834193 (patch) | |
tree | 20bb538ee4b3a9fbf5e8e9d1988fed2011deffce /Documentation/vm | |
parent | 253fb02d62571e5455eedc9e39b9d660e86a40f0 (diff) |
pagemap: document KPF_KSM and show it in page-types
It indicates to the system admin that processes mapping such pages may be
eating less physical memory than the reported numbers by legacy tools.
Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/vm')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/page-types.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt | 4 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page-types.c b/Documentation/vm/page-types.c index 87f57228f56e..9899fa239eed 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/page-types.c +++ b/Documentation/vm/page-types.c | |||
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ | |||
71 | #define KPF_UNEVICTABLE 18 | 71 | #define KPF_UNEVICTABLE 18 |
72 | #define KPF_HWPOISON 19 | 72 | #define KPF_HWPOISON 19 |
73 | #define KPF_NOPAGE 20 | 73 | #define KPF_NOPAGE 20 |
74 | #define KPF_KSM 21 | ||
74 | 75 | ||
75 | /* [32-] kernel hacking assistances */ | 76 | /* [32-] kernel hacking assistances */ |
76 | #define KPF_RESERVED 32 | 77 | #define KPF_RESERVED 32 |
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ static char *page_flag_names[] = { | |||
119 | [KPF_UNEVICTABLE] = "u:unevictable", | 120 | [KPF_UNEVICTABLE] = "u:unevictable", |
120 | [KPF_HWPOISON] = "X:hwpoison", | 121 | [KPF_HWPOISON] = "X:hwpoison", |
121 | [KPF_NOPAGE] = "n:nopage", | 122 | [KPF_NOPAGE] = "n:nopage", |
123 | [KPF_KSM] = "x:ksm", | ||
122 | 124 | ||
123 | [KPF_RESERVED] = "r:reserved", | 125 | [KPF_RESERVED] = "r:reserved", |
124 | [KPF_MLOCKED] = "m:mlocked", | 126 | [KPF_MLOCKED] = "m:mlocked", |
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt b/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt index 2fdd84a19109..df09b9650a81 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt | |||
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ There are three components to pagemap: | |||
59 | 18. UNEVICTABLE | 59 | 18. UNEVICTABLE |
60 | 19. HWPOISON | 60 | 19. HWPOISON |
61 | 20. NOPAGE | 61 | 20. NOPAGE |
62 | 21. KSM | ||
62 | 63 | ||
63 | Short descriptions to the page flags: | 64 | Short descriptions to the page flags: |
64 | 65 | ||
@@ -93,6 +94,9 @@ Short descriptions to the page flags: | |||
93 | 20. NOPAGE | 94 | 20. NOPAGE |
94 | no page frame exists at the requested address | 95 | no page frame exists at the requested address |
95 | 96 | ||
97 | 21. KSM | ||
98 | identical memory pages dynamically shared between one or more processes | ||
99 | |||
96 | [IO related page flags] | 100 | [IO related page flags] |
97 | 1. ERROR IO error occurred | 101 | 1. ERROR IO error occurred |
98 | 3. UPTODATE page has up-to-date data | 102 | 3. UPTODATE page has up-to-date data |