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Stefan Roesch d21077fbc2 mm: add new KSM process and sysfs knobs
This adds the general_profit KSM sysfs knob and the process profit metric
knobs to ksm_stat.

1) expose general_profit metric

   The documentation mentions a general profit metric, however this
   metric is not calculated.  In addition the formula depends on the size
   of internal structures, which makes it more difficult for an
   administrator to make the calculation.  Adding the metric for a better
   user experience.

2) document general_profit sysfs knob

3) calculate ksm process profit metric

   The ksm documentation mentions the process profit metric and how to
   calculate it.  This adds the calculation of the metric.

4) mm: expose ksm process profit metric in ksm_stat

   This exposes the ksm process profit metric in /proc/<pid>/ksm_stat.
   The documentation mentions the formula for the ksm process profit
   metric, however it does not calculate it.  In addition the formula
   depends on the size of internal structures.  So it makes sense to
   expose it.

5) document new procfs ksm knobs

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230418051342.1919757-3-shr@devkernel.io
Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2023-04-21 14:52:03 -07:00
arch mm: add new api to enable ksm per process 2023-04-21 14:52:03 -07:00
block block: remove obsolete config BLOCK_COMPAT 2023-03-16 09:35:44 -06:00
certs Kbuild updates for v6.3 2023-02-26 11:53:25 -08:00
crypto asymmetric_keys: log on fatal failures in PE/pkcs7 2023-03-21 16:23:56 +00:00
Documentation mm: add new KSM process and sysfs knobs 2023-04-21 14:52:03 -07:00
drivers zram: return errors from read_from_bdev_sync 2023-04-18 16:30:00 -07:00
fs mm: add new KSM process and sysfs knobs 2023-04-21 14:52:03 -07:00
include mm: add new KSM process and sysfs knobs 2023-04-21 14:52:03 -07:00
init init,mm: fold late call to page_ext_init() to page_alloc_init_late() 2023-04-05 19:42:54 -07:00
io_uring block-6.3-2023-03-24 2023-03-24 14:10:39 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.namespace' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2023-02-24 19:20:07 -08:00
kernel mm: add new api to enable ksm per process 2023-04-21 14:52:03 -07:00
lib lib/show_mem.c: use for_each_populated_zone() simplify code 2023-04-21 14:52:02 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
mm mm: add new KSM process and sysfs knobs 2023-04-21 14:52:03 -07:00
net mm, treewide: redefine MAX_ORDER sanely 2023-04-05 19:42:46 -07:00
rust Rust fixes for 6.3-rc1 2023-03-03 14:51:15 -08:00
samples kmemleak-test: fix kmemleak_test.c build logic 2023-04-18 16:29:47 -07:00
scripts kasan: remove hwasan-kernel-mem-intrinsic-prefix=1 for clang-14 2023-04-18 16:29:43 -07:00
security mm, treewide: redefine MAX_ORDER sanely 2023-04-05 19:42:46 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda/ca0132: fixup buffer overrun at tuning_ctl_set() 2023-03-14 17:04:53 +01:00
tools selftests/mm: add tests for RO pinning vs fork() 2023-04-21 14:52:00 -07:00
usr usr/gen_init_cpio.c: remove unnecessary -1 values from int file 2022-10-03 14:21:44 -07:00
virt KVM/riscv changes for 6.3 2023-02-15 12:33:28 -05:00
.clang-format cpumask: re-introduce constant-sized cpumask optimizations 2023-03-05 14:30:34 -08:00
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.get_maintainer.ignore get_maintainer: add Alan to .get_maintainer.ignore 2022-08-20 15:17:44 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for *.dtso files 2023-02-26 15:28:23 +09:00
.gitignore kbuild: rpm-pkg: move source components to rpmbuild/SOURCES 2023-03-16 22:45:56 +09:00
.mailmap mailmap: update jtoppins' entry to reference correct email 2023-04-16 10:41:25 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS There is no particular theme here - mainly quick hits all over the tree. 2023-02-23 17:55:40 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: extend memblock entry to include MM initialization 2023-04-05 19:42:55 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.3-rc4 2023-03-26 14:40:20 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

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.