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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-07-12 11:40:28 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-07-12 11:40:28 -0700 |
commit | ef8f3d48afd6a17a0dae8c277c2f539c2f19fd16 (patch) | |
tree | 5c28f9f287a552ad1a655b9e29e5330966652e89 /Documentation | |
parent | d7d170a8e357bd9926cc6bfea5c2385c2eac65b2 (diff) | |
parent | 2c207985f354dfb549e5a543102a3e084eea81f6 (diff) |
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge updates from Andrew Morton:
"Am experimenting with splitting MM up into identifiable subsystems
perhaps with a view to gitifying it in complex ways. Also with more
verbose "incoming" emails.
Most of MM is here and a few other trees.
Subsystems affected by this patch series:
- hotfixes
- iommu
- scripts
- arch/sh
- ocfs2
- mm:slab-generic
- mm:slub
- mm:kmemleak
- mm:kasan
- mm:cleanups
- mm:debug
- mm:pagecache
- mm:swap
- mm:memcg
- mm:gup
- mm:pagemap
- mm:infrastructure
- mm:vmalloc
- mm:initialization
- mm:pagealloc
- mm:vmscan
- mm:tools
- mm:proc
- mm:ras
- mm:oom-kill
hotfixes:
mm: vmscan: scan anonymous pages on file refaults
mm/nvdimm: add is_ioremap_addr and use that to check ioremap address
mm/memcontrol: fix wrong statistics in memory.stat
mm/z3fold.c: lock z3fold page before __SetPageMovable()
nilfs2: do not use unexported cpu_to_le32()/le32_to_cpu() in uapi header
MAINTAINERS: nilfs2: update email address
iommu:
include/linux/dmar.h: replace single-char identifiers in macros
scripts:
scripts/decode_stacktrace: match basepath using shell prefix operator, not regex
scripts/decode_stacktrace: look for modules with .ko.debug extension
scripts/spelling.txt: drop "sepc" from the misspelling list
scripts/spelling.txt: add spelling fix for prohibited
scripts/decode_stacktrace: Accept dash/underscore in modules
scripts/spelling.txt: add more spellings to spelling.txt
arch/sh:
arch/sh/configs/sdk7786_defconfig: remove CONFIG_LOGFS
sh: config: remove left-over BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT
sh: prevent warnings when using iounmap
ocfs2:
fs: ocfs: fix spelling mistake "hearbeating" -> "heartbeat"
ocfs2/dlm: use struct_size() helper
ocfs2: add last unlock times in locking_state
ocfs2: add locking filter debugfs file
ocfs2: add first lock wait time in locking_state
ocfs: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions
fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c: unneeded variable: "status"
ocfs2: use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation
mm:slab-generic:
Patch series "mm/slab: Improved sanity checking":
mm/slab: validate cache membership under freelist hardening
mm/slab: sanity-check page type when looking up cache
lkdtm/heap: add tests for freelist hardening
mm:slub:
mm/slub.c: avoid double string traverse in kmem_cache_flags()
slub: don't panic for memcg kmem cache creation failure
mm:kmemleak:
mm/kmemleak.c: fix check for softirq context
mm/kmemleak.c: change error at _write when kmemleak is disabled
docs: kmemleak: add more documentation details
mm:kasan:
mm/kasan: print frame description for stack bugs
Patch series "Bitops instrumentation for KASAN", v5:
lib/test_kasan: add bitops tests
x86: use static_cpu_has in uaccess region to avoid instrumentation
asm-generic, x86: add bitops instrumentation for KASAN
Patch series "mm/kasan: Add object validation in ksize()", v3:
mm/kasan: introduce __kasan_check_{read,write}
mm/kasan: change kasan_check_{read,write} to return boolean
lib/test_kasan: Add test for double-kzfree detection
mm/slab: refactor common ksize KASAN logic into slab_common.c
mm/kasan: add object validation in ksize()
mm:cleanups:
include/linux/pfn_t.h: remove pfn_t_to_virt()
Patch series "remove ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL where it has no effect":
arm: remove ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
s390: remove ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
sparc: remove ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
mm/gup.c: make follow_page_mask() static
mm/memory.c: trivial clean up in insert_page()
mm: make !CONFIG_HUGE_PAGE wrappers into static inlines
include/linux/mm_types.h: ifdef struct vm_area_struct::swap_readahead_info
mm: remove the account_page_dirtied export
mm/page_isolation.c: change the prototype of undo_isolate_page_range()
include/linux/vmpressure.h: use spinlock_t instead of struct spinlock
mm: remove the exporting of totalram_pages
include/linux/pagemap.h: document trylock_page() return value
mm:debug:
mm/failslab.c: by default, do not fail allocations with direct reclaim only
Patch series "debug_pagealloc improvements":
mm, debug_pagelloc: use static keys to enable debugging
