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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab index cd5fb8fa3ddf..658999be5164 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The /sys/kernel/slab directory contains a snapshot of the internal state of the SLUB allocator for each cache. Certain @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/aliases Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The aliases file is read-only and specifies how many caches have merged into this cache. @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/align Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The align file is read-only and specifies the cache's object alignment in bytes. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_calls Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The alloc_calls file is read-only and lists the kernel code locations from which allocations for this cache were performed. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_fastpath Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The alloc_fastpath file shows how many objects have been allocated using the fast path. It can be written to clear the @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_from_partial Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The alloc_from_partial file shows how many times a cpu slab has been full and it has been refilled by using a slab from the list @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_refill Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The alloc_refill file shows how many times the per-cpu freelist was empty but there were objects available as the result of @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_slab Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The alloc_slab file is shows how many times a new slab had to be allocated from the page allocator. It can be written to @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_slowpath Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The alloc_slowpath file shows how many objects have been allocated using the slow path because of a refill or @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/cache_dma Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The cache_dma file is read-only and specifies whether objects are from ZONE_DMA. @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/cpu_slabs Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The cpu_slabs file is read-only and displays how many cpu slabs are active and their NUMA locality. @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/cpuslab_flush Date: April 2009 KernelVersion: 2.6.31 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The file cpuslab_flush shows how many times a cache's cpu slabs have been flushed as the result of destroying or shrinking a @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/ctor Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The ctor file is read-only and specifies the cache's object constructor function, which is invoked for each object when a @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/deactivate_empty Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The deactivate_empty file shows how many times an empty cpu slab was deactivated. It can be written to clear the current count. @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/deactivate_full Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The deactivate_full file shows how many times a full cpu slab was deactivated. It can be written to clear the current count. @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/deactivate_remote_frees Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The deactivate_remote_frees file shows how many times a cpu slab has been deactivated and contained free objects that were freed @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/deactivate_to_head Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The deactivate_to_head file shows how many times a partial cpu slab was deactivated and added to the head of its node's partial @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/deactivate_to_tail Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The deactivate_to_tail file shows how many times a partial cpu slab was deactivated and added to the tail of its node's partial @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/destroy_by_rcu Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The destroy_by_rcu file is read-only and specifies whether slabs (not objects) are freed by rcu. @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_add_partial Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The free_add_partial file shows how many times an object has been freed in a full slab so that it had to added to its node's @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_calls Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The free_calls file is read-only and lists the locations of object frees if slab debugging is enabled (see @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_fastpath Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The free_fastpath file shows how many objects have been freed using the fast path because it was an object from the cpu slab. @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_frozen Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The free_frozen file shows how many objects have been freed to a frozen slab (i.e. a remote cpu slab). It can be written to @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_remove_partial Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The free_remove_partial file shows how many times an object has been freed to a now-empty slab so that it had to be removed from @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_slab Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The free_slab file shows how many times an empty slab has been freed back to the page allocator. It can be written to clear @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_slowpath Date: February 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The free_slowpath file shows how many objects have been freed using the slow path (i.e. to a full or partial slab). It can @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/hwcache_align Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The hwcache_align file is read-only and specifies whether objects are aligned on cachelines. @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/object_size Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The object_size file is read-only and specifies the cache's object size. @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/objects Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The objects file is read-only and displays how many objects are active and from which nodes they are from. @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/objects_partial Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The objects_partial file is read-only and displays how many objects are on partial slabs and from which nodes they are @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/objs_per_slab Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The file objs_per_slab is read-only and specifies how many objects may be allocated from a single slab of the order @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/order Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The order file specifies the page order at which new slabs are allocated. It is writable and can be changed to increase the @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/order_fallback Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The order_fallback file shows how many times an allocation of a new slab has not been possible at the cache's order and instead @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/partial Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The partial file is read-only and displays how long many partial slabs there are and how long each node's list is. @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/poison Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The poison file specifies whether objects should be poisoned when a new slab is allocated. @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/reclaim_account Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The reclaim_account file specifies whether the cache's objects are reclaimable (and grouped by their mobility). @@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/red_zone Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The red_zone file specifies whether the cache's objects are red zoned. @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/remote_node_defrag_ratio Date: January 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.25 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The file remote_node_defrag_ratio specifies the percentage of times SLUB will attempt to refill the cpu slab with a partial @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/sanity_checks Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The sanity_checks file specifies whether expensive checks should be performed on free and, at minimum, enables double free @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/shrink Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The shrink file is used to reclaim unused slab cache memory from a cache. Empty per-cpu or partial slabs @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/slab_size Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The slab_size file is read-only and specifies the object size with metadata (debugging information and alignment) in bytes. @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/slabs Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The slabs file is read-only and displays how long many slabs there are (both cpu and partial) and from which nodes they are @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/store_user Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The store_user file specifies whether the location of allocation or free should be tracked for a cache. @@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/total_objects Date: April 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The total_objects file is read-only and displays how many total objects a cache has and from which nodes they are from. @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/trace Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: The trace file specifies whether object allocations and frees should be traced. @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/validate Date: May 2007 KernelVersion: 2.6.22 Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, - Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> + Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: Writing to the validate file causes SLUB to traverse all of its cache's objects and check the validity of metadata. @@ -506,14 +506,14 @@ Description: What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/slabs_cpu_partial Date: Aug 2011 -Contact: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> +Contact: Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: This read-only file shows the number of partialli allocated frozen slabs. What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/cpu_partial Date: Aug 2011 -Contact: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> +Contact: Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org> Description: This read-only file shows the number of per cpu partial pages to keep around. |