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-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/ksm.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/page-types.c304
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt8
3 files changed, 225 insertions, 100 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt b/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt
index 72a22f65960e..262d8e6793a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ The KSM daemon is controlled by sysfs files in /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/,
52readable by all but writable only by root: 52readable by all but writable only by root:
53 53
54max_kernel_pages - set to maximum number of kernel pages that KSM may use 54max_kernel_pages - set to maximum number of kernel pages that KSM may use
55 e.g. "echo 2000 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/max_kernel_pages" 55 e.g. "echo 100000 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/max_kernel_pages"
56 Value 0 imposes no limit on the kernel pages KSM may use; 56 Value 0 imposes no limit on the kernel pages KSM may use;
57 but note that any process using MADV_MERGEABLE can cause 57 but note that any process using MADV_MERGEABLE can cause
58 KSM to allocate these pages, unswappable until it exits. 58 KSM to allocate these pages, unswappable until it exits.
59 Default: 2000 (chosen for demonstration purposes) 59 Default: quarter of memory (chosen to not pin too much)
60 60
61pages_to_scan - how many present pages to scan before ksmd goes to sleep 61pages_to_scan - how many present pages to scan before ksmd goes to sleep
62 e.g. "echo 200 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_to_scan" 62 e.g. "echo 100 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_to_scan"
63 Default: 200 (chosen for demonstration purposes) 63 Default: 100 (chosen for demonstration purposes)
64 64
65sleep_millisecs - how many milliseconds ksmd should sleep before next scan 65sleep_millisecs - how many milliseconds ksmd should sleep before next scan
66 e.g. "echo 20 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/sleep_millisecs" 66 e.g. "echo 20 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/sleep_millisecs"
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ run - set 0 to stop ksmd from running but keep merged pages,
70 set 1 to run ksmd e.g. "echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run", 70 set 1 to run ksmd e.g. "echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run",
71 set 2 to stop ksmd and unmerge all pages currently merged, 71 set 2 to stop ksmd and unmerge all pages currently merged,
72 but leave mergeable areas registered for next run 72 but leave mergeable areas registered for next run
73 Default: 1 (for immediate use by apps which register) 73 Default: 0 (must be changed to 1 to activate KSM,
74 except if CONFIG_SYSFS is disabled)
74 75
75The effectiveness of KSM and MADV_MERGEABLE is shown in /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/: 76The effectiveness of KSM and MADV_MERGEABLE is shown in /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/:
76 77
@@ -86,4 +87,4 @@ pages_volatile embraces several different kinds of activity, but a high
86proportion there would also indicate poor use of madvise MADV_MERGEABLE. 87proportion there would also indicate poor use of madvise MADV_MERGEABLE.
87 88
88Izik Eidus, 89Izik Eidus,
89Hugh Dickins, 30 July 2009 90Hugh Dickins, 24 Sept 2009
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page-types.c b/Documentation/vm/page-types.c
index fa1a30d9e9d5..3ec4f2a22585 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/page-types.c
+++ b/Documentation/vm/page-types.c
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
2 * page-types: Tool for querying page flags 2 * page-types: Tool for querying page flags
3 * 3 *
4 * Copyright (C) 2009 Intel corporation 4 * Copyright (C) 2009 Intel corporation
5 * Copyright (C) 2009 Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> 5 *
6 * Authors: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
7 *
8 * Released under the General Public License (GPL).
