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author | SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> | 2021-11-05 13:48:19 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-11-06 13:30:46 -0700 |
commit | 0d16cfd46b48689de6a5ca594bc1a68105f6658b (patch) | |
tree | 1392dcf2557de27f419307ba767fc58a63bf1459 /Documentation/admin-guide/mm | |
parent | b1eee3c5486003b247127538210f15fd6ebb5ee5 (diff) | |
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Docs/admin-guide/mm/pagemap: wordsmith page flags descriptions
Some descriptions of page flags in 'pagemap.rst' are written in
assumption of none-rst, which respects every new line, as below:
7 - SLAB
page is managed by the SLAB/SLOB/SLUB/SLQB kernel memory allocator
When compound page is used, SLUB/SLQB will only set this flag on the head
Because rst ignores the new line between the first sentence and second
sentence, resulting html looks a little bit weird, as below.
7 - SLAB
page is managed by the SLAB/SLOB/SLUB/SLQB kernel memory allocator When
^
compound page is used, SLUB/SLQB will only set this flag on the head
page; SLOB will not flag it at all.
This change makes it more natural and consistent with other parts in the
rendered version.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211022090311.3856-5-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/mm')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst | 53 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst index 4581527c07ae..bfc28704856c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst @@ -90,13 +90,14 @@ Short descriptions to the page flags ==================================== 0 - LOCKED - page is being locked for exclusive access, e.g. by undergoing read/write IO + The page is being locked for exclusive access, e.g. by undergoing read/write + IO. 7 - SLAB - page is managed by the SLAB/SLOB/SLUB/SLQB kernel memory allocator + The page is managed by the SLAB/SLOB/SLUB/SLQB kernel memory allocator. When compound page is used, SLUB/SLQB will only set this flag on the head page; SLOB will not flag it at all. 10 - BUDDY - a free memory block managed by the buddy system allocator + A free memory block managed by the buddy system allocator. The buddy system organizes free memory in blocks of various orders. An order N block has 2^N physically contiguous pages, with the BUDDY flag set for and _only_ for the first page. @@ -112,65 +113,65 @@ Short descriptions to the page flags 16 - COMPOUND_TAIL A compound page tail (see description above). 17 - HUGE - this is an integral part of a HugeTLB page + This is an integral part of a HugeTLB page. 19 - HWPOISON - hardware detected memory corruption on this page: don't touch the data! + Hardware detected memory corruption on this page: don't touch the data! 20 - NOPAGE - no page frame exists at the requested address + No page frame exists at the requested address. 21 - KSM - identical memory pages dynamically shared between one or more processes + Identical memory pages dynamically shared between one or more processes. 22 - THP - contiguous pages which construct transparent hugepages + Contiguous pages which construct transparent hugepages. 23 - OFFLINE - page is logically offline + The page is logically offline. 24 - ZERO_PAGE - zero page for pfn_zero or huge_zero page + Zero page for pfn_zero or huge_zero page. 25 - IDLE - page has not been accessed since it was marked idle (see + The page has not been accessed since it was marked idle (see :ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/mm/idle_page_tracking.rst <idle_page_tracking>`). Note that this flag may be stale in case the page was accessed via a PTE. To make sure the flag is up-to-date one has to read ``/sys/kernel/mm/page_idle/bitmap`` first. 26 - PGTABLE - page is in use as a page table + The page is in use as a page table. IO related page flags --------------------- 1 - ERROR - IO error occurred + IO error occurred. 3 - UPTODATE - page has up-to-date data + The page has up-to-date data. ie. for file backed page: (in-memory data revision >= on-disk one) 4 - DIRTY - page has been written to, hence contains new data + The page has been written to, hence contains new data. i.e. for file backed page: (in-memory data revision > on-disk one) 8 - WRITEBACK - page is being synced to disk + The page is being synced to disk. LRU related page flags ---------------------- 5 - LRU - page is in one of the LRU lists + The page is in one of the LRU lists. 6 - ACTIVE - page is in the active LRU list + The page is in the active LRU list. 18 - UNEVICTABLE - page is in the unevictable (non-)LRU list It is somehow pinned and + The page is in the unevictable (non-)LRU list It is somehow pinned and not a candidate for LRU page reclaims, e.g. ramfs pages, - shmctl(SHM_LOCK) and mlock() memory segments + shmctl(SHM_LOCK) and mlock() memory segments. 2 - REFERENCED - page has been referenced since last LRU list enqueue/requeue + The page has been referenced since last LRU list enqueue/requeue. 9 - RECLAIM - page will be reclaimed soon after its pageout IO completed + The page will be reclaimed soon after its pageout IO completed. 11 - MMAP - a memory mapped page + A memory mapped page. 12 - ANON - a memory mapped page that is not part of a file + A memory mapped page that is not part of a file. 13 - SWAPCACHE - page is mapped to swap space, i.e. has an associated swap entry + The page is mapped to swap space, i.e. has an associated swap entry. 14 - SWAPBACKED - page is backed by swap/RAM + The page is backed by swap/RAM. The page-types tool in the tools/vm directory can be used to query the above flags. |