linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 3/4] mm: add docs for per-order mTHP counters and transhuge

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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 23:48:57 +1200
From: Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>
To: akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: cerasuolodomenico@...il.com,
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Subject: [PATCH v6 3/4] mm: add docs for per-order mTHP counters and transhuge_page ABI

From: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@...o.com>

This patch includes documentation for mTHP counters and an ABI file
for sys-kernel-mm-transparent-hugepage, which appears to have been
missing for some time.

Signed-off-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@...o.com>
Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>
Cc: Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: Domenico Cerasuolo <cerasuolodomenico@...il.com>
Cc: Kairui Song <kasong@...cent.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Cc: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
---
 .../sys-kernel-mm-transparent-hugepage        | 17 +++++++++++
 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst    | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sys-kernel-mm-transparent-hugepage

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sys-kernel-mm-transparent-hugepage b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sys-kernel-mm-transparent-hugepage
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33163eba5342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sys-kernel-mm-transparent-hugepage
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+What:		/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/
+Date:		April 2024
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@...ck.org>
+Description:
+		/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/ contains a number of files and
+		subdirectories,
+			- defrag
+			- enabled
+			- hpage_pmd_size
+			- khugepaged
+			- shmem_enabled
+			- use_zero_page
+			- subdirectories of the form hugepages-<size>kB, where <size>
+			  is the page size of the hugepages supported by the kernel/CPU
+			  combination.
+
+		See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
index 04eb45a2f940..e0fe17affeb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
@@ -447,6 +447,34 @@ thp_swpout_fallback
 	Usually because failed to allocate some continuous swap space
 	for the huge page.
 
+In /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/hugepages-<size>kB/stats, There are
+also individual counters for each huge page size, which can be utilized to
+monitor the system's effectiveness in providing huge pages for usage. Each
+counter has its own corresponding file.
+
+anon_fault_alloc
+	is incremented every time a huge page is successfully
+	allocated and charged to handle a page fault.
+
+anon_fault_fallback
+	is incremented if a page fault fails to allocate or charge
+	a huge page and instead falls back to using huge pages with
+	lower orders or small pages.
+
+anon_fault_fallback_charge
+	is incremented if a page fault fails to charge a huge page and
+	instead falls back to using huge pages with lower orders or
+	small pages even though the allocation was successful.
+
+anon_swpout
+	is incremented every time a huge page is swapped out in one
+	piece without splitting.
+
+anon_swpout_fallback
+	is incremented if a huge page has to be split before swapout.
+	Usually because failed to allocate some continuous swap space
+	for the huge page.
+
 As the system ages, allocating huge pages may be expensive as the
 system uses memory compaction to copy data around memory to free a
 huge page for use. There are some counters in ``/proc/vmstat`` to help
-- 
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