6 */ 9 */
7 10
8#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE 11#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
@@ -69,7 +72,9 @@
69#define KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL 16 72#define KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL 16
70#define KPF_HUGE 17 73#define KPF_HUGE 17
71#define KPF_UNEVICTABLE 18 74#define KPF_UNEVICTABLE 18
75#define KPF_HWPOISON 19
72#define KPF_NOPAGE 20 76#define KPF_NOPAGE 20
77#define KPF_KSM 21
73 78
74/* [32-] kernel hacking assistances */ 79/* [32-] kernel hacking assistances */
75#define KPF_RESERVED 32 80#define KPF_RESERVED 32
@@ -116,7 +121,9 @@ static char *page_flag_names[] = {
116 [KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL] = "T:compound_tail", 121 [KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL] = "T:compound_tail",
117 [KPF_HUGE] = "G:huge", 122 [KPF_HUGE] = "G:huge",
118 [KPF_UNEVICTABLE] = "u:unevictable", 123 [KPF_UNEVICTABLE] = "u:unevictable",
124 [KPF_HWPOISON] = "X:hwpoison",
119 [KPF_NOPAGE] = "n:nopage", 125 [KPF_NOPAGE] = "n:nopage",
126 [KPF_KSM] = "x:ksm",
120 127
121 [KPF_RESERVED] = "r:reserved", 128 [KPF_RESERVED] = "r:reserved",
122 [KPF_MLOCKED] = "m:mlocked", 129 [KPF_MLOCKED] = "m:mlocked",
@@ -152,9 +159,6 @@ static unsigned long opt_size[MAX_ADDR_RANGES];
152static int nr_vmas; 159static int nr_vmas;
153static unsigned long pg_start[MAX_VMAS]; 160static unsigned long pg_start[MAX_VMAS];
154static unsigned long pg_end[MAX_VMAS]; 161static unsigned long pg_end[MAX_VMAS];
155static unsigned long voffset;
156
157static int pagemap_fd;
158 162
159#define MAX_BIT_FILTERS 64 163#define MAX_BIT_FILTERS 64
160static int nr_bit_filters; 164static int nr_bit_filters;
@@ -163,9 +167,16 @@ static uint64_t opt_bits[MAX_BIT_FILTERS];
163 167
164static int page_size; 168static int page_size;
165 169
166#define PAGES_BATCH (64 << 10) /* 64k pages */ 170static int pagemap_fd;
167static int kpageflags_fd; 171static int kpageflags_fd;
168 172
173static int opt_hwpoison;
174static int opt_unpoison;
175
176static char *hwpoison_debug_fs = "/debug/hwpoison";
177static int hwpoison_inject_fd;
178static int hwpoison_forget_fd;
179
169#define HASH_SHIFT 13 180#define HASH_SHIFT 13
170#define HASH_SIZE (1 << HASH_SHIFT) 181#define HASH_SIZE (1 << HASH_SHIFT)
171#define HASH_MASK (HASH_SIZE - 1) 182#define HASH_MASK (HASH_SIZE - 1)
@@ -207,6 +218,74 @@ static void fatal(const char *x, ...)
207 exit(EXIT_FAILURE); 218 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
208} 219}
209 220
221int checked_open(const char *pathname, int flags)
222{
223 int fd = open(pathname, flags);
224
225 if (fd < 0) {
226 perror(pathname);
227 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
228 }
229
230 return fd;
231}
232
233/*
234 * pagemap/kpageflags routines
235 */
236
237static unsigned long do_u64_read(int fd, char *name,
238 uint64_t *buf,
239 unsigned long index,
240 unsigned long count)
241{
242 long bytes;
243
244 if (index > ULONG_MAX / 8)
245 fatal("index overflow: %lu\n", index);
246
247 if (lseek(fd, index * 8, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
248 perror(name);
249 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
250 }
251
252 bytes = read(fd, buf, count * 8);
253 if (bytes < 0) {
254 perror(name);
255 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
256 }
257 if (bytes % 8)
258 fatal("partial read: %lu bytes\n", bytes);
259
260 return bytes / 8;
261}
262
263static unsigned long kpageflags_read(uint64_t *buf,
264 unsigned long index,
265 unsigned long pages)
266{
267 return do_u64_read(kpageflags_fd, PROC_KPAGEFLAGS, buf, index, pages);
268}
269
270static unsigned long pagemap_read(uint64_t *buf,
271 unsigned long index,
272 unsigned long pages)
273{
274 return do_u64_read(pagemap_fd, "/proc/pid/pagemap", buf, index, pages);
275}
276
277static unsigned long pagemap_pfn(uint64_t val)
278{
279 unsigned long pfn;
280
281 if (val & PM_PRESENT)
282 pfn = PM_PFRAME(val);
283 else
284 pfn = 0;
285
286 return pfn;
287}
288
210 289
211/* 290/*
212 * page flag names 291 * page flag names
