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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 1/2] mm: hugetlb: proc: add HugetlbPages field to /proc/PID/smaps
On Thu 20-08-15 23:20:12, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
[...]
> From: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 08:13:31 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt: give additional comment
> about hugetlb usage
>
> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> index f561fc46e41b..b775b6faaeda 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> @@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ indicates the amount of memory currently marked as referenced or accessed.
> a mapping associated with a file may contain anonymous pages: when MAP_PRIVATE
> and a page is modified, the file page is replaced by a private anonymous copy.
> "AnonHugePages" shows the ammount of memory backed by transparent hugepage.
> -"HugetlbPages" shows the ammount of memory backed by hugetlbfs page.
> +"HugetlbPages" shows the ammount of memory backed by hugetlbfs page (which is
> +not counted in "Rss" or "Pss" field for historical reasons.)
> "Swap" shows how much would-be-anonymous memory is also used, but out on swap.
>
> "VmFlags" field deserves a separate description. This member represents the kernel

Thank you!
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs


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