[PATCH] zoned vm counters: split NR_ANON_PAGES off from NR_FILE_MAPPED

The current NR_FILE_MAPPED is used by zone reclaim and the dirty load
calculation as the number of mapped pagecache pages.  However, that is not
true.  NR_FILE_MAPPED includes the mapped anonymous pages.  This patch
separates those and therefore allows an accurate tracking of the anonymous
pages per zone.

It then becomes possible to determine the number of unmapped pages per zone
and we can avoid scanning for unmapped pages if there are none.

Also it may now be possible to determine the mapped/unmapped ratio in
get_dirty_limit.  Isnt the number of anonymous pages irrelevant in that
calculation?

Note that this will change the meaning of the number of mapped pages reported
in /proc/vmstat /proc/meminfo and in the per node statistics.  This may affect
user space tools that monitor these counters!  NR_FILE_MAPPED works like
NR_FILE_DIRTY.  It is only valid for pagecache pages.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 08be91e6cecf..4833abd4458b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ struct zone_padding {
 #endif
 
 enum zone_stat_item {
-        NR_FILE_MAPPED, /* mapped into pagetables.
+        NR_ANON_PAGES,  /* Mapped anonymous pages */
+        NR_FILE_MAPPED, /* pagecache pages mapped into pagetables.
                            only modified from process context */
         NR_FILE_PAGES,
         NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS };