As the number of ksm zero pages is not included in ksm_merging_pages per process when enabling use_zero_pages, it's unclear of how many actual pages are merged by KSM. To let users accurately estimate their memory demands when unsharing KSM zero-pages, it's necessary to show KSM zero- pages per process. In addition, it help users to know the actual KSM profit because KSM-placed zero pages are also benefit from KSM. since unsharing zero pages placed by KSM accurately is achieved, then tracking empty pages merging and unmerging is not a difficult thing any longer. Since we already have /proc/<pid>/ksm_stat, just add the information of 'ksm_zero_pages' in it. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230613030938.185993-1-yang.yang29@zte.com.cn Signed-off-by: xu xin <xu.xin16@zte.com.cn> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Xiaokai Ran <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn> Reviewed-by: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@zte.com.cn> Cc: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Xuexin Jiang <jiang.xuexin@zte.com.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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