linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 4/4] mm/ksm: document pages

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Message-ID: <f803a588-f9a5-99fb-7c6f-b375d6ec7460@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:28:57 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Stefan Roesch <shr@...kernel.io>, kernel-team@...com
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hannes@...xchg.org, riel@...riel.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 4/4] mm/ksm: document pages_skipped sysfs knob

On 12.09.23 19:52, Stefan Roesch wrote:
> This adds documentation for the new metric pages_skipped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@...kernel.io>
> ---
>   Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
> index 1762219baf51..27d949250b67 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
> @@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ pages_unshared
>           how many pages unique but repeatedly checked for merging
>   pages_volatile
>           how many pages changing too fast to be placed in a tree
> +pages_skipped
> +        how many pages did the "smart" page scanning algorithm skip
>   full_scans
>           how many times all mergeable areas have been scanned
>   stable_node_chains

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb