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2022-06-27docs: rename Documentation/vm to Documentation/mmMike Rapoport
so it will be consistent with code mm directory and with Documentation/admin-guide/mm and won't be confused with virtual machines. Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Tested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Acked-by: Wu XiangCheng <bobwxc@email.cn>
2022-05-13docs: vm/page_owner: tweak literal block in STANDARD FORMAT SPECIFIERSAkira Yokosawa
A semantic conflict between commit 5603f9bdea68 ("docs: vm/page_owner: use literal blocks for param description") and a change queued for v5.19 authored by Jiajian Ye ("tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: support sorting blocks by multiple keys") results in a warning from "make htmldocs" saying: [...]/vm/page_owner.rst:176: WARNING: Literal block expected; none found. This is because a literal block in ReST ends at a line which has the same indent as the paragraph preceding it. In this case the one with no indent. Indent the two "For --xxxx option:" lines by two columns and make the whole section a literal block. While at it, fix indents by white spaces of "ator" keys. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/fdfecc82-d41e-6d8a-738d-4beb6faa27fb@gmail.com Signed-of-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Reported-by: Shenghong Han <hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Chongxi Zhao <zhaochongxi2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yinan Zhang <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@huawei.com> Cc: Yuhong Feng <yuhongf@szu.edu.cn> Cc: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@meizu.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2022-04-28tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: provide allocator labelling and update --cull ↵Yixuan Cao
and --sort options An application is suspected of having memory leak when its memory consumption is high and keeps increasing. There are several commonly used memory allocators: slab, cma, vmalloc, etc. The memory leak identification can be sped up if the page information allocated by an allocator can be analyzed separately. This patch provides supports for memory allocator labelling for slab, vmalloc, and cma. The pages allocated by slab and cma can be confirmed from the "PFN" line according to the kernel codes, and the label of the vmalloc allocator can be obtained by analyzing the stack trace. Thanks for Vlastimil Babka's constructive suggestions. Based on Yinan Zhang's study, the call chain of vmalloc() is vmalloc() -> ... -> __vmalloc_node_range() -> __vmalloc_area_node(). __vmalloc_area_node() requests memory through the interface of buddy allocation system. In the current version, __vmalloc_area_node() uses four interfaces: alloc_pages_bulk_array_mempolicy(), alloc_pages_bulk_array_node(), alloc_pages() and alloc_pages_node(). By disassembling the code, we find that __vmalloc_area_node() is expanded in __vmalloc_node_range(). So __vmalloc_area_node is not in the stack trace. On the test machine, the stack trace of pages allocated by vmalloc has the following four forms: __alloc_pages_bulk+0x230/0x6a0 __vmalloc_node_range+0x19c/0x598 alloc_pages_bulk_array_mempolicy+0xbc/0x278 __vmalloc_node_range+0x1e8/0x598 __alloc_pages+0x160/0x2b0 __vmalloc_node_range+0x234/0x598 alloc_pages+0xac/0x150 __vmalloc_node_range+0x44c/0x598 Therefore, in two consecutive lines of stacktrace, if the first line contains the word "alloc_pages" and the second line contains the word "__vmalloc_node_range", it can be determined that the page is allocated by vmalloc. And the function offset and size are not the same on different machines, so there is no need to match them. At the same time, this patch updates the --cull and --sort options to support allocator-based merge statistics and sorting. The added functions are fully compatible with the original work. When using, you can use "allocator", or abbreviated as "ator". Relevant updates have also been made in the documentation(Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst). Example: ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull=st,pid,name,allocator ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --sort=ator,pid,name This work is coauthored by Jiajian Ye, Yinan Zhang, Shenghong Han, Chongxi Zhao, Yuhong Feng and Yongqiang Liu. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220410132932.9402-1-caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Chongxi Zhao <zhaochongxi2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@meizu.com> Cc: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com> Cc: Shenghong Han <hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yinan Zhang <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@huawei.com> Cc: Yuhong Feng <yuhongf@szu.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2022-04-28tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: support sorting blocks by multiple keysJiajian Ye
When viewing page owner information, we may want to sort blocks of information by multiple keys, since one single key does not uniquely identify a block. Therefore, following adjustments are made: 1. Add a new --sort option to support sorting blocks of information by multiple keys. ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --sort=<order> ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --sort <order> <order> is a single argument in the form of a comma-separated list, which offers a way to specify sorting order. Sorting syntax is [+|-]key[,[+|-]key[,...]]