linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] add buffer cache information to show_free

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Message-ID: <4A560605.50006@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:00:21 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] add buffer cache information to show_free_areas()

KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> ChangeLog
>   Since v2
>    - Changed display order, now, "buffer" field display right after unstable
> 
>   Since v1
>    - Fixed showing the number with kilobyte unit issue
> 
> ================
> Subject: [PATCH] add buffer cache information to show_free_areas()
> 
> When administrator analysis memory shortage reason from OOM log, They
> often need to know rest number of cache like pages.
> 
> Then, show_free_areas() shouldn't only display page cache, but also it
> should display buffer cache.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> Acked-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>


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