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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index fd8d0d594fc7..fcc22c982a25 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | |||
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is | |||
473 | enabled. | 473 | enabled. |
474 | 474 | ||
475 | The /proc/PID/clear_refs is used to reset the PG_Referenced and ACCESSED/YOUNG | 475 | The /proc/PID/clear_refs is used to reset the PG_Referenced and ACCESSED/YOUNG |
476 | bits on both physical and virtual pages associated with a process. | 476 | bits on both physical and virtual pages associated with a process, and the |
477 | soft-dirty bit on pte (see Documentation/vm/soft-dirty.txt for details). | ||
477 | To clear the bits for all the pages associated with the process | 478 | To clear the bits for all the pages associated with the process |
478 | > echo 1 > /proc/PID/clear_refs | 479 | > echo 1 > /proc/PID/clear_refs |
479 | 480 | ||
@@ -482,6 +483,10 @@ To clear the bits for the anonymous pages associated with the process | |||
482 | 483 | ||
483 | To clear the bits for the file mapped pages associated with the process | 484 | To clear the bits for the file mapped pages associated with the process |
484 | > echo 3 > /proc/PID/clear_refs | 485 | > echo 3 > /proc/PID/clear_refs |
486 | |||
487 | To clear the soft-dirty bit | ||
488 | > echo 4 > /proc/PID/clear_refs | ||
489 | |||
485 | Any other value written to /proc/PID/clear_refs will have no effect. | 490 | Any other value written to /proc/PID/clear_refs will have no effect. |
486 | 491 | ||
487 | The /proc/pid/pagemap gives the PFN, which can be used to find the pageflags | 492 | The /proc/pid/pagemap gives the PFN, which can be used to find the pageflags |