From 7507f0991d59169b75a09aa21ffa8ffeda58116f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roman Gushchin Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 20:22:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mm: docs: document shrinker debugfs Add a document describing the shrinker debugfs interface. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220601032227.4076670-5-roman.gushchin@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin Reviewed-by: Muchun Song Cc: Christophe JAILLET Cc: Dave Chinner Cc: Hillf Danton Cc: Kent Overstreet Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst | 1 + Documentation/admin-guide/mm/shrinker_debugfs.rst | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 105 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/shrinker_debugfs.rst diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst index c21b582..1bd1111 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ the Linux memory management. numa_memory_policy numaperf pagemap + shrinker_debugfs soft-dirty swap_numa transhuge diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/shrinker_debugfs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/shrinker_debugfs.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e0e5bd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/shrinker_debugfs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +.. _shrinker_debugfs: + +========================== +Shrinker Debugfs Interface +========================== + +Shrinker debugfs interface provides a visibility into the kernel memory +shrinkers subsystem and allows to get information about individual shrinkers. + +For each shrinker registered in the system a directory in **/shrinker/** +is created. The directory's name is composed from the shrinker's name and an +unique id: e.g. *kfree_rcu-0* or *sb-xfs:vda1-36*. + +Each shrinker directory contains the **count** file, which allows to trigger +the *count_objects()* callback for each memcg and numa node (if applicable). + +Usage: +------ + +1. *List registered shrinkers* + + :: + + $ cd /sys/kernel/debug/shrinker/ + $ ls + dquota-cache-16 sb-devpts-28 sb-proc-47 sb-tmpfs-42 + mm-shadow-18 sb-devtmpfs-5 sb-proc-48 sb-tmpfs-43 + mm-zspool:zram0-34 sb-hugetlbfs-17 sb-pstore-31 sb-tmpfs-44 + rcu-kfree-0 sb-hugetlbfs-33 sb-rootfs-2 sb-tmpfs-49 + sb-aio-20 sb-iomem-12 sb-securityfs-6 sb-tracefs-13 + sb-anon_inodefs-15 sb-mqueue-21 sb-selinuxfs-22 sb-xfs:vda1-36 + sb-bdev-3 sb-nsfs-4 sb-sockfs-8 sb-zsmalloc-19 + sb-bpf-32 sb-pipefs-14 sb-sysfs-26 thp-deferred_split-10 + sb-btrfs:vda2-24 sb-proc-25 sb-tmpfs-1 thp-zero-9 + sb-cgroup2-30 sb-proc-39 sb-tmpfs-27 xfs-buf:vda1-37 + sb-configfs-23 sb-proc-41 sb-tmpfs-29 xfs-inodegc:vda1-38 + sb-dax-11 sb-proc-45 sb-tmpfs-35 + sb-debugfs-7 sb-proc-46 sb-tmpfs-40 + +2. *Get information about a specific shrinker* + + :: + + $ cd sb-btrfs\:vda2-24/ + $ ls + count + +3. *Count objects* + + Each line in the output has the following format:: + + ... + ... + ... + + If there are no objects on all numa nodes, a line is omitted. If there + are no objects at all, the output might be empty. + + If the shrinker is not memcg-aware or CONFIG_MEMCG is off, 0 is printed + as cgroup inode id. If the shrinker is not numa-aware, 0's are printed + for all nodes except the first one. + :: + + $ cat count + 1 224 2 + 21 98 0 + 55 818 10 + 2367 2 0 + 2401 30 0 + 225 13 0 + 599 35 0 + 939 124 0 + 1041 3 0 + 1075 1 0 + 1109 1 0 + 1279 60 0 + 1313 7 0 + 1347 39 0 + 1381 3 0 + 1449 14 0 + 1483 63 0 + 1517 53 0 + 1551 6 0 + 1585 1 0 + 1619 6 0 + 1653 40 0 + 1687 11 0 + 1721 8 0 + 1755 4 0 + 1789 52 0 + 1823 888 0 + 1857 1 0 + 1925 2 0 + 1959 32 0 + 2027 22 0 + 2061 9 0 + 2469 799 0 + 2537 861 0 + 2639 1 0 + 2707 70 0 + 2775 4 0 + 2877 84 0 + 293 1 0 + 735 8 0 -- 2.7.4