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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-10-09 22:26:14 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-10-09 22:26:14 -0400
commit0cf744bc7ae8e0072159a901f6e1a159bbc30ffa (patch)
treefc8222a3a5af4f42226070c3f76462cfcf0b4e50 /Documentation
parentb528392669415dc1e53a047215e5ad6c2de879fc (diff)
parent7f8998c7aef3ac9c5f3f2943e083dfa6302e90d0 (diff)
Merge branch 'akpm' (fixes from Andrew Morton)
Merge patch-bomb from Andrew Morton: - part of OCFS2 (review is laggy again) - procfs - slab - all of MM - zram, zbud - various other random things: arch, filesystems. * emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (164 commits) nosave: consolidate __nosave_{begin,end} in <asm/sections.h> include/linux/screen_info.h: remove unused ORIG_* macros kernel/sys.c: compat sysinfo syscall: fix undefined behavior kernel/sys.c: whitespace fixes acct: eliminate compile warning kernel/async.c: switch to pr_foo() include/linux/blkdev.h: use NULL instead of zero include/linux/kernel.h: deduplicate code implementing clamp* macros include/linux/kernel.h: rewrite min3, max3 and clamp using min and max alpha: use Kbuild logic to include <asm-generic/sections.h> frv: remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED frv: remove unused cpuinfo_frv and friends to fix future build error zbud: avoid accessing last unused freelist zsmalloc: simplify init_zspage free obj linking mm/zsmalloc.c: correct comment for fullness group computation zram: use notify_free to account all free notifications zram: report maximum used memory zram: zram memory size limitation zsmalloc: change return value unit of zs_get_total_size_bytes zsmalloc: move pages_allocated to zs_pool ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt11
6 files changed, 77 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node
index ce259c13c36a..5b2d0f08867c 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node
@@ -85,14 +85,6 @@ Description:
will be compacted. When it completes, memory will be freed
into blocks which have as many contiguous pages as possible
-What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/scan_unevictable_pages
-Date: October 2008
-Contact: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com>
-Description:
- When set, it triggers scanning the node's unevictable lists
- and move any pages that have become evictable onto the respective
- zone's inactive list. See mm/vmscan.c
-
What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/hugepages/hugepages-<size>/
Date: December 2009
Contact: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram
index 70ec992514d0..a6148eaf91e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram
@@ -77,11 +77,14 @@ What: /sys/block/zram<id>/notify_free
Date: August 2010
Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
Description:
- The notify_free file is read-only and specifies the number of
- swap slot free notifications received by this device. These
- notifications are sent to a swap block device when a swap slot
- is freed. This statistic is applicable only when this disk is
- being used as a swap disk.
+ The notify_free file is read-only. Depending on device usage
+ scenario it may account a) the number of pages freed because
+ of swap slot free notifications or b) the number of pages freed
+ because of REQ_DISCARD requests sent by bio. The former ones
+ are sent to a swap block device when a swap slot is freed, which
+ implies that this disk is being used as a swap disk. The latter
+ ones are sent by filesystem mounted with discard option,
+ whenever some data blocks are getting discarded.
What: /sys/block/zram<id>/zero_pages
Date: August 2010
@@ -119,3 +122,22 @@ Description:
efficiency can be calculated using compr_data_size and this
statistic.
Unit: bytes
+
+What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_used_max
+Date: August 2014
+Contact: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
+Description:
+ The mem_used_max file is read/write and specifies the amount
+ of maximum memory zram have consumed to store compressed data.
+ For resetting the value, you should write "0". Otherwise,
+ you could see -EINVAL.
+ Unit: bytes
+
+What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_limit
+Date: August 2014
+Contact: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
+Description:
+ The mem_limit file is read/write and specifies the maximum
+ amount of memory ZRAM can use to store the compressed data. The
+ limit could be changed in run time and "0" means disable the
+ limit. No limit is the initial state. Unit: bytes
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
index 7405de26ee60..deef3b5723cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ Users: hotplug memory remove tools
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/LinuxP/powerpc-utils
+What: /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/valid_zones
+Date: July 2014
+Contact: Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@huawei.com>
+Description:
+ The file /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/valid_zones is
+ read-only and is designed to show which zone this memory
+ block can be onlined to.