. The ascending or descending order can be specified by adding the + (ascending, default) or - (descend -ing) prefix to the key: ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> [option] --sort -key1,+key2,key3... For example, to sort the blocks first by task command name in lexicographic order and then by pid in ascending numerical order, use the following: ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --sort=name,+pid To sort the blocks first by pid in ascending order and then by timestamp of the page when it is allocated in descending order, use the following: ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --sort=pid,-alloc_ts 2. Add explanations of a newly added --sort option in the function usage() and the document(Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst). This work is coauthored by Yixuan Cao Shenghong Han Yinan Zhang Chongxi Zhao Yuhong Feng Yongqiang Liu Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220401024856.767-3-yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Chongxi Zhao <zhaochongxi2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Shenghong Han <hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yinan Zhang <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@huawei.com> Cc: Yuhong Feng <yuhongf@szu.edu.cn> Cc: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@meizu.com> Cc: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2022-04-28tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: support for multi-value selection in single argumentJiajian Ye
When viewing page owner information, we may want to select blocks whose PID/TGID/TASK_COMM_NAME appears in a user-specified list for data analysis and aggregation. But currently page_owner_sort only supports selecting blocks associated with only one specified PID/TGID/TASK_COMM_NAME. Therefore, following adjustments are made to fix the problem: 1. Enhance selecting function to support the selection of multiple PIDs/TGIDs/TASK_COMM_NAMEs. The enhanced usages are as follows: --pid <pidlist> Select by pid. This selects the blocks whose PID numbers appear in <pidlist>. --tgid <tgidlist> Select by tgid. This selects the blocks whose TGID numbers appear in <tgidlist>. --name <cmdlist> Select by task command name. This selects the blocks whose task command name appear in <cmdlist>. Where <pidlist>, <tgidlist>, <cmdlist> are single arguments in the form of a comma-separated list,which offers a way to specify individual selecting rules. For example, if you want to select blocks whose tgids are 1, 2 or 3, you have to use 4 commands as follows: ./page_owner_sort <input> <output1> --tgid=1 ./page_owner_sort <input> <output2> --tgid=2 ./page_owner_sort <input> <output3> --tgid=3 cat <output1> <output2> <output3> > <output> With this patch, you can use only 1 command to obtain the same result as above: ./page_owner_sort <input> <output1> --tgid=1,2,3 2. Update explanations of --pid, --tgid and --name in the function usage() and the document(Documents/vm/page_owner.rst). This work is coauthored by Yixuan Cao Shenghong Han Yinan Zhang Chongxi Zhao Yuhong Feng Yongqiang Liu Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220401024856.767-2-yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Chongxi Zhao <zhaochongxi2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Shenghong Han <hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yinan Zhang <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@huawei.com> Cc: Yuhong Feng <yuhongf@szu.edu.cn> Cc: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@meizu.com> Cc: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2022-04-27docs: vm/page_owner: use literal blocks for param descriptionAkira Yokosawa
Sphinx generates hard-to-read lists of parameters at the bottom of the page. Fix them by putting literal-block markers of "::" in front of them. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cfd3bcc0-b51d-0c68-c065-ca1c4c202447@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Fixes: 57f2b54a9379 ("Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst: update the documentation") Cc: Shenghong Han <hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@meizu.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Alex Shi <seakeel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-04-01doc/vm/page_owner.rst: remove content related to -c optionYinan Zhang
-c option has been removed from page_owner_sort.c. Remove the usage of -c option from Documentation. This work is coauthored by Shenghong Han Yixuan Cao Chongxi Zhao Jiajian Ye Yuhong Feng Yongqiang Liu Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220326085920.1470081-2-zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Yinan Zhang <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Cc: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com> Cc: Tang Bin <tangbin@cmss.chinamobile.com> Cc: Zhenliang Wei <weizhenliang@huawei.com> Cc: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org> Cc: Chongxi Zhao <zhaochongxi2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yuhong Feng <yuhongf@szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-03-24tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: support for user-defined culling rulesJiajian Ye
When viewing page owner information, we may want to cull blocks of information with our own rules. So it is important to enhance culling function to provide the support for customizing culling rules. Therefore, following adjustments are made: 1. Add --cull option to support the culling of blocks of information with user-defined culling rules. ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull=<rules> ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull <rules> <rules> is a single argument in the form of a comma-separated list to specify individual culling rules, by the sequence of keys k1,k2, .... Mixed use of abbreviated and complete-form of keys is allowed. For reference, please see the document(Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst). Now, assuming two blocks in the input file are as follows: Page allocated via order 0, mask xxxx, pid 1, tgid 1 (task_name_demo) PFN xxxx prep_new_page+0xd0/0xf8 get_page_from_freelist+0x4a0/0x1290 __alloc_pages+0x168/0x340 alloc_pages+0xb0/0x158 Page allocated via order 0, mask xxxx, pid 32, tgid 32 (task_name_demo) PFN xxxx prep_new_page+0xd0/0xf8 get_page_from_freelist+0x4a0/0x1290 __alloc_pages+0x168/0x340 alloc_pages+0xb0/0x158 If we want to cull the blocks by stacktrace and task command name, we can use this command: ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull=stacktrace,name The output would be like: 2 times, 2 pages, task_comm_name: task_name_demo prep_new_page+0xd0/0xf8 get_page_from_freelist+0x4a0/0x1290 __alloc_pages+0x168/0x340 alloc_pages+0xb0/0x158 As we can see, these two blocks are culled successfully, for they share the same pid and task command name. However, if we want to cull the blocks by pid, stacktrace and task command name, we can this command: ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull=stacktrace,name,pid The output would be like: 1 times, 1 pages, PID 1, task_comm_name: task_name_demo prep_new_page+0xd0/0xf8 get_page_from_freelist+0x4a0/0x1290 __alloc_pages+0x168/0x340 alloc_pages+0xb0/0x158 1 times, 1 pages, PID 32, task_comm_name: task_name_demo prep_new_page+0xd0/0xf8 get_page_from_freelist+0x4a0/0x1290 __alloc_pages+0x168/0x340 alloc_pages+0xb0/0x158 As we can see, these two blocks are failed to cull, for their PIDs are different. 