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| author | Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev> | 2022-05-31 20:22:27 -0700 |
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| committer | akpm <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-07-03 18:08:41 -0700 |
| commit | bbf535fd6f06b94b9d07ed6f09397a936d4a58d8 (patch) | |
| tree | 514960834ba6228c6ea318238ba250b0afb4a910 /Documentation/admin-guide/mm | |
| parent | d261ea23533b5da113b0779f32d39c3803dddb02 (diff) | |
mm: shrinkers: add scan interface for shrinker debugfs
Add a scan interface which allows to trigger scanning of a particular
shrinker and specify memcg and numa node. It's useful for testing,
debugging and profiling of a specific scan_objects() callback. Unlike
alternatives (creating a real memory pressure and dropping caches via
/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches) this interface allows to interact with only one
shrinker at once. Also, if a shrinker is misreporting the number of
objects (as some do), it doesn't affect scanning.
[roman.gushchin@linux.dev: improve typing, fix arg count checking]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YpgKttTowT22mKPQ@carbon
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix arg count checking]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220601032227.4076670-7-roman.gushchin@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
Cc: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Cc: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/mm/shrinker_debugfs.rst | 39 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/shrinker_debugfs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/shrinker_debugfs.rst index 1e0e5bdb8179..3887f0b294fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/shrinker_debugfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/shrinker_debugfs.rst @@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ Shrinker Debugfs Interface ========================== Shrinker debugfs interface provides a visibility into the kernel memory -shrinkers subsystem and allows to get information about individual shrinkers. +shrinkers subsystem and allows to get information about individual shrinkers +and interact with them. For each shrinker registered in the system a directory in **<debugfs>/shrinker/** is created. The directory's name is composed from the shrinker's name and an unique id: e.g. *kfree_rcu-0* or *sb-xfs:vda1-36*. -Each shrinker directory contains the **count** file, which allows to trigger -the *count_objects()* callback for each memcg and numa node (if applicable). +Each shrinker directory contains **count** and **scan** files, which allow to +trigger *count_objects()* and *scan_objects()* callbacks for each memcg and +numa node (if applicable). Usage: ------ @@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ Usage: $ cd sb-btrfs\:vda2-24/ $ ls - count + count scan 3. *Count objects* @@ -102,3 +104,32 @@ Usage: 2877 84 0 293 1 0 735 8 0 + +4. *Scan objects* + + The expected input format:: + + <cgroup inode id> <numa id> <number of objects to scan> + + For a non-memcg-aware shrinker or on a system with no memory + cgrups **0** should be passed as cgroup id. + :: + + $ cd /sys/kernel/debug/shrinker/ + $ cd sb-btrfs\:vda2-24/ + + $ cat count | head -n 5 + 1 212 0 + 21 97 0 + 55 802 5 + 2367 2 0 + 225 13 0 + + $ echo "55 0 200" > scan + + $ cat count | head -n 5 + 1 212 0 + 21 96 0 + 55 752 5 + 2367 2 0 + 225 13 0 |