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authorKonstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@openvz.org>2012-01-11 03:07:09 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-11 04:30:41 +0400
commitb413d48aa70605701c0b395b2e350ca15f5d643a (patch)
tree6aa777c589eedfb9dc498f375d553e561e203506 /Documentation/trace
parentda066ad3570b88e7dee82e76a06ee9a7adffcf0d (diff)
downloadlinux-b413d48aa70605701c0b395b2e350ca15f5d643a.tar.xz
mm-tracepoint: rename page-free events
Rename mm_page_free_direct into mm_page_free and mm_pagevec_free into mm_page_free_batched Since v2.6.33-5426-gc475dab the kernel triggers mm_page_free_direct for all freed pages, not only for directly freed. So, let's name it properly. For pages freed via page-list we also trigger mm_page_free_batched event. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@openvz.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/trace')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-pagealloc-postprocess.pl20
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt b/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt
index aa82ee4a5a87..194800410061 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ but the call_site can usually be used to extrapolate that information.
==================
mm_page_alloc page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d migratetype=%d gfp_flags=%s
mm_page_alloc_zone_locked page=%p pfn=%lu order=%u migratetype=%d cpu=%d percpu_refill=%d
-mm_page_free_direct page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d
-mm_pagevec_free page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d cold=%d
+mm_page_free page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d
+mm_page_free_batched page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d cold=%d
These four events deal with page allocation and freeing. mm_page_alloc is
a simple indicator of page allocator activity. Pages may be allocated from
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ amounts of activity imply high activity on the zone->lock. Taking this lock
impairs performance by disabling interrupts, dirtying cache lines between
CPUs and serialising many CPUs.
-When a page is freed directly by the caller, the mm_page_free_direct event
+When a page is freed directly by the caller, the only mm_page_free event
is triggered. Significant amounts of activity here could indicate that the
callers should be batching their activities.
-When pages are freed using a pagevec, the mm_pagevec_free is
-triggered. Broadly speaking, pages are taken off the LRU lock in bulk and
-freed in batch with a pagevec. Significant amounts of activity here could
+When pages are freed in batch, the also mm_page_free_batched is triggered.
+Broadly speaking, pages are taken off the LRU lock in bulk and
+freed in batch with a page list. Significant amounts of activity here could
indicate that the system is under memory pressure and can also indicate
contention on the zone->lru_lock.
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-pagealloc-postprocess.pl b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-pagealloc-postprocess.pl
index 7df50e8cf4d9..0a120aae33ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-pagealloc-postprocess.pl
+++ b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-pagealloc-postprocess.pl
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ use Getopt::Long;
# Tracepoint events
use constant MM_PAGE_ALLOC => 1;
-use constant MM_PAGE_FREE_DIRECT => 2;
-use constant MM_PAGEVEC_FREE => 3;
+use constant MM_PAGE_FREE => 2;
+use constant MM_PAGE_FREE_BATCHED => 3;
use constant MM_PAGE_PCPU_DRAIN => 4;
use constant MM_PAGE_ALLOC_ZONE_LOCKED => 5;
use constant MM_PAGE_ALLOC_EXTFRAG => 6;
@@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ EVENT_PROCESS:
# Perl Switch() sucks majorly
if ($tracepoint eq "mm_page_alloc") {
$perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_ALLOC}++;
- } elsif ($tracepoint eq "mm_page_free_direct") {
- $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_FREE_DIRECT}++;
- } elsif ($tracepoint eq "mm_pagevec_free") {
- $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGEVEC_FREE}++;
+ } elsif ($tracepoint eq "mm_page_free") {
+ $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_FREE}++
+ } elsif ($tracepoint eq "mm_page_free_batched") {
+ $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_FREE_BATCHED}++;
} elsif ($tracepoint eq "mm_page_pcpu_drain") {
$perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_PCPU_DRAIN}++;
$perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{STATE_PCPU_PAGES_DRAINED}++;
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ sub dump_stats {
$process_pid,
$stats{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_ALLOC},
$stats{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_ALLOC_ZONE_LOCKED},
- $stats{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_FREE_DIRECT},
- $stats{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGEVEC_FREE},
+ $stats{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_FREE},
+ $stats{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_FREE_BATCHED},
$stats{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_PCPU_DRAIN},
$stats{$process_pid}->{HIGH_PCPU_DRAINS},
$stats{$process_pid}->{HIGH_PCPU_REFILLS},
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ sub aggregate_perprocesspid() {
$perprocess{$process}->{MM_PAGE_ALLOC} += $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_ALLOC};
$perprocess{$process}->{MM_PAGE_ALLOC_ZONE_LOCKED} += $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_ALLOC_ZONE_LOCKED};
- $perprocess{$process}->{MM_PAGE_FREE_DIRECT} += $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_FREE_DIRECT};
- $perprocess{$process}->{MM_PAGEVEC_FREE} += $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGEVEC_FREE};
+ $perprocess{$process}->{MM_PAGE_FREE} += $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_FREE};
+ $perprocess{$process}->{MM_PAGE_FREE_BATCHED} += $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_FREE_BATCHED};
$perprocess{$process}->{MM_PAGE_PCPU_DRAIN} += $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{MM_PAGE_PCPU_DRAIN};
$perprocess{$process}->{HIGH_PCPU_DRAINS} += $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{HIGH_PCPU_DRAINS};
$perprocess{$process}->{HIGH_PCPU_REFILLS} += $perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{HIGH_PCPU_REFILLS};