The patch titled Subject: mm/util.c: make vm_memory_committed() more accurate has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-utilc-make-vm_memory_committed-more-accurate.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-utilc-make-vm_memory_committed-more-accurate.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-utilc-make-vm_memory_committed-more-accurate.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/util.c: make vm_memory_committed() more accurate percpu_counter_sum_positive() will provide more accurate info. As with percpu_counter_read_positive(), in worst case the deviation could be 'batch * nr_cpus', which is totalram_pages/256 for now, and will be more when the batch gets enlarged. Its time cost is about 800 nanoseconds on a 2C/4T platform and 2~3 microseconds on a 2S/36C/72T server in normal case, and in worst case where vm_committed_as's spinlock is under severe contention, it costs 30~40 microseconds for the 2S/36C/72T sever, which should be fine for its only two users: /proc/meminfo and HyperV balloon driver's status trace per second. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1589611660-89854-3-git-send-email-feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi.kleen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/util.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/mm/util.c~mm-utilc-make-vm_memory_committed-more-accurate +++ a/mm/util.c @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ struct percpu_counter vm_committed_as __ */ unsigned long vm_memory_committed(void) { - return percpu_counter_read_positive(&vm_committed_as); + return percpu_counter_sum_positive(&vm_committed_as); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vm_memory_committed); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx are proc-meminfo-avoid-open-coded-reading-of-vm_committed_as.patch mm-utilc-make-vm_memory_committed-more-accurate.patch mm-adjust-vm_committed_as_batch-according-to-vm-overcommit-policy.patch