mm, page_alloc: more extensive free page checking with debug_pagealloc
mm, debug_pagealloc: use a page type instead of page_ext flag
mm:pagecache:
Patch series "fix filler_t callback type mismatches", v2:
mm/filemap.c: fix an overly long line in read_cache_page
mm/filemap: don't cast ->readpage to filler_t for do_read_cache_page
jffs2: pass the correct prototype to read_cache_page
9p: pass the correct prototype to read_cache_page
mm/filemap.c: correct the comment about VM_FAULT_RETRY
mm:swap:
mm, swap: fix race between swapoff and some swap operations
mm/swap_state.c: simplify total_swapcache_pages() with get_swap_device()
mm, swap: use rbtree for swap_extent
mm/mincore.c: fix race between swapoff and mincore
mm:memcg:
memcg, oom: no oom-kill for __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL
memcg, fsnotify: no oom-kill for remote memcg charging
mm, memcg: introduce memory.events.local
mm: memcontrol: dump memory.stat during cgroup OOM
Patch series "mm: reparent slab memory on cgroup removal", v7:
mm: memcg/slab: postpone kmem_cache memcg pointer initialization to memcg_link_cache()
mm: memcg/slab: rename slab delayed deactivation functions and fields
mm: memcg/slab: generalize postponed non-root kmem_cache deactivation
mm: memcg/slab: introduce __memcg_kmem_uncharge_memcg()
mm: memcg/slab: unify SLAB and SLUB page accounting
mm: memcg/slab: don't check the dying flag on kmem_cache creation
mm: memcg/slab: synchronize access to kmem_cache dying flag using a spinlock
mm: memcg/slab: rework non-root kmem_cache lifecycle management
mm: memcg/slab: stop setting page->mem_cgroup pointer for slab pages
mm: memcg/slab: reparent memcg kmem_caches on cgroup removal
mm, memcg: add a memcg_slabinfo debugfs file
mm:gup:
Patch series "switch the remaining architectures to use generic GUP", v4:
mm: use untagged_addr() for get_user_pages_fast addresses
mm: simplify gup_fast_permitted
mm: lift the x86_32 PAE version of gup_get_pte to common code
MIPS: use the generic get_user_pages_fast code
sh: add the missing pud_page definition
sh: use the generic get_user_pages_fast code
sparc64: add the missing pgd_page definition
sparc64: define untagged_addr()
sparc64: use the generic get_user_pages_fast code
mm: rename CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_GUP to CONFIG_HAVE_FAST_GUP
mm: reorder code blocks in gup.c
mm: consolidate the get_user_pages* implementations
mm: validate get_user_pages_fast flags
mm: move the powerpc hugepd code to mm/gup.c
mm: switch gup_hugepte to use try_get_compound_head
mm: mark the page referenced in gup_hugepte
mm/gup: speed up check_and_migrate_cma_pages() on huge page
mm/gup.c: remove some BUG_ONs from get_gate_page()
mm/gup.c: mark undo_dev_pagemap as __maybe_unused
mm:pagemap:
asm-generic, x86: introduce generic pte_{alloc,free}_one[_kernel]
alpha: switch to generic version of pte allocation
arm: switch to generic version of pte allocation
arm64: switch to generic version of pte allocation
csky: switch to generic version of pte allocation
m68k: sun3: switch to generic version of pte allocation
mips: switch to generic version of pte allocation
nds32: switch to generic version of pte allocation
nios2: switch to generic version of pte allocation
parisc: switch to generic version of pte allocation
riscv: switch to generic version of pte allocation
um: switch to generic version of pte allocation
unicore32: switch to generic version of pte allocation
mm/pgtable: drop pgtable_t variable from pte_fn_t functions
mm/memory.c: fail when offset == num in first check of __vm_map_pages()
mm:infrastructure:
mm/mmu_notifier: use hlist_add_head_rcu()
mm:vmalloc:
Patch series "Some cleanups for the KVA/vmalloc", v5:
mm/vmalloc.c: remove "node" argument
mm/vmalloc.c: preload a CPU with one object for split purpose
mm/vmalloc.c: get rid of one single unlink_va() when merge
mm/vmalloc.c: switch to WARN_ON() and move it under unlink_va()
mm/vmalloc.c: spelling> s/informaion/information/
mm:initialization:
mm/large system hash: use vmalloc for size > MAX_ORDER when !hashdist
mm/large system hash: clear hashdist when only one node with memory is booted
mm:pagealloc:
arm64: move jump_label_init() before parse_early_param()
Patch series "add init_on_alloc/init_on_free boot options", v10:
mm: security: introduce init_on_alloc=1 and init_on_free=1 boot options
mm: init: report memory auto-initialization features at boot time
mm:vmscan:
mm: vmscan: remove double slab pressure by inc'ing sc->nr_scanned
mm: vmscan: correct some vmscan counters for THP swapout
mm:tools:
tools/vm/slabinfo: order command line options
tools/vm/slabinfo: add partial slab listing to -X
tools/vm/slabinfo: add option to sort by partial slabs
tools/vm/slabinfo: add sorting info to help menu
