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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/vm')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/00-INDEX | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/hugepage-mmap.c | 91 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/hugepage-shm.c | 98 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt | 169 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/map_hugetlb.c | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/slub.txt | 1 |
7 files changed, 210 insertions, 173 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/00-INDEX b/Documentation/vm/00-INDEX index e57d6a9dd32b..dca82d7c83d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/vm/00-INDEX @@ -4,23 +4,35 @@ active_mm.txt - An explanation from Linus about tsk->active_mm vs tsk->mm. balance - various information on memory balancing. +hugepage-mmap.c + - Example app using huge page memory with the mmap system call. +hugepage-shm.c + - Example app using huge page memory with Sys V shared memory system calls. hugetlbpage.txt - a brief summary of hugetlbpage support in the Linux kernel. +hwpoison.txt + - explains what hwpoison is ksm.txt - how to use the Kernel Samepage Merging feature. locking - info on how locking and synchronization is done in the Linux vm code. +map_hugetlb.c + - an example program that uses the MAP_HUGETLB mmap flag. numa - information about NUMA specific code in the Linux vm. numa_memory_policy.txt - documentation of concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy support. overcommit-accounting - description of the Linux kernels overcommit handling modes. +page-types.c + - Tool for querying page flags page_migration - description of page migration in NUMA systems. +pagemap.txt + - pagemap, from the userspace perspective slabinfo.c - source code for a tool to get reports about slabs. slub.txt - a short users guide for SLUB. -map_hugetlb.c - - an example program that uses the MAP_HUGETLB mmap flag. +unevictable-lru.txt + - Unevictable LRU infrastructure diff --git a/Documentation/vm/Makefile b/Documentation/vm/Makefile index 5bd269b3731a..9dcff328b964 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/vm/Makefile @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ obj- := dummy.o # List of programs to build -hostprogs-y := slabinfo page-types +hostprogs-y := slabinfo page-types hugepage-mmap hugepage-shm map_hugetlb # Tell kbuild to always build the programs always := $(hostprogs-y) diff --git a/Documentation/vm/hugepage-mmap.c b/Documentation/vm/hugepage-mmap.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..db0dd9a33d54 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/hugepage-mmap.c @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +/* + * hugepage-mmap: + * + * Example of using huge page memory in a user application using the mmap + * system call. Before running this application, make sure that the + * administrator has mounted the hugetlbfs filesystem (on some directory + * like /mnt) using the command mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt. In this + * example, the app is requesting memory of size 256MB that is backed by + * huge pages. + * + * For the ia64 architecture, the Linux kernel reserves Region number 4 for + * huge pages. That means that if one requires a fixed address, a huge page + * aligned address starting with 0x800000... will be required. If a fixed + * address is not required, the kernel will select an address in the proper + * range. + * Other architectures, such as ppc64, i386 or x86_64 are not so constrained. + */ + +#include <stdlib.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <unistd.h> +#include <sys/mman.h> +#include <fcntl.h> + +#define FILE_NAME "/mnt/hugepagefile" +#define LENGTH (256UL*1024*1024) +#define PROTECTION (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE) + +/* Only ia64 requires this */ +#ifdef __ia64__ +#define ADDR (void *)(0x8000000000000000UL) +#define FLAGS (MAP_SHARED | MAP_FIXED) +#else +#define ADDR (void *)(0x0UL) +#define FLAGS (MAP_SHARED) +#endif + +static void check_bytes(char *addr) +{ + printf("First hex is %x\n", *((unsigned int *)addr)); +} + +static void write_bytes(char *addr) +{ + unsigned long i; + + for (i = 0; i < LENGTH; i++) + *(addr + i) = (char)i; +} + +static void read_bytes(char *addr) +{ + unsigned long i; + + check_bytes(addr); + for (i = 0; i < LENGTH; i++) + if (*(addr + i) != (char)i) { + printf("Mismatch at %lu\n", i); + break; + } +} + +int main(void) +{ + void *addr; + int fd; + + fd = open(FILE_NAME, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0755); + if (fd < 0) { + perror("Open failed"); + exit(1); + } + + addr = mmap(ADDR, LENGTH, PROTECTION, FLAGS, fd, 0); + if (addr == MAP_FAILED) { + perror("mmap"); + unlink(FILE_NAME); + exit(1); + } + + printf("Returned address is %p\n", addr); + check_bytes(addr); + write_bytes(addr); + read_bytes(addr); + + munmap(addr, LENGTH); + close(fd); + unlink(FILE_NAME); + + return 0; +} diff --git a/Documentation/vm/hugepage-shm.c b/Documentation/vm/hugepage-shm.