linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/8] introduce slabinfo extended mode

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Message-ID: <20151017022208.GA1757@swordfish>
Date:	Sat, 17 Oct 2015 11:22:08 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/8] introduce slabinfo extended mode

On (10/16/15 15:35), Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:14:25 +0900 Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > Add 'extended' slabinfo mode that provides additional information:
> >  -- totals summary
> >  -- slabs sorted by size
> >  -- slabs sorted by loss (waste)
> > 
> > The patches also introduces several new slabinfo options to limit the
> > number of slabs reported, sort slabs by loss (waste); and some fixes.
> 
> hm, why the "RFC"?  These patches look more mature than most of the
> stuff I get ;)
> 

Thank you, sir.

I wasn't so sure about the gnuplot script, that's why I added RFC.


> You should have cc'ed linux-mm on these patches: nobody will have
> noticed them.

I should have done that, my bad.
`./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f tools/vm/' confused me.


> slabinfo is documented a bit in Documentation/vm/slub.txt.  Please
> review that file for accuracy and completeness.  It should at least
> draw readers' attention to the new tools/vm/slabinfo-gnuplot.sh.

Will take a look.

	-ss
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