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author | Jiajian Ye | 2022-03-24 18:09:38 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds | 2022-03-24 19:06:45 -0700 |
commit | 9c8a0a8e599f4a949ef18207ba495fb557dd1016 (patch) | |
tree | 76f20cdc442fee316a6298fe3320663ff03ade5b /Documentation/vm | |
parent | 8ea8613a616aff184df9e3ea2d3ec39d90832867 (diff) |
tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: support for user-defined culling rules
When viewing page owner information, we may want to cull blocks of
information with our own rules. So it is important to enhance culling
function to provide the support for customizing culling rules.
Therefore, following adjustments are made:
1. Add --cull option to support the culling of blocks of information
with user-defined culling rules.
./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull=<rules>
./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull <rules>
<rules> is a single argument in the form of a comma-separated list to
specify individual culling rules, by the sequence of keys k1,k2, ....
Mixed use of abbreviated and complete-form of keys is allowed.
For reference, please see the document(Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst).
Now, assuming two blocks in the input file are as follows:
Page allocated via order 0, mask xxxx, pid 1, tgid 1 (task_name_demo)
PFN xxxx
prep_new_page+0xd0/0xf8
get_page_from_freelist+0x4a0/0x1290
__alloc_pages+0x168/0x340
alloc_pages+0xb0/0x158
Page allocated via order 0, mask xxxx, pid 32, tgid 32 (task_name_demo)
PFN xxxx
prep_new_page+0xd0/0xf8
get_page_from_freelist+0x4a0/0x1290
__alloc_pages+0x168/0x340
alloc_pages+0xb0/0x158
If we want to cull the blocks by stacktrace and task command name, we can
use this command:
./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull=stacktrace,name
The output would be like:
2 times, 2 pages, task_comm_name: task_name_demo
prep_new_page+0xd0/0xf8
get_page_from_freelist+0x4a0/0x1290
__alloc_pages+0x168/0x340
alloc_pages+0xb0/0x158
As we can see, these two blocks are culled successfully, for they share
the same pid and task command name.
However, if we want to cull the blocks by pid, stacktrace and task command
name, we can this command:
./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull=stacktrace,name,pid
The output would be like:
1 times, 1 pages, PID 1, task_comm_name: task_name_demo
prep_new_page+0xd0/0xf8
get_page_from_freelist+0x4a0/0x1290
__alloc_pages+0x168/0x340
alloc_pages+0xb0/0x158
1 times, 1 pages, PID 32, task_comm_name: task_name_demo
prep_new_page+0xd0/0xf8
get_page_from_freelist+0x4a0/0x1290
__alloc_pages+0x168/0x340
alloc_pages+0xb0/0x158
As we can see, these two blocks are failed to cull, for their PIDs are
different.
2. Add explanations of --cull options to the document.
This work is coauthored by
Yixuan Cao
Shenghong Han
Yinan Zhang
Chongxi Zhao
Yuhong Feng
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220312145834.624-1-yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Shenghong Han <hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Yinan Zhang <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Chongxi Zhao <zhaochongxi2019@email.szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Yuhong Feng <yuhongf@szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/vm')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst | 29 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst b/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst index 3dd31fe06c05..c4de6f8dabe9 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst @@ -126,11 +126,38 @@ Usage Cull: -c Cull by comparing stacktrace instead of total block. + --cull <rules> + Specify culling rules.Culling syntax is key[,key[,...]].Choose a + multi-letter key from the **STANDARD FORMAT SPECIFIERS** section. + + + <rules> is a single argument in the form of a comma-separated list, + which offers a way to specify individual culling rules. The recognized + keywords are described in the **STANDARD FORMAT SPECIFIERS** section below. + <rules> can be specified by the sequence of keys k1,k2, ..., as described in + the STANDARD SORT KEYS section below. Mixed use of abbreviated and + complete-form of keys is allowed. + + + Examples: + ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull=stacktrace + ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull=st,pid,name + ./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --cull=n,f Filter: -f Filter out the information of blocks whose memory has been released. Select: - --pid <PID> Select by pid. + --pid <PID> Select by pid. --tgid <TGID> Select by tgid. --name <command> Select by task command name. + +STANDARD FORMAT SPECIFIERS +========================== + + KEY LONG DESCRIPTION + p pid process ID + tg tgid thread group ID + n name task command name + f free whether the page has been released or not + st stacktrace stace trace of the page allocation |