linux-kernel - [PATCH linux-next 0/3] tools/delaytop: implement real-time keyboard interaction support

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Message-ID: <202509020957458514CMgUiaqPjTURNET_d-w0@zte.com.cn>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 09:57:45 +0800 (CST)
From: <fan.yu9@....com.cn>
To: <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <wang.yaxin@....com.cn>, <corbet@....net>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        <fan.yu9@....com.cn>, <wang.yaxin@....com.cn>, <xu.xin16@....com.cn>,
        <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH linux-next 0/3] tools/delaytop: implement real-time keyboard interaction support

From: Fan Yu <fan.yu9@....com.cn>

Current Limitations
===================
The current delaytop implementation has two main limitations:
1) Static sorting only by CPU delay
Forcing users to restart with different parameters to analyze
other resource bottlenecks.
2) Memory delay information is always expanded
Causing information overload when only high-level memory pressure
monitoring is needed.

Improvements
============
1) Implemented dynamic sorting capability
- Interactive key 'o' triggers sort mode.
- Supports sorting by CPU/IO/Memory/IRQ delays.
- Memory subcategories available in verbose mode.
 * c - CPU delay (default)
 * i - IO delay
 * m - Total memory delay
 * q - IRQ delay
 * s/r/t/p/w - Memory subcategories (in verbose mode)
2) Added memory display modes
- Compact view (default): shows aggregated memory delays.
- Verbose view ('M' key): breaks down into memory sub-delays.
 * SWAP - swapin delays
 * RCL - freepages reclaim delays
 * THR - thrashing delays
 * CMP - compaction delays
 * WP - write-protect copy delays

Practical benefits
==================
1) Dynamic Sorting for Real-Time Bottleneck Detection
System administrators can now dynamically change sorting to identify
different types of resource bottlenecks without restarting.

2) Enhanced Usability with On-Screen Keybindings
More intuitive interactive usage with on-screen keybindings help.
Reduced screen clutter when only memory overview is needed.

Fan Yu (3):
  tools/delaytop: add memory verbose mode support
  tools/delaytop: add flexible sorting by delay field
  tools/delaytop: add interactive mode with keyboard controls

 tools/accounting/delaytop.c | 347 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 287 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

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