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..07956d8592c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/hugepage-shm.c @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +/* + * hugepage-shm: + * + * Example of using huge page memory in a user application using Sys V shared + * memory system calls. In this example the app is requesting 256MB of + * memory that is backed by huge pages. The application uses the flag + * SHM_HUGETLB in the shmget system call to inform the kernel that it is + * requesting huge pages. + * + * For the ia64 architecture, the Linux kernel reserves Region number 4 for + * huge pages. That means that if one requires a fixed address, a huge page + * aligned address starting with 0x800000... will be required. If a fixed + * address is not required, the kernel will select an address in the proper + * range. + * Other architectures, such as ppc64, i386 or x86_64 are not so constrained. + * + * Note: The default shared memory limit is quite low on many kernels, + * you may need to increase it via: + * + * echo 268435456 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax + * + * This will increase the maximum size per shared memory segment to 256MB. + * The other limit that you will hit eventually is shmall which is the + * total amount of shared memory in pages. To set it to 16GB on a system + * with a 4kB pagesize do: + * + * echo 4194304 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall + */ + +#include <stdlib.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <sys/types.h> +#include <sys/ipc.h> +#include <sys/shm.h> +#include <sys/mman.h> + +#ifndef SHM_HUGETLB +#define SHM_HUGETLB 04000 +#endif + +#define LENGTH (256UL*1024*1024) + +#define dprintf(x) printf(x) + +/* Only ia64 requires this */ +#ifdef __ia64__ +#define ADDR (void *)(0x8000000000000000UL) +#define SHMAT_FLAGS (SHM_RND) +#else +#define ADDR (void *)(0x0UL) +#define SHMAT_FLAGS (0) +#endif + +int main(void) +{ + int shmid; + unsigned long i; + char *shmaddr; + + if ((shmid = shmget(2, LENGTH, + SHM_HUGETLB | IPC_CREAT | SHM_R | SHM_W)) < 0) { + perror("shmget"); + exit(1); + } + printf("shmid: 0x%x\n", shmid); + + shmaddr = shmat(shmid, ADDR, SHMAT_FLAGS); + if (shmaddr == (char *)-1) { + perror("Shared memory attach failure"); + shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL); + exit(2); + } + printf("shmaddr: %p\n", shmaddr); + + dprintf("Starting the writes:\n"); + for (i = 0; i < LENGTH; i++) { + shmaddr[i] = (char)(i); + if (!(i % (1024 * 1024))) + dprintf("."); + } + dprintf("\n"); + + dprintf("Starting the Check..."); + for (i = 0; i < LENGTH; i++) + if (shmaddr[i] != (char)i) + printf("\nIndex %lu mismatched\n", i); + dprintf("Done.\n"); + + if (shmdt((const void *)shmaddr) != 0) { + perror("Detach failure"); + shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL); + exit(3); + } + + shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL); + + return 0; +} diff --git a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt index bc31636973e3..457634c1e03e 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt @@ -299,176 +299,11 @@ map_hugetlb.c. ******************************************************************* /* - * Example of using huge page memory in a user application using Sys V shared - * memory system calls. In this example the app is requesting 256MB of - * memory that is backed by huge pages. The application uses the flag - * SHM_HUGETLB in the shmget system call to inform the kernel that it is - * requesting huge pages. - * - * For the ia64 architecture, the Linux kernel reserves Region number 4 for - * huge pages. That means that if one requires a fixed address, a huge page - * aligned address starting with 0x800000... will be required. If a fixed - * address is not required, the kernel will select an address in the proper - * range. - * Other architectures, such as ppc64, i386 or x86_64 are not so constrained. - * - * Note: The default shared memory limit is quite low on many kernels, - * you may need to increase it via: - * - * echo 268435456 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax - * - * This will increase the maximum size per shared memory segment to 256MB. - * The other limit that you will hit eventually is shmall which is the - * total amount of shared memory in pages. To set it to 16GB on a system - * with a 4kB pagesize do: - * - * echo 4194304 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall + * hugepage-shm: see