linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs/vm: remove unused 3 items explanation for /proc/vmstat

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Message-ID: <4e4931f5-ee46-98c2-38f2-3e8d1f515b44@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Nov 2020 10:10:29 +0800
From:   Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/vm: remove unused 3 items explanation for
 /proc/vmstat



在 2020/11/19 上午4:46, Jonathan Corbet 写道:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:51:22 +0800
> Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:
> 
>> Commit 5647bc293ab1 ("mm: compaction: Move migration fail/success
>> stats to migrate.c"), removed 3 items in /proc/vmstat. but the docs
>> still has their explanation. let's remove them.
>>
>> "compact_blocks_moved",
>> "compact_pages_moved",
>> "compact_pagemigrate_failed",
> 
> So a quick look says that the above-mentioned patch didn't remove those
> three items; two of them were, instead, renamed.  Rather than just taking
> out the old information, it seems we should actually update it to reflect
> current reality?
> 

I thought about the replacement, but there are couple of migration events
have no explanation:

#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
        "pgmigrate_success",
        "pgmigrate_fail",
        "thp_migration_success",
        "thp_migration_fail",
        "thp_migration_split",
#endif

It's better to fill them together, also change current explanation accordinglly.
but I'm not so confident on this now...

Thanks
Alex