linux-kernel - [RFC] mm:add KPF_ZERO_PAGE flag for /proc/kpageflags

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Date:	Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:57:38 +0800
From:	"Wang, Yalin" <Yalin.Wang@...ymobile.com>
To:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	'Konstantin Khlebnikov' <koct9i@...il.com>,
	"'akpm@...ux-foundation.org'" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"'n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com'" <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
Subject: [RFC] mm:add KPF_ZERO_PAGE flag for /proc/kpageflags

This patch add KPF_ZERO_PAGE flag for zero_page,
so that userspace process can notice zero_page from
/proc/kpageflags, and then do memory analysis more accurately.

Signed-off-by: Yalin Wang <yalin.wang@...ymobile.com>
---
 fs/proc/page.c                         | 3 +++
 include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
index 1e3187d..120dbf7 100644
--- a/fs/proc/page.c
+++ b/fs/proc/page.c
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
 	if (PageBalloon(page))
 		u |= 1 << KPF_BALLOON;
 
+	if (is_zero_pfn(page_to_pfn(page)))
+		u |= 1 << KPF_ZERO_PAGE;
+
 	u |= kpf_copy_bit(k, KPF_LOCKED,	PG_locked);
 
 	u |= kpf_copy_bit(k, KPF_SLAB,		PG_slab);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h b/include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h
index 2f96d23..a6c4962 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define KPF_KSM			21
 #define KPF_THP			22
 #define KPF_BALLOON		23
+#define KPF_ZERO_PAGE		24
 
 
 #endif /* _UAPILINUX_KERNEL_PAGE_FLAGS_H */
-- 
2.1.3
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