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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 27 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index ffead13f9443..b5aee7838a00 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | |||
@@ -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 | ||
180 | This shows you nearly the same information you would get if you viewed it with | 181 | This shows you nearly the same information you would get if you viewed it with |
181 | the ps command. In fact, ps uses the proc file system to obtain its | 182 | the 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 | ||
234 | Table 1-3: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3) | 236 | Table 1-3: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3) |
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ address perms offset dev inode pathname | |||
307 | 08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/test | 309 | 08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/test |
308 | 0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] | 310 | 0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] |
309 | a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 | 311 | a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 |
310 | a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 | 312 | a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [threadstack:001ff4b4] |
311 | a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 | 313 | a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 |
312 | a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 | 314 | a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 |
313 | a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 | 315 | a7ed5000-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. | |||
375 | This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is | 378 | This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is |
376 | enabled. | 379 | enabled. |
377 | 380 | ||
381 | The /proc/PID/clear_refs is used to reset the PG_Referenced and ACCESSED/YOUNG | ||
382 | bits on both physical and virtual pages associated with a process. | ||
383 | To clear the bits for all the pages associated with the process | ||
384 | > echo 1 > /proc/PID/clear_refs | ||
385 | |||
386 | To clear the bits for the anonymous pages associated with the process | ||
387 | > echo 2 > /proc/PID/clear_refs | ||
388 | |||
389 | To clear the bits for the file mapped pages associated with the process | ||
390 | > echo 3 > /proc/PID/clear_refs | ||
391 | Any other value written to /proc/PID/clear_refs will have no effect. | ||
392 | |||
393 | |||
378 | 1.2 Kernel data | 394 | 1.2 Kernel data |
379 | --------------- | 395 | --------------- |
380 | 396 | ||
@@ -1032,9 +1048,9 @@ Various pieces of information about kernel activity are available in the | |||
1032 | since the system first booted. For a quick look, simply cat the file: | 1048 | since 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 | ||
1060 | The "intr" line gives counts of interrupts serviced since boot time, for each | 1077 | The "intr" line gives counts of interrupts serviced since boot time, for each |
1061 | of the possible system interrupts. The first column is the total of all | 1078 | of the possible system interrupts. The first column is the total of all |
@@ -1191,7 +1208,7 @@ The following heuristics are then applied: | |||
1191 | * if the task was reniced, its score doubles | 1208 | * if the task was reniced, its score doubles |
1192 | * superuser or direct hardware access tasks (CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE | 1209 | * superuser or direct hardware access tasks (CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE |
1193 | or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) have their score divided by 4 | 1210 | or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) have their score divided by 4 |
1194 | * if oom condition happened in one cpuset and checked task does not belong | 1211 | * if oom condition happened in one cpuset and checked process does not belong |
1195 | to it, its score is divided by 8 | 1212 | to it, its score is divided by 8 |
1196 | * the resulting score is multiplied by two to the power of oom_adj, i.e. | 1213 | * the resulting score is multiplied by two to the power of oom_adj, i.e. |
1197 | points <<= oom_adj when it is positive and | 1214 | points <<= oom_adj when it is positive and |