lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-Id: <20190626152553.6f9178a0361e699a5d53e360@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:25:53 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@...il.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memcg: Add kmem.slabinfo to v2 for debugging purpose

On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:56:14 -0400 Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com> wrote:

> With memory cgroup v1, there is a kmem.slabinfo file that can be
> used to view what slabs are allocated to the memory cgroup. There
> is currently no such equivalent in memory cgroup v2. This file can
> be useful for debugging purpose.
> 
> This patch adds an equivalent kmem.slabinfo to v2 with the caveat that
> this file will only show up as ".__DEBUG__.memory.kmem.slabinfo" when the
> "cgroup_debug" parameter is specified in the kernel boot command line.
> This is to avoid cluttering the cgroup v2 interface with files that
> are seldom used by end users.
>
> ...
>
> mm/memcontrol.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

A change to the kernel's user interface triggers a change to the
kernel's user interface documentation.  This should be automatic by
now :(


Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