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2012-03-21pagemap: document KPF_THP and make page-types aware of itNaoya Horiguchi1-0/+4
page-types, which is a common user of pagemap, gets aware of thp with this patch. This helps system admins and kernel hackers know about how thp works. Here is a sample output of page-types over a thp: $ page-types -p <pid> --raw --list voffset offset len flags ... 7f9d40200 3f8400 1 ___U_lA____Ma_bH______t____________ 7f9d40201 3f8401 1ff ________________T_____t____________ flags page-count MB symbolic-flags long-symbolic-flags 0x0000000000410000 511 1 ________________T_____t____________ compound_tail,thp 0x000000000040d868 1 0 ___U_lA____Ma_bH______t____________ uptodate,lru,active,mmap,anonymous,swapbacked,compound_head,thp Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com> Acked-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-10-08pagemap: document KPF_KSM and show it in page-typesWu Fengguang1-0/+4
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>
2009-10-08pagemap: export KPF_HWPOISONWu Fengguang1-0/+4
This flag indicates a hardware detected memory corruption on the page. Any future access of the page data may bring down the machine. Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-16pagemap: document 9 more exported page flagsWu Fengguang1-0/+62
Also add short descriptions for all of the 20 exported page flags. Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-16pagemap: document clarificationsWu Fengguang1-3/+3
Some bit ranges were inclusive and some not. Fix them to be consistently inclusive. Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-06pagemap: add documentation for pagemapThomas Tuttle1-0/+77
Just a quick explanation of the pagemap interface from a userspace point of view, and an example of how to use it (in English, not code). Signed-off-by: Thomas Tuttle <ttuttle@google.com> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>