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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 7f268f327d75..64557821ee59 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ Table 1-4: Kernel info in /proc uptime System uptime version Kernel version video bttv info of video resources (2.4) + vmallocinfo Show vmalloced areas .............................................................................. You can, for example, check which interrupts are currently in use and what @@ -557,6 +558,49 @@ VmallocTotal: total size of vmalloc memory area VmallocUsed: amount of vmalloc area which is used VmallocChunk: largest contigious block of vmalloc area which is free +.............................................................................. + +vmallocinfo: + +Provides information about vmalloced/vmaped areas. One line per area, +containing the virtual address range of the area, size in bytes, +caller information of the creator, and optional information depending +on the kind of area : + + pages=nr number of pages + phys=addr if a physical address was specified + ioremap I/O mapping (ioremap() and friends) + vmalloc vmalloc() area + vmap vmap()ed pages + user VM_USERMAP area + vpages buffer for pages pointers was vmalloced (huge area) + N<node>=nr (Only on NUMA kernels) + Number of pages allocated on memory node <node> + +> cat /proc/vmallocinfo +0xffffc20000000000-0xffffc20000201000 2101248 alloc_large_system_hash+0x204 ... + /0x2c0 pages=512 vmalloc N0=128 N1=128 N2=128 N3=128 +0xffffc20000201000-0xffffc20000302000 1052672 alloc_large_system_hash+0x204 ... + /0x2c0 pages=256 vmalloc N0=64 N1=64 N2=64 N3=64 +0xffffc20000302000-0xffffc20000304000 8192 acpi_tb_verify_table+0x21/0x4f... + phys=7fee8000 ioremap +0xffffc20000304000-0xffffc20000307000 12288 acpi_tb_verify_table+0x21/0x4f... + phys=7fee7000 ioremap +0xffffc2000031d000-0xffffc2000031f000 8192 init_vdso_vars+0x112/0x210 +0xffffc2000031f000-0xffffc2000032b000 49152 cramfs_uncompress_init+0x2e ... + /0x80 pages=11 vmalloc N0=3 N1=3 N2=2 N3=3 +0xffffc2000033a000-0xffffc2000033d000 12288 sys_swapon+0x640/0xac0 ... + pages=2 vmalloc N1=2 +0xffffc20000347000-0xffffc2000034c000 20480 xt_alloc_table_info+0xfe ... + /0x130 [x_tables] pages=4 vmalloc N0=4 +0xffffffffa0000000-0xffffffffa000f000 61440 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ... + pages=14 vmalloc N2=14 +0xffffffffa000f000-0xffffffffa0014000 20480 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ... + pages=4 vmalloc N1=4 +0xffffffffa0014000-0xffffffffa0017000 12288 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ... + pages=2 vmalloc N1=2 +0xffffffffa0017000-0xffffffffa0022000 45056 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ... + pages=10 vmalloc N0=10 1.3 IDE devices in /proc/ide ---------------------------- @@ -887,7 +931,7 @@ group_prealloc max_to_scan mb_groups mb_history min_to_scan order2_req stats stream_req mb_groups: -This file gives the details of mutiblock allocator buddy cache of free blocks +This file gives the details of multiblock allocator buddy cache of free blocks mb_history: Multiblock allocation history. @@ -1430,7 +1474,7 @@ used because pages_free(1355) is smaller than watermark + protection[2] normal page requirement. If requirement is DMA zone(index=0), protection[0] (=0) is used. -zone[i]'s protection[j] is calculated by following exprssion. +zone[i]'s protection[j] is calculated by following expression. (i < j): zone[i]->protection[j] |