@@ -255,7 +334,8 @@ static char *page_flag_longname(uint64_t flags)
255 * page list and summary 334 * page list and summary
256 */ 335 */
257 336
258static void show_page_range(unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags) 337static void show_page_range(unsigned long voffset,
338 unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags)
259{ 339{
260 static uint64_t flags0; 340 static uint64_t flags0;
261 static unsigned long voff; 341 static unsigned long voff;
@@ -281,7 +361,8 @@ static void show_page_range(unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags)
281 count = 1; 361 count = 1;
282} 362}
283 363
284static void show_page(unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags) 364static void show_page(unsigned long voffset,
365 unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags)
285{ 366{
286 if (opt_pid) 367 if (opt_pid)
287 printf("%lx\t", voffset); 368 printf("%lx\t", voffset);
@@ -362,6 +443,62 @@ static uint64_t well_known_flags(uint64_t flags)
362 return flags; 443 return flags;
363} 444}
364 445
446static uint64_t kpageflags_flags(uint64_t flags)
447{
448 flags = expand_overloaded_flags(flags);
449
450 if (!opt_raw)
451 flags = well_known_flags(flags);
452
453 return flags;
454}
455
456/*
457 * page actions
458 */
459
460static void prepare_hwpoison_fd(void)
461{
462 char buf[100];
463
464 if (opt_hwpoison && !hwpoison_inject_fd) {
465 sprintf(buf, "%s/corrupt-pfn", hwpoison_debug_fs);
466 hwpoison_inject_fd = checked_open(buf, O_WRONLY);
467 }
468
469 if (opt_unpoison && !hwpoison_forget_fd) {
470 sprintf(buf, "%s/renew-pfn", hwpoison_debug_fs);
471 hwpoison_forget_fd = checked_open(buf, O_WRONLY);
472 }
473}
474
475static int hwpoison_page(unsigned long offset)
476{
477 char buf[100];
478 int len;
479
480 len = sprintf(buf, "0x%lx\n", offset);
481 len = write(hwpoison_inject_fd, buf, len);
482 if (len < 0) {
483 perror("hwpoison inject");
484 return len;
485 }
486 return 0;
487}
488
489static int unpoison_page(unsigned long offset)
490{
491 char buf[100];
492 int len;
493
494 len = sprintf(buf, "0x%lx\n", offset);
495 len = write(hwpoison_forget_fd, buf, len);
496 if (len < 0) {
497 perror("hwpoison forget");
498 return len;
499 }
500 return 0;
501}
365 502
366/* 503/*
367 * page frame walker 504 * page frame walker
@@ -394,104 +531,83 @@ static int hash_slot(uint64_t flags)
394 exit(EXIT_FAILURE); 531 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
395} 532}
396 533
397static void add_page(unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags) 534static void add_page(unsigned long voffset,
535 unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags)
398{ 536{
399 flags = expand_overloaded_flags(flags); 537 flags = kpageflags_flags(flags);
400
401 if (!opt_raw)
402 flags = well_known_flags(flags);
403 538
404 if (!bit_mask_ok(flags)) 539 if (!bit_mask_ok(flags))
405 return; 540 return;
406 541
542 if (opt_hwpoison)
543 hwpoison_page(offset);
544 if (opt_unpoison)
545 unpoison_page(offset);
546
407 if (opt_list == 1) 547 if (opt_list == 1)
408 show_page_range(offset, flags); 548 show_page_range(voffset, offset, flags);
409 else if (opt_list == 2) 549 else if (opt_list == 2)
410 show_page(offset, flags); 550 show_page(voffset, offset, flags);
411 551
412 nr_pages[hash_slot(flags)]++; 552 nr_pages[hash_slot(flags)]++;
413 total_pages++; 553 total_pages++;
414} 554}
415 555
416static void walk_pfn(unsigned long index, unsigned long count) 556#define KPAGEFLAGS_BATCH (64 << 10) /* 64k pages */
557static void walk_pfn(unsigned long voffset,
558 unsigned long index,
559 unsigned long count)
417{ 560{
561 uint64_t buf[KPAGEFLAGS_BATCH];
418 unsigned long batch; 562 unsigned long batch;
419 unsigned long n; 563 unsigned long pages;
420 unsigned long i; 564 unsigned long i;
421 565
422 if (index > ULONG_MAX / KPF_BYTES)
423 fatal("index overflow: %lu\n", index);
424
425 lseek(kpageflags_fd, index * KPF_BYTES, SEEK_SET);
426
427 while (count) { 566 while (count) {
428 uint64_t kpageflags_buf[KPF_BYTES * PAGES_BATCH]; 567 batch = min_t(unsigned long, count, KPAGEFLAGS_BATCH);
