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ksm: sysfs and defaults
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ksm-sysfs-and-defaults.patch
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Subject: ksm: sysfs and defaults
From: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
At present KSM is just a waste of space if you don't have CONFIG_SYSFS=y
to provide the /sys/kernel/mm/ksm files to tune and activate it.
Make KSM depend on SYSFS? Could do, but it might be better to provide
some defaults so that KSM works out-of-the-box, ready for testers to
madvise MADV_MERGEABLE, even without SYSFS.
Though anyone serious is likely to want to retune the numbers to their
taste once they have experience; and whether these settings ever reach
2.6.32 can be discussed along the way.
Save 1kB from tiny kernels by #ifdef'ing the SYSFS side of it.
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Izik Eidus <ieidus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/ksm.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/ksm.c~ksm-sysfs-and-defaults mm/ksm.c
--- a/mm/ksm.c~ksm-sysfs-and-defaults
+++ a/mm/ksm.c
@@ -163,18 +163,18 @@ static unsigned long ksm_pages_unshared;
static unsigned long ksm_rmap_items;
/* Limit on the number of unswappable pages used */
-static unsigned long ksm_max_kernel_pages;
+static unsigned long ksm_max_kernel_pages = 2000;
/* Number of pages ksmd should scan in one batch */
-static unsigned int ksm_thread_pages_to_scan;
+static unsigned int ksm_thread_pages_to_scan = 200;
/* Milliseconds ksmd should sleep between batches */
-static unsigned int ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs;
+static unsigned int ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs = 20;
#define KSM_RUN_STOP 0
#define KSM_RUN_MERGE 1
#define KSM_RUN_UNMERGE 2
-static unsigned int ksm_run;
+static unsigned int ksm_run = KSM_RUN_MERGE;
static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(ksm_thread_wait);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(ksm_thread_mutex);
@@ -506,6 +506,10 @@ static int unmerge_ksm_pages(struct vm_a
return err;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+/*
+ * Only called through the sysfs control interface:
+ */
static int unmerge_and_remove_all_rmap_items(void)
{
struct mm_slot *mm_slot;
@@ -563,6 +567,7 @@ error:
spin_unlock(&ksm_mmlist_lock);
return err;
}
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
static u32 calc_checksum(struct page *page)
{
@@ -1464,6 +1469,11 @@ void __ksm_exit(struct mm_struct *mm,
}
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+/*
+ * This all compiles without CONFIG_SYSFS, but is a waste of space.
+ */
+
#define KSM_ATTR_RO(_name) \
static struct kobj_attribute _name##_attr = __ATTR_RO(_name)
#define KSM_ATTR(_name) \
@@ -1646,6 +1656,7 @@ static struct attribute_group ksm_attr_g
.attrs = ksm_attrs,
.name = "ksm",
};
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
static int __init ksm_init(void)
{
@@ -1667,16 +1678,17 @@ static int __init ksm_init(void)
goto out_free2;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
err = sysfs_create_group(mm_kobj, &ksm_attr_group);
if (err) {
printk(KERN_ERR "ksm: register sysfs failed\n");
- goto out_free3;
+ kthread_stop(ksm_thread);
+ goto out_free2;
}
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
return 0;
-out_free3:
- kthread_stop(ksm_thread);
out_free2:
mm_slots_hash_free();
out_free1:
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hugh.dickins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
acpi-fix-null-bug-for-hid-uid-string.patch
mm-oom-analysis-add-shmem-vmstat.patch
ksm-add-mmu_notifier-set_pte_at_notify.patch
ksm-first-tidy-up-madvise_vma.patch
ksm-define-madv_mergeable-and-madv_unmergeable.patch
ksm-the-mm-interface-to-ksm.patch
ksm-no-debug-in-page_dup_rmap.patch
ksm-identify-pageksm-pages.patch
ksm-kernel-samepage-merging.patch
ksm-prevent-mremap-move-poisoning.patch
ksm-change-copyright-message.patch
ksm-change-ksm-nice-level-to-be-5.patch
ksm-rename-kernel_pages_allocated.patch
ksm-move-pages_sharing-updates.patch
ksm-pages_unshared-and-pages_volatile.patch
ksm-break-cow-once-unshared.patch
ksm-keep-quiet-while-list-empty.patch
ksm-five-little-cleanups.patch
ksm-fix-endless-loop-on-oom.patch
ksm-distribute-remove_mm_from_lists.patch
ksm-fix-oom-deadlock.patch
ksm-sysfs-and-defaults.patch
ksm-add-some-documentation.patch
ksm-remove-vm_mergeable_flags.patch
getrusage-fill-ru_maxrss-value.patch
getrusage-fill-ru_maxrss-value-update.patch
ramfs-move-ramfs_magic-to-include-linux-magich.patch
memory-controller-soft-limit-organize-cgroups-v9-fix.patch
prio_tree-debugging-patch.patch
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