The patch titled Include count of pagecache pages in show_mem() output has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is include-count-of-pagecache-pages-in-show_mem-output.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/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Include count of pagecache pages in show_mem() output From: Larry Woodman <lwoodman@xxxxxxxxxx> The show_mem() output does not include the total number of pagecache pages. This would be helpful when analyzing the debug information in the /var/log/messages file after OOM kills occur. This patch includes the total pagecache pages in that output. Signed-off-by: Larry Woodman <lwoodman@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~include-count-of-pagecache-pages-in-show_mem-output mm/page_alloc.c --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~include-count-of-pagecache-pages-in-show_mem-output +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1874,6 +1874,8 @@ void show_free_areas(void) printk("= %lukB\n", K(total)); } + printk("%ld total pagecache pages\n", global_page_state(NR_FILE_PAGES)); + show_swap_cache_info(); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from lwoodman@xxxxxxxxxx are include-count-of-pagecache-pages-in-show_mem-output.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html