On Monday 04 June 2012 11:43:56 KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> (6/4/12 4:18 AM), Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > On Friday 01 June 2012 22:26:57 KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> >> (6/1/12 12:54 PM), Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> >>> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Subject: [PATCH] proc: add ARCH_PFN_OFFSET info to /proc/meminfo
> >>>
> >>> ARCH_PFN_OFFSET is needed for user-space to use together with
> >>> /proc/kpage[count,flags] interfaces.
> >>>
> >>> Cc: Matt Mackall<mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park<kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>> fs/proc/meminfo.c | 4 ++++
> >>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>> Index: b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> >>> ===================================================================
> >>> --- a/fs/proc/meminfo.c 2012-05-31 16:53:11.589706973 +0200
> >>> +++ b/fs/proc/meminfo.c 2012-05-31 17:03:17.719237120 +0200
> >>> @@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_
> >>>
> >>> hugetlb_report_meminfo(m);
> >>>
> >>> + seq_printf(m,
> >>> + "ArchPFNOffset: %6lu\n",
> >>> + ARCH_PFN_OFFSET);
> >>> +
> >>> arch_report_meminfo(m);
> >>
> >> NAK.
> >>
> >> arch specific report should use arch_report_meminfo().
> >
> > ARCH_PFN_OFFSET is defined for all archs so I think that it makes little
> > sense to duplicate it in every per-arch arch_report_meminfo()..
>
> Incorrect. We are usually constant value for ARCH_PFN_OFFSET. so we don't need
> any exporting.
Have you seen patch #1/2 ("PATCH] proc: fix kpage[count,flags] interfaces to
account for ARCH_PFN_OFFSET")?
We need to export ARCH_PFN_OFFSET to user-space to use /proc/kpage[count,flags]
an archs that make use of ARCH_PFN_OFFSET.
Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung Poland R&D Center
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