Re: [PATCH] mm/slab: Add slabreclaim flag to slabinfo

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On 2/4/24 14:09, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 05:44:42PM +0800, Fangzheng Zhang wrote:
>> In order to enhance slab debugging, we add slabreclaim flag to
>> slabinfo. Slab type is also an important analysis point in slabinfo
>> for per slab, when various problems such as memory leaks or memory
>> statistics occur.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Fangzheng Zhang <fangzheng.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  mm/slab_common.c | 7 ++++---
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
>> index 238293b1dbe1..aeeb2bfe6dda 100644
>> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
>> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
>> @@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
>>  	seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1\n");
>>  	seq_puts(m, "# name            <active_objs> <num_objs> <objsize> <objperslab> <pagesperslab>");
>>  	seq_puts(m, " : tunables <limit> <batchcount> <sharedfactor>");
>> -	seq_puts(m, " : slabdata <active_slabs> <num_slabs> <sharedavail>");
>> +	seq_puts(m, " : slabdata <active_slabs> <num_slabs> <sharedavail> <slabreclaim>");
> 
> Doesn't this change the slabinfo version number above?  Where is this
> change documented so that userspace knows about it?

Yeah I was vary about this. Do the other longer-time-than-me slab
maintainers recall how we handled this in the past?
Also the information is already available, even if harder to gather, in the
file /sys/kernel/slab/$cache/reclaim_account

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h





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