2. Add explanations of --cull options to the document. This work is coauthored by Yixuan Cao Shenghong Han Yinan Zhang Chongxi Zhao Yuhong Feng Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220312145834.624-1-yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Shenghong Han <hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yinan Zhang <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Chongxi Zhao <zhaochongxi2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yuhong Feng <yuhongf@szu.edu.cn> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Cc: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-03-24tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: support for selecting by PID, TGID or task ↵Jiajian Ye
command name When viewing page owner information, we may also need to select the blocks by PID, TGID or task command name, which helps to get more accurate page allocation information as needed. Therefore, following adjustments are made: 1. Add three new options, including --pid, --tgid and --name, to support the selection of information blocks by a specific pid, tgid and task command name. In addtion, multiple options are allowed to be used at the same time. ./page_owner_sort [input] [output] --pid <PID> ./page_owner_sort [input] [output] --tgid <TGID> ./page_owner_sort [input] [output] --name <TASK_COMMAND_NAME> Assuming a scenario when a multi-threaded program, ./demo (PID = 5280), is running, and ./demo creates a child process (PID = 5281). $ps PID TTY TIME CMD 5215 pts/0 00:00:00 bash 5280 pts/0 00:00:00 ./demo 5281 pts/0 00:00:00 ./demo 5282 pts/0 00:00:00 ps It would be better to filter out the records with tgid=5280 and the task name "demo" when debugging the parent process, and the specific usage is ./page_owner_sort [input] [output] --tgid 5280 --name demo 2. Add explanations of three new options, including --pid, --tgid and --name, to the document. This work is coauthored by Shenghong Han <hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn>, Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn>, Yinan Zhang <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn>, Chongxi Zhao <zhaochongxi2019@email.szu.edu.cn>, Yuhong Feng <yuhongf@szu.edu.cn>. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1646835223-7584-1-git-send-email-yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Cc: Zhenliang Wei <weizhenliang@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-03-24tools/vm/page_owner_sort: support for sorting by task command nameJiajian Ye
When viewing page owner information, we may also need to the block to be sorted by task command name. Therefore, the following adjustments are made: 1. Add a member variable to record task command name of block. 2. Add a new -n option to sort the information of blocks by task command name. 3. Add -n option explanation in the document. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220306030640.43054-2-yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Cc: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com> Cc: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Zhenliang Wei <weizhenliang@huawei.com> Cc: <zhaochongxi2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: <hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-03-24tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: support sorting by tgid and update documentationJiajian Ye
When the "page owner" information is read, the information sorted by TGID is expected. As a result, the following adjustments have been made: 1. Add a new -P option to sort the information of blocks by TGID in ascending order. 2. Adjust the order of member variables in block_list strust to avoid one 4 byte hole. 3. Add -P option explanation in the document. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220301151438.166118-3-yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Cc: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Zhenliang Wei <weizhenliang@huawei.com> Cc: Yinan Zhang <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-03-24tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: fix commentsJiajian Ye
Two adjustments are made: 1. Correct a grammatical error: replace the "what" in "Do the job what you want to debug" with "that". 2. Replace "has not been" with "has been" in the description of the -f option: According to Commit b1c9ba071e7d ("tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: fix the instructions for use"), the description of the "-f" option is "Filter out the information of blocks whose memory has been released." Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220301151438.166118-1-yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Cc: Yinan Zhang <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Zhenliang Wei <weizhenliang@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-03-24Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst: fix unexpected indentation warnsShuah Khan
Fix Unexpected indentation warns in page_owner: Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst:92: WARNING: Unexpected indentation. Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst:96: WARNING: Unexpected indentation. Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst:107: WARNING: Unexpected indentation. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211215001929.47866-1-skhan@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-03-24Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst: update the documentationShenghong Han
