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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab109
-rw-r--r--mm/slub.c18
2 files changed, 75 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
index 6dcf75e594fb..8b093f8222d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The alloc_fastpath file is read-only and specifies how many
- objects have been allocated using the fast path.
+ The alloc_fastpath file shows how many objects have been
+ allocated using the fast path. It can be written to clear the
+ current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_from_partial
@@ -55,9 +56,10 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The alloc_from_partial file is read-only and specifies how
- many times a cpu slab has been full and it has been refilled
- by using a slab from the list of partially used slabs.
+ The alloc_from_partial file shows how many times a cpu slab has
+ been full and it has been refilled by using a slab from the list
+ of partially used slabs. It can be written to clear the current
+ count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_refill
@@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The alloc_refill file is read-only and specifies how many
- times the per-cpu freelist was empty but there were objects
- available as the result of remote cpu frees.
+ The alloc_refill file shows how many times the per-cpu freelist
+ was empty but there were objects available as the result of
+ remote cpu frees. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_slab
@@ -77,8 +79,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The alloc_slab file is read-only and specifies how many times
- a new slab had to be allocated from the page allocator.
+ The alloc_slab file is shows how many times a new slab had to
+ be allocated from the page allocator. It can be written to
+ clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_slowpath
@@ -87,9 +90,10 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The alloc_slowpath file is read-only and specifies how many
- objects have been allocated using the slow path because of a
- refill or allocation from a partial or new slab.
+ The alloc_slowpath file shows how many objects have been
+ allocated using the slow path because of a refill or
+ allocation from a partial or new slab. It can be written to
+ clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/cache_dma
@@ -117,10 +121,11 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.31
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The file cpuslab_flush is read-only and specifies how many
- times a cache's cpu slabs have been flushed as the result of
- destroying or shrinking a cache, a cpu going offline, or as
- the result of forcing an allocation from a certain node.
+ The file cpuslab_flush shows how many times a cache's cpu slabs
+ have been flushed as the result of destroying or shrinking a
+ cache, a cpu going offline, or as the result of forcing an
+ allocation from a certain node. It can be written to clear the
+ current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/ctor
@@ -139,8 +144,8 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The file deactivate_empty is read-only and specifies how many
- times an empty cpu slab was deactivated.
+ The deactivate_empty file shows how many times an empty cpu slab
+ was deactivated. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_full
@@ -149,8 +154,8 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The file deactivate_full is read-only and specifies how many
- times a full cpu slab was deactivated.
+ The deactivate_full file shows how many times a full cpu slab
+ was deactivated. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_remote_frees
@@ -159,9 +164,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The file deactivate_remote_frees is read-only and specifies how
- many times a cpu slab has been deactivated and contained free
- objects that were freed remotely.
+ The deactivate_remote_frees file shows how many times a cpu slab
+ has been deactivated and contained free objects that were freed
+ remotely. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_to_head
@@ -170,9 +175,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The file deactivate_to_head is read-only and specifies how
- many times a partial cpu slab was deactivated and added to the
- head of its node's partial list.
+ The deactivate_to_head file shows how many times a partial cpu
+ slab was deactivated and added to the head of its node's partial
+ list. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_to_tail
@@ -181,9 +186,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The file deactivate_to_tail is read-only and specifies how
- many times a partial cpu slab was deactivated and added to the
- tail of its node's partial list.
+ The deactivate_to_tail file shows how many times a partial cpu
+ slab was deactivated and added to the tail of its node's partial
+ list. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/destroy_by_rcu
@@ -201,9 +206,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The file free_add_partial is read-only and specifies how many
- times an object has been freed in a full slab so that it had to
- added to its node's partial list.
+ The free_add_partial file shows how many times an object has
+ been freed in a full slab so that it had to added to its node's
+ partial list. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_calls
@@ -222,9 +227,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The free_fastpath file is read-only and specifies how many
- objects have been freed using the fast path because it was an
- object from the cpu slab.
+ The free_fastpath file shows how many objects have been freed
+ using the fast path because it was an object from the cpu slab.
+ It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_frozen
@@ -233,9 +238,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The free_frozen file is read-only and specifies how many
- objects have been freed to a frozen slab (i.e. a remote cpu
- slab).
+ The free_frozen file shows how many objects have been freed to
+ a frozen slab (i.e. a remote cpu slab). It can be written to
+ clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_remove_partial
@@ -244,9 +249,10 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The file free_remove_partial is read-only and specifies how
- many times an object has been freed to a now-empty slab so
- that it had to be removed from its node's partial list.
+ The free_remove_partial file shows how many times an object has
+ been freed to a now-empty slab so that it had to be removed from
+ its node's partial list. It can be written to clear the current
+ count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_slab
@@ -255,8 +261,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The free_slab file is read-only and specifies how many times an
- empty slab has been freed back to the page allocator.
+ The free_slab file shows how many times an empty slab has been
+ freed back to the page allocator. It can be written to clear
+ the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_slowpath
@@ -265,9 +272,9 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The free_slowpath file is read-only and specifies how many
- objects have been freed using the slow path (i.e. to a full or
- partial slab).
+ The free_slowpath file shows how many objects have been freed
+ using the slow path (i.e. to a full or partial slab). It can
+ be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/hwcache_align
@@ -346,10 +353,10 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Description:
- The file order_fallback is read-only and specifies how many
- times an allocation of a new slab has not been possible at the
- cache's order and instead fallen back to its minimum possible
- order.
+ The order_fallback file shows how many times an allocation of a
+ new slab has not been possible at the cache's order and instead
+ fallen back to its minimum possible order. It can be written to
+ clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/partial
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 4996fc719552..ac0ca4c0d054 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -4371,12 +4371,28 @@ static int show_stat(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf, enum stat_item si)
return len + sprintf(buf + len, "\n");
}
+static void clear_stat(struct kmem_cache *s, enum stat_item si)
+{
+ int cpu;
+
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+ get_cpu_slab(s, cpu)->stat[si] = 0;
+}
+
#define STAT_ATTR(si, text) \
static ssize_t text##_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf) \
{ \
return show_stat(s, buf, si); \
} \
-SLAB_ATTR_RO(text); \
+static ssize_t text##_store(struct kmem_cache *s, \
+ const char *buf, size_t length) \
+{ \
+ if (buf[0] != '0') \
+ return -EINVAL; \
+ clear_stat(s, si); \
+ return length; \
+} \
+SLAB_ATTR(text); \
STAT_ATTR(ALLOC_FASTPATH, alloc_fastpath);
STAT_ATTR(ALLOC_SLOWPATH, alloc_slowpath);