Re: [PATCH 5/5] add NR_ANON_PAGES to OOM log

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Sun Jul 05 2009 - 08:21:32 EST


> On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 05:26:18PM +0800, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > Subject: [PATCH] add NR_ANON_PAGES to OOM log
> >
> > show_free_areas can display NR_FILE_PAGES, but it can't display
> > NR_ANON_PAGES.
> >
> > this patch fix its inconsistency.
> >
> >
> > Reported-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > mm/page_alloc.c | 1 +
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > Index: b/mm/page_alloc.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> > +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> > @@ -2216,6 +2216,7 @@ void show_free_areas(void)
> > printk("= %lukB\n", K(total));
> > }
> >
> > + printk("%ld total anon pages\n", global_page_state(NR_ANON_PAGES));
> > printk("%ld total pagecache pages\n", global_page_state(NR_FILE_PAGES));
>
> Can we put related items together, ie. this looks more friendly:
>
> Anon:XXX active_anon:XXX inactive_anon:XXX
> File:XXX active_file:XXX inactive_file:XXX

hmmm. Actually NR_ACTIVE_ANON + NR_INACTIVE_ANON != NR_ANON_PAGES.
tmpfs pages are accounted as FILE, but it is stay in anon lru.

I think your proposed format easily makes confusion. this format cause to
imazine Anon = active_anon + inactive_anon.

At least, we need to use another name, I think.



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