429 568 pages = kpageflags_read(buf, index, batch);
430 batch = min_t(unsigned long, count, PAGES_BATCH); 569 if (pages == 0)
431 n = read(kpageflags_fd, kpageflags_buf, batch * KPF_BYTES);
432 if (n == 0)
433 break; 570 break;
434 if (n < 0) {
435 perror(PROC_KPAGEFLAGS);
436 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
437 }
438 571
439 if (n % KPF_BYTES != 0) 572 for (i = 0; i < pages; i++)
440 fatal("partial read: %lu bytes\n", n); 573 add_page(voffset + i, index + i, buf[i]);
441 n = n / KPF_BYTES;
442 574
443 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) 575 index += pages;
444 add_page(index + i, kpageflags_buf[i]); 576 count -= pages;
445
446 index += batch;
447 count -= batch;
448 } 577 }
449} 578}
450 579
451 580#define PAGEMAP_BATCH (64 << 10)
452#define PAGEMAP_BATCH 4096 581static void walk_vma(unsigned long index, unsigned long count)
453static unsigned long task_pfn(unsigned long pgoff)
454{ 582{
455 static uint64_t buf[PAGEMAP_BATCH]; 583 uint64_t buf[PAGEMAP_BATCH];
456 static unsigned long start; 584 unsigned long batch;
457 static long count; 585 unsigned long pages;
458 uint64_t pfn; 586 unsigned long pfn;
587 unsigned long i;
459 588
460 if (pgoff < start || pgoff >= start + count) { 589 while (count) {
461 if (lseek64(pagemap_fd, 590 batch = min_t(unsigned long, count, PAGEMAP_BATCH);
462 (uint64_t)pgoff * PM_ENTRY_BYTES, 591 pages = pagemap_read(buf, index, batch);
463 SEEK_SET) < 0) { 592 if (pages == 0)
464 perror("pagemap seek"); 593 break;
465 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
466 }
467 count = read(pagemap_fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
468 if (count == 0)
469 return 0;
470 if (count < 0) {
471 perror("pagemap read");
472 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
473 }
474 if (count % PM_ENTRY_BYTES) {
475 fatal("pagemap read not aligned.\n");
476 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
477 }
478 count /= PM_ENTRY_BYTES;
479 start = pgoff;
480 }
481 594
482 pfn = buf[pgoff - start]; 595 for (i = 0; i < pages; i++) {
483 if (pfn & PM_PRESENT) 596 pfn = pagemap_pfn(buf[i]);
484 pfn = PM_PFRAME(pfn); 597 if (pfn)
485 else 598 walk_pfn(index + i, pfn, 1);
486 pfn = 0; 599 }
487 600
488 return pfn; 601 index += pages;
602 count -= pages;
603 }
489} 604}
490 605
491static void walk_task(unsigned long index, unsigned long count) 606static void walk_task(unsigned long index, unsigned long count)
492{ 607{
493 int i = 0;
494 const unsigned long end = index + count; 608 const unsigned long end = index + count;
609 unsigned long start;
610 int i = 0;
495 611
496 while (index < end) { 612 while (index < end) {
497 613
@@ -501,15 +617,11 @@ static void walk_task(unsigned long index, unsigned long count)
501 if (pg_start[i] >= end) 617 if (pg_start[i] >= end)
502 return; 618 return;
503 619
504 voffset = max_t(unsigned long, pg_start[i], index); 620 start = max_t(unsigned long, pg_start[i], index);
505 index = min_t(unsigned long, pg_end[i], end); 621 index = min_t(unsigned long, pg_end[i], end);
506 622
507 assert(voffset < index); 623 assert(start < index);
508 for (; voffset < index; voffset++) { 624 walk_vma(start, index - start);
509 unsigned long pfn = task_pfn(voffset);
510 if (pfn)
511 walk_pfn(pfn, 1);
512 }
513 } 625 }
514} 626}
515 627
@@ -527,18 +639,14 @@ static void walk_addr_ranges(void)
527{ 639{
528 int i; 640 int i;
529 641
530 kpageflags_fd = open(PROC_KPAGEFLAGS, O_RDONLY); 642 kpageflags_fd = checked_open(PROC_KPAGEFLAGS, O_RDONLY);
531 if (kpageflags_fd < 0) {
532 perror(PROC_KPAGEFLAGS);
533 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
534 }
535 643
536 if (!nr_addr_ranges) 644 if (!nr_addr_ranges)
537 add_addr_range(0, ULONG_MAX); 645 add_addr_range(0, ULONG_MAX);
538 646
539 for (i = 0; i < nr_addr_ranges; i++) 647 for (i = 0; i < nr_addr_ranges; i++)
540 if (!opt_pid) 648 if (!opt_pid)
541 walk_pfn(opt_offset[i], opt_size[i]); 649 walk_pfn(0, opt_offset[i], opt_size[i]);
542 else 650 else
