mm/demotion: Expose memory tier details via sysfs
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PATCH v3 1/1 mm/demotion: Expose memory tier details via sysfs
This patch adds /sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering/ where all memory tier related details can be found. All allocated memory tiers will be listed there as /sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering/memory_tierN/
The nodes which are part of a specific memory tier can be listed via /sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering/memory_tierN/nodes
The abstract distance range value of a specific memory tier can be listed via /sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering/memory_tierN/abstract_distance
A directory hierarchy looks like
:/sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering$ tree memory_tier4/ memory_tier4/ ├── abstract_distance ├── nodes ├── subsystem -> ../../../../bus/memory_tiering └── uevent
All toptier nodes are listed via/sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering/toptier_nodes
:/sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering$ cat toptier_nodes 0,2 :/sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering$ cat memory_tier4/nodes 0,2 :/sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering$ cat memory_tier4/abstract_distance 512 - 639
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Changes from v2:
* update macro to static inline
* Fix build error with CONFIG_MIGRATION disabled
* drop abstract_distance
.../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-memory-tiers | 35 ++++ mm/memory-tiers.c | 154 +++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 167 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-memory-tiers
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-memory-tiers new file +35 -0
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +What: /sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering/ +Date: August 2022 +Contact: Linux memory management mailing list <[email protected]> +Description: A collection of all the memory tiers allocated. + + Individual memory tier details are contained in subdirectories + named by the abstract distance of the memory tier. + + /sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering/memory_tierN/ + + +What: /sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering/memory_tierN/ + /sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering/memory_tierN/nodes +Date: August 2022 +Contact: Linux memory management mailing list <[email protected]> +Description: Directory with details of a specific memory tier + + This is the directory containing information about a particular + memory tier, memtierN, where N is derived based on abstract distance. + + A smaller value of N implies a higher (faster) memory tier in the + hierarchy. + + nodes: NUMA nodes that are part of this memory tier. + + +What: /sys/devices/virtual/memory_tiering/toptier_nodes +Date: August 2022 +Contact: Linux memory management mailing list <[email protected]> +Description: Toptier node mask + + A toptier is defined as the memory tier from which memory promotion + is not done by the kernel. + + toptier_nodes: Union of NUMA nodes that are part of each toptier.
mm/memory-tiers.c +132 -22
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