Documentation/vm/hugepage-shm.c */ -#include <stdlib.h> -#include <stdio.h> -#include <sys/types.h> -#include <sys/ipc.h> -#include <sys/shm.h> -#include <sys/mman.h> - -#ifndef SHM_HUGETLB -#define SHM_HUGETLB 04000 -#endif - -#define LENGTH (256UL*1024*1024) - -#define dprintf(x) printf(x) - -#define ADDR (void *)(0x0UL) /* let kernel choose address */ -#define SHMAT_FLAGS (0) - -int main(void) -{ - int shmid; - unsigned long i; - char *shmaddr; - - if ((shmid = shmget(2, LENGTH, - SHM_HUGETLB | IPC_CREAT | SHM_R | SHM_W)) < 0) { - perror("shmget"); - exit(1); - } - printf("shmid: 0x%x\n", shmid); - - shmaddr = shmat(shmid, ADDR, SHMAT_FLAGS); - if (shmaddr == (char *)-1) { - perror("Shared memory attach failure"); - shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL); - exit(2); - } - printf("shmaddr: %p\n", shmaddr); - - dprintf("Starting the writes:\n"); - for (i = 0; i < LENGTH; i++) { - shmaddr[i] = (char)(i); - if (!(i % (1024 * 1024))) - dprintf("."); - } - dprintf("\n"); - - dprintf("Starting the Check..."); - for (i = 0; i < LENGTH; i++) - if (shmaddr[i] != (char)i) - printf("\nIndex %lu mismatched\n", i); - dprintf("Done.\n"); - - if (shmdt((const void *)shmaddr) != 0) { - perror("Detach failure"); - shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL); - exit(3); - } - - shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL); - - return 0; -} ******************************************************************* /* - * Example of using huge page memory in a user application using the mmap - * system call. Before running this application, make sure that the - * administrator has mounted the hugetlbfs filesystem (on some directory - * like /mnt) using the command mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt. In this - * example, the app is requesting memory of size 256MB that is backed by - * huge pages. - * - * For the ia64 architecture, the Linux kernel reserves Region number 4 for - * huge pages. That means that if one requires a fixed address, a huge page - * aligned address starting with 0x800000... will be required. If a fixed - * address is not required, the kernel will select an address in the proper - * range. - * Other architectures, such as ppc64, i386 or x86_64 are not so constrained. + * hugepage-mmap: see Documentation/vm/hugepage-mmap.c */ -#include <stdlib.h> -#include <stdio.h> -#include <unistd.h> -#include <sys/mman.h> -#include <fcntl.h> - -#define FILE_NAME "/mnt/hugepagefile" -#define LENGTH (256UL*1024*1024) -#define PROTECTION (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE) - -#define ADDR (void *)(0x0UL) /* let kernel choose address */ -#define FLAGS (MAP_SHARED) - -void check_bytes(char *addr) -{ - printf("First hex is %x\n", *((unsigned int *)addr)); -} - -void write_bytes(char *addr) -{ - unsigned long i; - - for (i = 0; i < LENGTH; i++) - *(addr + i) = (char)i; -} - -void read_bytes(char *addr) -{ - unsigned long i; - - check_bytes(addr); - for (i = 0; i < LENGTH; i++) - if (*(addr + i) != (char)i) { - printf("Mismatch at %lu\n", i); - break; - } -} - -int main(void) -{ - void *addr; - int fd; - - fd = open(FILE_NAME, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0755); - if (fd < 0) { - perror("Open failed"); - exit(1); - } - - addr = mmap(ADDR, LENGTH, PROTECTION, FLAGS, fd, 0); - if (addr == MAP_FAILED) { - perror("mmap"); - unlink(FILE_NAME); - exit(1); - } - - printf("Returned address is %p\n", addr); - check_bytes(addr); - write_bytes(addr); - read_bytes(addr); - - munmap(addr, LENGTH); - close(fd); - unlink(FILE_NAME); - - return 0; -} diff --git a/Documentation/vm/map_hugetlb.c b/Documentation/vm/map_hugetlb.c index e2bdae37f499..9969c7d9f985 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/map_hugetlb.c +++ b/Documentation/vm/map_hugetlb.c @@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ #define FLAGS (MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB) #endif -void check_bytes(char *addr) +static void check_bytes(char *addr) { printf("First hex is %x\n", *((unsigned int *)addr)); } -void write_bytes(char *addr) +static void write_bytes(char *addr) { unsigned long i; @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void write_bytes(char *addr) *(addr + i) = (char)i; } -void read_bytes(char *addr) +static void read_bytes(char *addr) { unsigned long i; diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt index b37300edf27c..07375e73981a 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Possible debug options are P Poisoning (object and padding) U User tracking (free and alloc) T Trace (please only use on single slabs) + A Toggle failslab filter mark for the cache O Switch debugging off for caches that would have caused higher minimum slab orders - Switch all debugging off (useful if the kernel is |