+
What: /sys/devices/system/memoryX/nodeY
Date: October 2009
Contact: Linux Memory Management list <linux-mm@kvack.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
index 0595c3f56ccf..7fcf9c6592ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
@@ -74,14 +74,30 @@ There is little point creating a zram of greater than twice the size of memory
since we expect a 2:1 compression ratio. Note that zram uses about 0.1% of the
size of the disk when not in use so a huge zram is wasteful.
-5) Activate:
+5) Set memory limit: Optional
+ Set memory limit by writing the value to sysfs node 'mem_limit'.
+ The value can be either in bytes or you can use mem suffixes.
+ In addition, you could change the value in runtime.
+ Examples:
+ # limit /dev/zram0 with 50MB memory
+ echo $((50*1024*1024)) > /sys/block/zram0/mem_limit
+
+ # Using mem suffixes
+ echo 256K > /sys/block/zram0/mem_limit
+ echo 512M > /sys/block/zram0/mem_limit
+ echo 1G > /sys/block/zram0/mem_limit
+
+ # To disable memory limit
+ echo 0 > /sys/block/zram0/mem_limit
+
+6) Activate:
mkswap /dev/zram0
swapon /dev/zram0
mkfs.ext4 /dev/zram1
mount /dev/zram1 /tmp
-6) Stats:
+7) Stats:
Per-device statistics are exported as various nodes under
/sys/block/zram<id>/
disksize
@@ -95,12 +111,13 @@ size of the disk when not in use so a huge zram is wasteful.
orig_data_size
compr_data_size
mem_used_total
+ mem_used_max
-7) Deactivate:
+8) Deactivate:
swapoff /dev/zram0
umount /dev/zram1
-8) Reset:
+9) Reset:
Write any positive value to 'reset' sysfs node
echo 1 > /sys/block/zram0/reset
echo 1 > /sys/block/zram1/reset
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index cc4ab2517abc..41f7ec1fcf61 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
placement constraint by the physical address range of
- memory allocations. For more information, see
+ memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
+ altogether. For more information, see
include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no }
@@ -3158,6 +3159,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
slram= [HW,MTD]
+ slab_nomerge [MM]
+ Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
+ necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
+ allocs to different slabs. Debug options disable
+ merging on their own.
+ For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
+
slab_max_order= [MM, SLAB]
Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
@@ -3193,11 +3201,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB]
- Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
- necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
- allocs to different slabs. Debug options disable
- merging on their own.
- For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
+ Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
+ See slab_nomerge for more information.
smart2= [HW]
Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
diff --git a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
index 45134dc23854..ea03abfc97e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ Under each memory block, you can see 4 files:
/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/phys_device
/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/state
/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/removable
+/sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/valid_zones
'phys_index' : read-only and contains memory block id, same as XXX.
'state' : read-write
@@ -170,6 +171,15 @@ Under each memory block, you can see 4 files:
block is removable and a value of 0 indicates that
it is not removable. A memory block is removable only if
every section in the block is removable.
+'valid_zones' : read-only: designed to show which zones this memory block
+ can be onlined to.
+ The first column shows it's default zone.
+ "memory6/valid_zones: Normal Movable" shows this memoryblock
+ can be onlined to ZONE_NORMAL by default and to ZONE_MOVABLE
+ by online_movable.
+ "memory7/valid_zones: Movable Normal" shows this memoryblock
+ can be onlined to ZONE_MOVABLE by default and to ZONE_NORMAL
+ by online_kernel.
NOTE:
These directories/files appear after physical memory hotplug phase.
@@ -408,7 +418,6 @@ node if necessary.
- allowing memory hot-add to ZONE_MOVABLE. maybe we need some switch like
sysctl or new control file.
- showing memory block and physical device relationship.
- - showing memory block is under ZONE_MOVABLE or not
- test and make it better memory offlining.
- support HugeTLB page migration and offlining.
- memmap removing at memory offline.