[PATCH v7 5/6] ksm: update the calculation of KSM profit

From: Yang Yang
Date: Thu Apr 13 2023 - 01:58:06 EST


From: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>

When use_zero_pages is enabled, the calculation of ksm profit is not
correct because ksm zero pages is not counted in. So update the
calculation of KSM profit including the documentation.

Signed-off-by: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Xiaokai Ran <ran.xiaokai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiang Xuexin <jiang.xuexin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst | 18 +++++++++++-------
mm/ksm.c | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
index 64e6a13bda74..1a0f623cd570 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
@@ -243,21 +243,25 @@ several times, which are unprofitable memory consumed.
1) How to determine whether KSM save memory or consume memory in system-wide
range? Here is a simple approximate calculation for reference::

- general_profit =~ pages_sharing * sizeof(page) - (all_rmap_items) *
+ general_profit =~ ksm_saved_pages * sizeof(page) - (all_rmap_items) *
sizeof(rmap_item);

- where all_rmap_items can be easily obtained by summing ``pages_sharing``,
- ``pages_shared``, ``pages_unshared`` and ``pages_volatile``.
+ where ksm_saved_pages equals to the sum of ``pages_sharing`` +
+ ``ksm_zero_pages`` of the system, and all_rmap_items can be easily
+ obtained by summing ``pages_sharing``, ``pages_shared``, ``pages_unshared``
+ and ``pages_volatile``.

2) The KSM profit inner a single process can be similarly obtained by the
following approximate calculation::

- process_profit =~ ksm_merging_pages * sizeof(page) -
+ process_profit =~ ksm_saved_pages * sizeof(page) -
ksm_rmap_items * sizeof(rmap_item).

- where ksm_merging_pages is shown under the directory ``/proc/<pid>/``,
- and ksm_rmap_items is shown in ``/proc/<pid>/ksm_stat``. The process profit
- is also shown in ``/proc/<pid>/ksm_stat`` as ksm_process_profit.
+ where ksm_saved_pages equals to the sum of ``ksm_merging_pages`` and
+ ``ksm_zero_pages``, both of which are shown under the directory
+ ``/proc/<pid>/``, and ksm_rmap_items is shown in ``/proc/<pid>/ksm_stat``.
+ The process profit is also shown in ``/proc/<pid>/ksm_stat`` as
+ ksm_process_profit.

From the perspective of application, a high ratio of ``ksm_rmap_items`` to
``ksm_merging_pages`` means a bad madvise-applied policy, so developers or
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 7867fae3c61c..10902c8c503f 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -2936,8 +2936,13 @@ static void wait_while_offlining(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
long ksm_process_profit(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_KSM_ZERO_PAGES_TRACK
+ return (long)(mm->ksm_merging_pages + mm->ksm_zero_pages) * PAGE_SIZE -
+ mm->ksm_rmap_items * sizeof(struct ksm_rmap_item);
+#else
return (long)mm->ksm_merging_pages * PAGE_SIZE -
mm->ksm_rmap_items * sizeof(struct ksm_rmap_item);
+#endif
}

/* Return merge type name as string. */
--
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