mm:proc:
proc: use down_read_killable mmap_sem for /proc/pid/maps
proc: use down_read_killable mmap_sem for /proc/pid/smaps_rollup
proc: use down_read_killable mmap_sem for /proc/pid/pagemap
proc: use down_read_killable mmap_sem for /proc/pid/clear_refs
proc: use down_read_killable mmap_sem for /proc/pid/map_files
mm: use down_read_killable for locking mmap_sem in access_remote_vm
mm: smaps: split PSS into components
mm: vmalloc: show number of vmalloc pages in /proc/meminfo
mm:ras:
mm/memory-failure.c: clarify error message
mm:oom-kill:
mm: memcontrol: use CSS_TASK_ITER_PROCS at mem_cgroup_scan_tasks()
mm, oom: refactor dump_tasks for memcg OOMs
mm, oom: remove redundant task_in_mem_cgroup() check
oom: decouple mems_allowed from oom_unkillable_task
mm/oom_kill.c: remove redundant OOM score normalization in select_bad_process()"
* akpm: (147 commits)
mm/oom_kill.c: remove redundant OOM score normalization in select_bad_process()
oom: decouple mems_allowed from oom_unkillable_task
mm, oom: remove redundant task_in_mem_cgroup() check
mm, oom: refactor dump_tasks for memcg OOMs
mm: memcontrol: use CSS_TASK_ITER_PROCS at mem_cgroup_scan_tasks()
mm/memory-failure.c: clarify error message
mm: vmalloc: show number of vmalloc pages in /proc/meminfo
mm: smaps: split PSS into components
mm: use down_read_killable for locking mmap_sem in access_remote_vm
proc: use down_read_killable mmap_sem for /proc/pid/map_files
proc: use down_read_killable mmap_sem for /proc/pid/clear_refs
proc: use down_read_killable mmap_sem for /proc/pid/pagemap
proc: use down_read_killable mmap_sem for /proc/pid/smaps_rollup
proc: use down_read_killable mmap_sem for /proc/pid/maps
tools/vm/slabinfo: add sorting info to help menu
tools/vm/slabinfo: add option to sort by partial slabs
tools/vm/slabinfo: add partial slab listing to -X
tools/vm/slabinfo: order command line options
mm: vmscan: correct some vmscan counters for THP swapout
mm: vmscan: remove double slab pressure by inc'ing sc->nr_scanned
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-smaps_rollup | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 19 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst | 48 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 41 |
6 files changed, 111 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-smaps_rollup b/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-smaps_rollup index 0a54ed0d63c9..274df44d8b1b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-smaps_rollup +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-smaps_rollup @@ -3,18 +3,28 @@ Date: August 2017 Contact: Daniel Colascione <dancol@google.com> Description: This file provides pre-summed memory information for a - process. The format is identical to /proc/pid/smaps, + process. The format is almost identical to /proc/pid/smaps, except instead of an entry for each VMA in a process, smaps_rollup has a single entry (tagged "[rollup]") for which each field is the sum of the corresponding fields from all the maps in /proc/pid/smaps. - For more details, see the procfs man page. + Additionally, the fields Pss_Anon, Pss_File and Pss_Shmem + are not present in /proc/pid/smaps. These fields represent + the sum of the Pss field of each type (anon, file, shmem). + For more details, see Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt + and the procfs man page. Typical output looks like this: 00100000-ff709000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 [rollup] + Size: 1192 kB + KernelPageSize: 4 kB + MMUPageSize: 4 kB Rss: 884 kB Pss: 385 kB + Pss_Anon: 301 kB + Pss_File: 80 kB + Pss_Shmem: 4 kB Shared_Clean: 696 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 120 kB diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index a5c845338d6d..a9548de56ac9 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -1146,6 +1146,11 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. otherwise, a value change in this file generates a file modified event. + Note that all fields in this file are hierarchical and the + file modified event can be generated due to an event down the + hierarchy. For for the local events at the cgroup level see + memory.events.local. + low The number of times the cgroup is reclaimed due to high memory pressure even though its usage is under @@ -1185,6 +1190,11 @@ PAGE_SIZE multiple when read back. The number of processes belonging to this cgroup killed by any kind of OOM killer. + memory.events.local + Similar to memory.events but the fields in the file are local + to the cgroup i.e. not hierarchical. The file modified event + generated on this file reflects only the local events. + memory.stat A read-only flat-keyed file which exists on non-root cgroups. