linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] tools/vm/slabinfo: Add partial slab listing to -X

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Date:   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:26:20 +1000
From:   "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@....fi>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Qian Cai <cai@....pw>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] tools/vm/slabinfo: Add partial slab listing to -X

We would like to see how fragmented the SLUB allocator is, one window
into fragmentation is the total number of partial slabs.

Currently `slabinfo -X` shows slabs sorted by loss and by size.  We can
use this option to also show slabs sorted by number of partial slabs.

Option '-X' can be used in conjunction with '-N' to control the number
of slabs shown e.g. list of top 5 slabs:

	slabinfo -X -N5

Add list of slabs ordered by number of partial slabs to output of
`slabinfo -X`.

Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@...nel.org>
---
 tools/vm/slabinfo.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/vm/slabinfo.c b/tools/vm/slabinfo.c
index e9b5437b2f28..3f3a2db65794 100644
--- a/tools/vm/slabinfo.c
+++ b/tools/vm/slabinfo.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ int sort_size;
 int sort_active;
 int set_debug;
 int show_ops;
+int sort_partial;
 int show_activity;
 int output_lines = -1;
 int sort_loss;
@@ -1047,6 +1048,8 @@ static void sort_slabs(void)
 				result = slab_activity(s1) < slab_activity(s2);
 			else if (sort_loss)
 				result = slab_waste(s1) < slab_waste(s2);
+			else if (sort_partial)
+				result = s1->partial < s2->partial;
 			else
 				result = strcasecmp(s1->name, s2->name);
 
@@ -1307,27 +1310,39 @@ static void output_slabs(void)
 	}
 }
 
+static void _xtotals(char *heading, char *underline,
+		     int loss, int size, int partial)
+{
+	printf("%s%s", heading, underline);
+	line = 0;
+	sort_loss = loss;
+	sort_size = size;
+	sort_partial = partial;
+	sort_slabs();
+	output_slabs();
+}
+
 static void xtotals(void)
 {
+	char *heading, *underline;
+
 	totals();
 
 	link_slabs();
 	rename_slabs();
 
-	printf("\nSlabs sorted by size\n");
-	printf("--------------------\n");
-	sort_loss = 0;
-	sort_size = 1;
-	sort_slabs();
-	output_slabs();
+	heading = "\nSlabs sorted by size\n";
+	underline = "--------------------\n";
+	_xtotals(heading, underline, 0, 1, 0);
+
+	heading = "\nSlabs sorted by loss\n";
+	underline = "--------------------\n";
+	_xtotals(heading, underline, 1, 0, 0);
+
+	heading = "\nSlabs sorted by number of partial slabs\n";
+	underline = "---------------------------------------\n";
+	_xtotals(heading, underline, 0, 0, 1);
 
-	printf("\nSlabs sorted by loss\n");
-	printf("--------------------\n");
-	line = 0;
-	sort_loss = 1;
-	sort_size = 0;
-	sort_slabs();
-	output_slabs();
 	printf("\n");
 }
 
-- 
2.21.0