linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 4/4] mm/ksm: document pages

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Message-Id: <20230926040939.516161-5-shr@devkernel.io>
Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:09:39 -0700
From:   Stefan Roesch <shr@...kernel.io>
To:     kernel-team@...com
Cc:     shr@...kernel.io, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, david@...hat.com,
        hannes@...xchg.org, riel@...riel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/4] mm/ksm: document pages_skipped sysfs knob

This adds documentation for the new metric pages_skipped.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@...kernel.io>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
---
 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
-- 
2.39.3