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-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt8
-rw-r--r--include/linux/vm_event_item.h2
-rw-r--r--mm/huge_memory.c5
-rw-r--r--mm/vmstat.c2
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
index 8f5b41d..60aeedd 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
@@ -197,6 +197,14 @@ thp_split is incremented every time a huge page is split into base
pages. This can happen for a variety of reasons but a common
reason is that a huge page is old and is being reclaimed.
+thp_zero_page_alloc is incremented every time a huge zero page is
+ successfully allocated. It includes allocations which where
+ dropped due race with other allocation. Note, it doesn't count
+ every map of the huge zero page, only its allocation.
+
+thp_zero_page_alloc_failed is incremented if kernel fails to allocate
+ huge zero page and falls back to using small pages.
+
As the system ages, allocating huge pages may be expensive as the
system uses memory compaction to copy data around memory to free a
huge page for use. There are some counters in /proc/vmstat to help
diff --git a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
index 3d31145..fe786f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
+++ b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
THP_COLLAPSE_ALLOC,
THP_COLLAPSE_ALLOC_FAILED,
THP_SPLIT,
+ THP_ZERO_PAGE_ALLOC,
+ THP_ZERO_PAGE_ALLOC_FAILED,
#endif
NR_VM_EVENT_ITEMS
};
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index d89220c..9a5d45d 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -184,8 +184,11 @@ retry:
zero_page = alloc_pages((GFP_TRANSHUGE | __GFP_ZERO) & ~__GFP_MOVABLE,
HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
- if (!zero_page)
+ if (!zero_page) {
+ count_vm_event(THP_ZERO_PAGE_ALLOC_FAILED);
return 0;
+ }
+ count_vm_event(THP_ZERO_PAGE_ALLOC);
preempt_disable();
if (cmpxchg(&huge_zero_pfn, 0, page_to_pfn(zero_page))) {
preempt_enable();
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index c737057..5da4b19 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -801,6 +801,8 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
"thp_collapse_alloc",
"thp_collapse_alloc_failed",
"thp_split",
+ "thp_zero_page_alloc",
+ "thp_zero_page_alloc_failed",
#endif
#endif /* CONFIG_VM_EVENTS_COUNTERS */
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