Update the documentation of ``page_owner``. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: small grammatical tweaks] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211214134736.2569-1-hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Shenghong Han <hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org> Cc: Liam Mark <lmark@codeaurora.org> Cc: Tang Bin <tangbin@cmss.chinamobile.com> Cc: Zhang Shengju <zhangshengju@cmss.chinamobile.com> Cc: Zhenliang Wei <weizhenliang@huawei.com> Cc: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-02-24docs: fix RST error in vm/page_owner.rstJonathan Corbet
Commit f7df2b1cf03a ("tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: count and sort by mem") added a literal text block without the necessary markup, leading to these warnings in the docs build: Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst:92: WARNING: Unexpected indentation. Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst:96: WARNING: Unexpected indentation. Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst:107: WARNING: Unexpected indentation. Add the necessary colons and make the build quieter. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2022-02-24Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst: fix languageYixuan Cao
There are some words that need to be fixed. Thanks for Shuah Khan's constructive suggestions. The text has been fixed as follows. a. So, if you'd like to use it, you need to add "page_owner=on" into your boot cmdline. Here, "into" has been replaced with "to". b. ...page owner is disabled in runtime due to no enabling, boot option, runtime overhead is marginal. Here, "no" has been replaced with "not". Signed-off-by: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220223134104.2663-1-caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-11-06tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: count and sort by memZhenliang Wei
When viewing page owner information, we may be more concerned about the total memory rather than the times of stack appears. Therefore, the following adjustments are made: 1. Added the statistics on the total number of pages. 2. Added the optional parameter "-m" to configure the program to sort by memory (total pages). The general output of page_owner is as follows: Page allocated via order XXX, ... PFN XXX ... // Detailed stack Page allocated via order XXX, ... PFN XXX ... // Detailed stack The original page_owner_sort ignores PFN rows, puts the remaining rows in buf, counts the times of buf, and finally sorts them according to the times. General output: XXX times: Page allocated via order XXX, ... // Detailed stack Now, we use regexp to extract the page order value from the buf, and count the total pages for the buf. General output: XXX times, XXX pages: Page allocated via order XXX, ... // Detailed stack By default, it is still sorted by the times of buf; If you want to sort by the pages nums of buf, use the new -m parameter. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1631678242-41033-1-git-send-email-weizhenliang@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Zhenliang Wei <weizhenliang@huawei.com> Cc: Tang Bin <tangbin@cmss.chinamobile.com> Cc: Zhang Shengju <zhangshengju@cmss.chinamobile.com> Cc: Zhenliang Wei <weizhenliang@huawei.com> Cc: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-04-30mm/page_owner: record the timestamp of all pages during freeGeorgi Djakov
Collect the time when each allocation is freed, to help with memory analysis with kdump/ramdump. Add the timestamp also in the page_owner debugfs file and print it in dump_page(). Having another timestamp when we free the page helps for debugging page migration issues. For example both alloc and free timestamps being the same can gave hints that there is an issue with migrating memory, as opposed to a page just being dropped during migration. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210203175905.12267-1-georgi.djakov@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-12-15mm/page_owner: record timestamp and pidLiam Mark
Collect the time for each allocation recorded in page owner so that allocation "surges" can be measured. Record the pid for each allocation recorded in page owner so that the source of allocation "surges" can be better identified. The above is very useful when doing memory analysis. On a crash for example, we can get this information from kdump (or ramdump) and parse it to figure out memory allocation problems. Please note that on x86_64 this increases the size of struct page_owner from 16 bytes to 32. Vlastimil: it's not a functionality intended for production, so unless somebody says they need to enable page_owner for debugging and this increase prevents them from fitting into available memory, let's not complicate things with making this optional. [lmark@codeaurora.org: v3] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201210160357.27779-1-georgi.djakov@linaro.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201209125153.10533-1-georgi.djakov@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Liam Mark <lmark@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Acked-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-10-22docs/vm: trivial fixes to several spelling mistakesColin Ian King
Fix several spelling mistakes in vm documentation. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201022142653.254429-1-colin.king@canonical.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-06-03tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: filter out unneeded lineChanghee Han
To see a sorted result from page_owner, there must be a tiresome preprocessing step before running page_owner_sort. This patch simply filters out lines which start with "PFN" while reading the page owner report. Signed-off-by: Changhee Han <ch0.han@lge.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200429052940.16968-1-ch0.han@lge.com Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-16docs/vm: rename documentation files to .rstMike Rapoport
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>