543 walk_task(opt_offset[i], opt_size[i]); 651 walk_task(opt_offset[i], opt_size[i]);
544 652
@@ -575,6 +683,8 @@ static void usage(void)
575" -l|--list Show page details in ranges\n" 683" -l|--list Show page details in ranges\n"
576" -L|--list-each Show page details one by one\n" 684" -L|--list-each Show page details one by one\n"
577" -N|--no-summary Don't show summay info\n" 685" -N|--no-summary Don't show summay info\n"
686" -X|--hwpoison hwpoison pages\n"
687" -x|--unpoison unpoison pages\n"
578" -h|--help Show this usage message\n" 688" -h|--help Show this usage message\n"
579"addr-spec:\n" 689"addr-spec:\n"
580" N one page at offset N (unit: pages)\n" 690" N one page at offset N (unit: pages)\n"
@@ -624,11 +734,7 @@ static void parse_pid(const char *str)
624 opt_pid = parse_number(str); 734 opt_pid = parse_number(str);
625 735
626 sprintf(buf, "/proc/%d/pagemap", opt_pid); 736 sprintf(buf, "/proc/%d/pagemap", opt_pid);
627 pagemap_fd = open(buf, O_RDONLY); 737 pagemap_fd = checked_open(buf, O_RDONLY);
628 if (pagemap_fd < 0) {
629 perror(buf);
630 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
631 }
632 738
633 sprintf(buf, "/proc/%d/maps", opt_pid); 739 sprintf(buf, "/proc/%d/maps", opt_pid);
634 file = fopen(buf, "r"); 740 file = fopen(buf, "r");
@@ -788,6 +894,8 @@ static struct option opts[] = {
788 { "list" , 0, NULL, 'l' }, 894 { "list" , 0, NULL, 'l' },
789 { "list-each" , 0, NULL, 'L' }, 895 { "list-each" , 0, NULL, 'L' },
790 { "no-summary", 0, NULL, 'N' }, 896 { "no-summary", 0, NULL, 'N' },
897 { "hwpoison" , 0, NULL, 'X' },
898 { "unpoison" , 0, NULL, 'x' },
791 { "help" , 0, NULL, 'h' }, 899 { "help" , 0, NULL, 'h' },
792 { NULL , 0, NULL, 0 } 900 { NULL , 0, NULL, 0 }
793}; 901};
@@ -799,7 +907,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
799 page_size = getpagesize(); 907 page_size = getpagesize();
800 908
801 while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, 909 while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv,
802 "rp:f:a:b:lLNh", opts, NULL)) != -1) { 910 "rp:f:a:b:lLNXxh", opts, NULL)) != -1) {
803 switch (c) { 911 switch (c) {
804 case 'r': 912 case 'r':
805 opt_raw = 1; 913 opt_raw = 1;
@@ -825,6 +933,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
825 case 'N': 933 case 'N':
826 opt_no_summary = 1; 934 opt_no_summary = 1;
827 break; 935 break;
936 case 'X':
937 opt_hwpoison = 1;
938 prepare_hwpoison_fd();
939 break;
940 case 'x':
941 opt_unpoison = 1;
942 prepare_hwpoison_fd();
943 break;
828 case 'h': 944 case 'h':
829 usage(); 945 usage();
830 exit(0); 946 exit(0);
@@ -844,7 +960,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
844 walk_addr_ranges(); 960 walk_addr_ranges();
845 961
846 if (opt_list == 1) 962 if (opt_list == 1)
847 show_page_range(0, 0); /* drain the buffer */ 963 show_page_range(0, 0, 0); /* drain the buffer */
848 964
849 if (opt_no_summary) 965 if (opt_no_summary)
850 return 0; 966 return 0;
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt b/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt
index 600a304a828c..df09b9650a81 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ There are three components to pagemap:
57 16. COMPOUND_TAIL 57 16. COMPOUND_TAIL
58 16. HUGE 58 16. HUGE
59 18. UNEVICTABLE 59 18. UNEVICTABLE
60 19. HWPOISON
60 20. NOPAGE 61 20. NOPAGE
62 21. KSM
61 63
62Short descriptions to the page flags: 64Short descriptions to the page flags:
63 65
@@ -86,9 +88,15 @@ Short descriptions to the page flags:
8617. HUGE 8817. HUGE
87 this is an integral part of a HugeTLB page 89 this is an integral part of a HugeTLB page
88 90
9119. HWPOISON
92 hardware detected memory corruption on this page: don't touch the data!
93
8920. NOPAGE 9420. NOPAGE
90 no page frame exists at the requested address 95 no page frame exists at the requested address
91 96
9721. KSM
98 identical memory pages dynamically shared between one or more processes
99
92 [IO related page flags] 100 [IO related page flags]
93 1. ERROR IO error occurred 101 1. ERROR IO error occurred
94 3. UPTODATE page has up-to-date data 102 3. UPTODATE page has up-to-date data