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are not reclaimable, he or she can filter them out using
``/proc/kpageflags``.
+The page-types tool in the tools/vm directory can be used to assist in this.
+If the tool is run initially with the appropriate option, it will mark all the
+queried pages as idle. Subsequent runs of the tool can then show which pages have
+their idle flag cleared in the interim.
+
See :ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst <pagemap>` for more
information about ``/proc/pid/pagemap``, ``/proc/kpageflags``, and
``/proc/kpagecgroup``.