Don't show nr_indirectly_reclaimable in /proc/vmstat, because there is no need in exporting this vm counter to the userspace, and some changes are expected in reclaimable object accounting, which can alter this counter. Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmstat.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c index 536332e988b8..a2b9518980ce 100644 --- a/mm/vmstat.c +++ b/mm/vmstat.c @@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = { "nr_vmscan_immediate_reclaim", "nr_dirtied", "nr_written", - "nr_indirectly_reclaimable", + "", /* nr_indirectly_reclaimable */ /* enum writeback_stat_item counters */ "nr_dirty_threshold", @@ -1740,6 +1740,10 @@ static int vmstat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg) unsigned long *l = arg; unsigned long off = l - (unsigned long *)m->private; + /* Skip hidden vmstat items. */ + if (*vmstat_text[off] == '\0') + return 0; + seq_puts(m, vmstat_text[off]); seq_put_decimal_ull(m, " ", *l); seq_putc(m, '\n'); -- 2.14.3