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index f1c433daef6b..099c5a4be95b 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -805,12 +805,10 @@ tracking down these problems. debug_pagealloc= - [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this - parameter enables the feature at boot time. In - default, it is disabled. We can avoid allocating huge - chunk of memory for debug pagealloc if we don't enable - it at boot time and the system will work mostly same - with the kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC. + [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter + enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is + disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a + kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC. on: enable the feature debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging @@ -1670,6 +1668,15 @@ initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk + init_on_alloc= [MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with + zeroes. + Format: 0 | 1 + Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON. + + init_on_free= [MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes. + Format: 0 | 1 + Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON. + init_pkru= [x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights register contents for all processes. 0x55555554 by default (disallow access to all but pkey 0). Can diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst index 824f24ccf401..08af5caf036d 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ The Linux kernel provides more basic utility functions. Bit Operations -------------- -.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/asm-generic/bitops-instrumented.h :internal: Bitmap Operations diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst index e6f51260ff32..3621cd5e1eef 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Kernel Memory Leak Detector =========================== Kmemleak provides a way of detecting possible kernel memory leaks in a -way similar to a tracing garbage collector -(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_%28computer_science%29#Tracing_garbage_collectors), +way similar to a `tracing garbage collector +<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracing_garbage_collection>`_, with the difference that the orphan objects are not freed but only reported via /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak. A similar method is used by the Valgrind tool (``memcheck --leak-check``) to detect the memory leaks in @@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ Usage CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK in "Kernel hacking" has to be enabled. A kernel thread scans the memory every 10 minutes (by default) and prints the -number of new unreferenced objects found. To display the details of all -the possible memory leaks:: +number of new unreferenced objects found. If the ``debugfs`` isn't already +mounted, mount with:: # mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debug/ + +To display the details of all the possible scanned memory leaks:: + # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak To trigger an intermediate memory scan:: @@ -72,6 +75,9 @@ If CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF are enabled, the kmemleak is disabled by default. Passing ``kmemleak=on`` on the kernel command line enables the function. +If you are getting errors like "Error while writing to stdout" or "write_loop: +Invalid argument", make sure kmemleak is properly enabled. + Basic Algorithm --------------- @@ -218,3 +224,37 @@ the pointer is calculated by other methods than the usual container_of macro or the pointer is stored in a location not scanned by kmemleak. Page allocations and ioremap are not tracked. + +Testing with kmemleak-test +-------------------------- + +To check if you have all set up to use kmemleak, you can use the kmemleak-test +module, a module that deliberately leaks memory. Set CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST +as module (it can't be used as bult-in) and boot the kernel with kmemleak +enabled. Load the module and perform a scan with:: + + # modprobe kmemleak-test + # echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak + +Note that the you may not get results instantly or on the first scanning. When +kmemleak gets results, it'll log ``kmemleak: <count of leaks> new suspected +memory leaks``. Then read the file to see then:: + + # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak + unreferenced object 0xffff89862ca702e8 (size 32): + comm "modprobe", pid 2088, jiffies 4294680594 (age 375.486s) + hex dump (first 32 bytes): + 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk + 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b a5 kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk. + backtrace: + [<00000000e0a73ec7>] 0xffffffffc01d2036 + [<000000000c5d2a46>] do_one_initcall+0x41/0x1df + [<0000000046db7e0a>] do_init_module+0x55/0x200 + [<00000000542b9814>] load_module+0x203c/0x2480 + [<00000000c2850256>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xba/0xe0 + [<000000006564e7ef>] do_syscall_64+0x43/0x110 + [<000000007c873fa6>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 + ... + +Removing the module with ``rmmod kmemleak_test`` should also trigger some +kmemleak results. