Hello,
On (08/19/14 13:45), Chao Yu wrote:
> > On (08/15/14 11:27), Chao Yu wrote:
> > > Now we have supported handling discard request which is sended by filesystem,
> > > but no interface could be used to show information of discard.
> > > This patch adds num_discards to stat discarded pages, then export it to sysfs
> > > for displaying.
> > >
> >
> > a side question: we account discarded pages via slot free notify in
> > notify_free and via req_discard in num_discards. how about accounting
> > both of them in num_discards? because, after all, they account a number
> > of discarded pages (zram_free_page()). or there any particular reason we
> > want to distinguish.
>
> Yeah, I agree with you as I have no such reason unless there are our users'
> explicitly requirement for showing notify_free/num_discards separately later.
>
> How do you think of sending another patch to merge these two counts?
>
Minchan, what do you think? let's account discarded pages in one place.
> One more thing is that I am missing to update document of zram, sorry about
> that, let me update it in v2.
thanks.
-ss
> Thanks,
> Yu
>
> >
> > -ss
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram | 10 ++++++++++
> > > drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 3 +++
> > > drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h | 1 +
> > > 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram
> > b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram
> > > index 70ec992..fa8936e 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram
> > > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram
> > > @@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ Description:
> > > The failed_writes file is read-only and specifies the number of
> > > failed writes happened on this device.
> > >
> > > +
> > > +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/num_discards
> > > +Date: August 2014
> > > +Contact: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > +Description:
> > > + The num_discards file is read-only and specifies the number of
> > > + physical blocks which are discarded by this device. These blocks
> > > + are included in discard request which is sended by filesystem as
> > > + the blocks are no longer used.
> > > +
> > > What: /sys/block/zram<id>/max_comp_streams
> > > Date: February 2014
> > > Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> > > index d00831c..904e7a5 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> > > @@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ static void zram_bio_discard(struct zram *zram, u32 index,
> > > bit_spin_lock(ZRAM_ACCESS, &meta->table[index].value);
> > > zram_free_page(zram, index);
> > > bit_spin_unlock(ZRAM_ACCESS, &meta->table[index].value);
> > > + atomic64_inc(&zram->stats.num_discards);
> > > index++;
> > > n -= PAGE_SIZE;
> > > }
> > > @@ -866,6 +867,7 @@ ZRAM_ATTR_RO(num_reads);
> > > ZRAM_ATTR_RO(num_writes);
> > > ZRAM_ATTR_RO(failed_reads);
> > > ZRAM_ATTR_RO(failed_writes);
> > > +ZRAM_ATTR_RO(num_discards);
> > > ZRAM_ATTR_RO(invalid_io);
> > > ZRAM_ATTR_RO(notify_free);
> > > ZRAM_ATTR_RO(zero_pages);
> > > @@ -879,6 +881,7 @@ static struct attribute *zram_disk_attrs[] = {
> > > &dev_attr_num_writes.attr,
> > > &dev_attr_failed_reads.attr,
> > > &dev_attr_failed_writes.attr,
> > > + &dev_attr_num_discards.attr,
> > > &dev_attr_invalid_io.attr,
> > > &dev_attr_notify_free.attr,
> > > &dev_attr_zero_pages.attr,
> > > diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
> > > index e0f725c..2994aaf 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
> > > @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct zram_stats {
> > > atomic64_t num_writes; /* --do-- */
> > > atomic64_t failed_reads; /* can happen when memory is too low */
> > > atomic64_t failed_writes; /* can happen when memory is too low */
> > > + atomic64_t num_discards; /* no. of discarded pages */
> > > atomic64_t invalid_io; /* non-page-aligned I/O requests */
> > > atomic64_t notify_free; /* no. of swap slot free notifications */
> > > atomic64_t zero_pages; /* no. of zero filled pages */
> > > --
> > > 2.0.1.474.g72c7794
> > >
> > >
> >
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