linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/vmstat: fix /proc/vmstat format for CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH=y CONFIG

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Date:   Tue, 9 Apr 2019 16:43:24 +0200
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmstat: fix /proc/vmstat format for
 CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH=y CONFIG_SMP=n

On 4/9/19 3:28 PM, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> On 09.04.2019 16:16, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> On 4/9/19 3:01 PM, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
>>> Commit 58bc4c34d249 ("mm/vmstat.c: skip NR_TLB_REMOTE_FLUSH* properly")
>>> depends on skipping vmstat entries with empty name introduced in commit
>>> 7aaf77272358 ("mm: don't show nr_indirectly_reclaimable in /proc/vmstat")
>>> but reverted in commit b29940c1abd7 ("mm: rename and change semantics of
>>> nr_indirectly_reclaimable_bytes").
>> 
>> Oops, good catch.
> 
> Also 4.19.y has broken format in /sys/devices/system/node/node*/vmstat and /proc/zoneinfo.
> Do you have any plans on pushing related slab changes into that stable branch?

Hmm do you mean this?
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20181030174649.16778-1-guro@fb.com/

Looks like Roman marked it wrongly for # 4.14.x-4.18.x and I didn't notice, my
slab changes are indeed 4.20, so we should resend for 4.19.

>> 
>>> So, skipping no longer works and /proc/vmstat has misformatted lines " 0".
>>> This patch simply shows debug counters "nr_tlb_remote_*" for UP.
>> 
>> Right, that's the the best solution IMHO.
>> 
>>> Fixes: 58bc4c34d249 ("mm/vmstat.c: skip NR_TLB_REMOTE_FLUSH* properly")
>>> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
>> 
>> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
>> 
>>> ---
>>>   mm/vmstat.c |    5 -----
>>>   1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
>>> index 36b56f858f0f..a7d493366a65 100644
>>> --- a/mm/vmstat.c
>>> +++ b/mm/vmstat.c
>>> @@ -1274,13 +1274,8 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
>>>   #endif
>>>   #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_BALLOON */
>>>   #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
>>> -#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>>>   	"nr_tlb_remote_flush",
>>>   	"nr_tlb_remote_flush_received",
>>> -#else
>>> -	"", /* nr_tlb_remote_flush */
>>> -	"", /* nr_tlb_remote_flush_received */
>>> -#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
>>>   	"nr_tlb_local_flush_all",
>>>   	"nr_tlb_local_flush_one",
>>>   #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH */
>>>
>> 
>