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index a226061fa109..d750b6926899 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -154,9 +154,11 @@ Table 1-1: Process specific entries in /proc symbol the task is blocked in - or "0" if not blocked. pagemap Page table stack Report full stack trace, enable via CONFIG_STACKTRACE - smaps an extension based on maps, showing the memory consumption of + smaps An extension based on maps, showing the memory consumption of each mapping and flags associated with it - numa_maps an extension based on maps, showing the memory locality and + smaps_rollup Accumulated smaps stats for all mappings of the process. This + can be derived from smaps, but is faster and more convenient + numa_maps An extension based on maps, showing the memory locality and binding policy as well as mem usage (in pages) of each mapping. .............................................................................. @@ -366,7 +368,7 @@ Table 1-4: Contents of the stat files (as of 2.6.30-rc7) exit_code the thread's exit_code in the form reported by the waitpid system call .............................................................................. -The /proc/PID/maps file containing the currently mapped memory regions and +The /proc/PID/maps file contains the currently mapped memory regions and their access permissions. The format is: @@ -417,11 +419,14 @@ is not associated with a file: or if empty, the mapping is anonymous. The /proc/PID/smaps is an extension based on maps, showing the memory -consumption for each of the process's mappings. For each of mappings there -is a series of lines such as the following: +consumption for each of the process's mappings. For each mapping (aka Virtual +Memory Area, or VMA) there is a series of lines such as the following: 08048000-080bc000 r-xp 00000000 03:02 13130 /bin/bash + Size: 1084 kB +KernelPageSize: 4 kB +MMUPageSize: 4 kB Rss: 892 kB Pss: 374 kB Shared_Clean: 892 kB @@ -443,11 +448,14 @@ Locked: 0 kB THPeligible: 0 VmFlags: rd ex mr mw me dw -the first of these lines shows the same information as is displayed for the -mapping in /proc/PID/maps. The remaining lines show the size of the mapping -(size), the amount of the mapping that is currently resident in RAM (RSS), the -process' proportional share of this mapping (PSS), the number of clean and -dirty private pages in the mapping. +The first of these lines shows the same information as is displayed for the +mapping in /proc/PID/maps. Following lines show the size of the mapping +(size); the size of each page allocated when backing a VMA (KernelPageSize), +which is usually the same as the size in the page table entries; the page size +used by the MMU when backing a VMA (in most cases, the same as KernelPageSize); +the amount of the mapping that is currently resident in RAM (RSS); the +process' proportional share of this mapping (PSS); and the number of clean and +dirty shared and private pages in the mapping. The "proportional set size" (PSS) of a process is the count of pages it has in memory, where each page is divided by the number of processes sharing it. @@ -532,6 +540,19 @@ guarantees: 2) If there is something at a given vaddr during the entirety of the life of the smaps/maps walk, there will be some output for it. +The /proc/PID/smaps_rollup file includes the same fields as /proc/PID/smaps, +but their values are the sums of the corresponding values for all mappings of +the process. Additionally, it contains these fields: + +Pss_Anon +Pss_File +Pss_Shmem + +They represent the proportional shares of anonymous, file, and shmem pages, as +described for smaps above. These fields are omitted in smaps since each +mapping identifies the type (anon, file, or shmem) of all pages it contains. +Thus all information in smaps_rollup can be derived from smaps, but at a +significantly higher cost. The /proc/PID/clear_refs is used to reset the PG_Referenced and ACCESSED/YOUNG bits on both physical and virtual pages associated with a process, and the |