linux-kernel - [RFC v4 3/3] add PGVOLATILE vmstat count

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Date:	Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:47:54 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>, sanjay@...gle.com,
	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
	Robert Love <rlove@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Mike Hommey <mh@...ndium.org>, Taras Glek <tglek@...illa.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: [RFC v4 3/3] add PGVOLATILE vmstat count

This patch add pgvolatile vmstat so admin can see how many of volatile
pages are discarded by VM until now. It could be a good indicator of
patch effect during test but still not sure we need it in real practice.
Will rethink it.

Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc: Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>
Cc: sanjay@...gle.com
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
CC: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>
Cc: Robert Love <rlove@...gle.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc: Mike Hommey <mh@...ndium.org>
Cc: Taras Glek <tglek@...illa.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/vm_event_item.h |    2 +-
 mm/vmscan.c                   |    1 +
 mm/vmstat.c                   |    1 +
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
index 3d31145..f83c3d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
+++ b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
 		FOR_ALL_ZONES(PGALLOC),
-		PGFREE, PGACTIVATE, PGDEACTIVATE,
+		PGFREE, PGVOLATILE, PGACTIVATE, PGDEACTIVATE,
 		PGFAULT, PGMAJFAULT,
 		FOR_ALL_ZONES(PGREFILL),
 		FOR_ALL_ZONES(PGSTEAL_KSWAPD),
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index cfe95d3..1ec7345 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		if (page_mapped(page) && mapping) {
 			switch (try_to_unmap(page, ttu_flags)) {
 			case SWAP_DISCARD:
+				count_vm_event(PGVOLATILE);
 				goto discard_page;
 			case SWAP_FAIL:
 				goto activate_locked;
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index c737057..9fd8ead 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	TEXTS_FOR_ZONES("pgalloc")
 
 	"pgfree",
+	"pgvolatile",
 	"pgactivate",
 	"pgdeactivate",
 
-- 
1.7.9.5

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