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author | Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> | 2016-01-20 15:03:19 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -0800 |
commit | 587d9f726aaec52157e4156e50363dbe6cb82bdb (patch) | |
tree | bd3afd21baa9d5032fb30754aa88485f3ae64a2a /Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt | |
parent | 44b7a8d33d666268062e0f725d5f14813a63a6ea (diff) | |
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mm: memcontrol: basic memory statistics in cgroup2 memory controller
Provide a cgroup2 memory.stat that provides statistics on LRU memory
and fault event counters. More consumers and breakdowns will follow.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Acked-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@virtuozzo.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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1 files changed, 56 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt b/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt index f441564023e1..65b3eac8856c 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt @@ -819,6 +819,62 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. the cgroup. This may not exactly match the number of processes killed but should generally be close. + memory.stat + + A read-only flat-keyed file which exists on non-root cgroups. + + This breaks down the cgroup's memory footprint into different + types of memory, type-specific details, and other information + on the state and past events of the memory management system. + + All memory amounts are in bytes. + + The entries are ordered to be human readable, and new entries + can show up in the middle. Don't rely on items remaining in a + fixed position; use the keys to look up specific values! + + anon + + Amount of memory used in anonymous mappings such as + brk(), sbrk(), and mmap(MAP_ANONYMOUS) + + file + + Amount of memory used to cache filesystem data, + including tmpfs and shared memory. + + file_mapped + + Amount of cached filesystem data mapped with mmap() + + file_dirty + + Amount of cached filesystem data that was modified but + not yet written back to disk + + file_writeback + + Amount of cached filesystem data that was modified and + is currently being written back to disk + + inactive_anon + active_anon + inactive_file + active_file + unevictable + + Amount of memory, swap-backed and filesystem-backed, + on the internal memory management lists used by the + page reclaim algorithm + + pgfault + + Total number of page faults incurred + + pgmajfault + + Number of major page faults incurred + memory.swap.current A read-only single value file which exists on non-root |