Now that we have the mm in the constructor and destructor, it's simple to to bump a counter. Add the counter to the mm and use the existing MM_* counter infrastructure. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- linux-2.6.git-dave/include/linux/mm.h | 2 ++ linux-2.6.git-dave/include/linux/mm_types.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN include/linux/mm.h~track-pagetable-pages include/linux/mm.h --- linux-2.6.git/include/linux/mm.h~track-pagetable-pages 2011-04-15 10:37:10.768832396 -0700 +++ linux-2.6.git-dave/include/linux/mm.h 2011-04-15 10:37:10.780832393 -0700 @@ -1245,12 +1245,14 @@ static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc(struct mm static inline void pgtable_page_ctor(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page *page) { pte_lock_init(page); + inc_mm_counter(mm, MM_PTEPAGES); inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_PAGETABLE); } static inline void pgtable_page_dtor(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page *page) { pte_lock_deinit(page); + dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_PTEPAGES); dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_PAGETABLE); } diff -puN include/linux/mm_types.h~track-pagetable-pages include/linux/mm_types.h --- linux-2.6.git/include/linux/mm_types.h~track-pagetable-pages 2011-04-15 10:37:10.772832395 -0700 +++ linux-2.6.git-dave/include/linux/mm_types.h 2011-04-15 10:37:10.780832393 -0700 @@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ enum { MM_FILEPAGES, MM_ANONPAGES, MM_SWAPENTS, + MM_PTEPAGES, NR_MM_COUNTERS }; _ -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>