smaps: add clear_refs file to clear reference
Adds /proc/pid/clear_refs. When any non-zero number is written to this file,
pte_mkold() and ClearPageReferenced() is called for each pte and its
corresponding page, respectively, in that task's VMAs. This file is only
writable by the user who owns the task.
It is now possible to measure _approximately_ how much memory a task is using
by clearing the reference bits with
echo 1 > /proc/pid/clear_refs
and checking the reference count for each VMA from the /proc/pid/smaps output
at a measured time interval. For example, to observe the approximate change
in memory footprint for a task, write a script that clears the references
(echo 1 > /proc/pid/clear_refs), sleeps, and then greps for Pgs_Referenced and
extracts the size in kB. Add the sizes for each VMA together for the total
referenced footprint. Moments later, repeat the process and observe the
difference.
For example, using an efficient Mozilla:
accumulated time referenced memory
---------------- -----------------
0 s 408 kB
1 s 408 kB
2 s 556 kB
3 s 1028 kB
4 s 872 kB
5 s 1956 kB
6 s 416 kB
7 s 1560 kB
8 s 2336 kB
9 s 1044 kB
10 s 416 kB
This is a valuable tool to get an approximate measurement of the memory
footprint for a task.
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fixes]
[mpm@selenic.com: rename for_each_pmd]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 7aaf09b..3f4b226 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -122,21 +122,22 @@
Table 1-1: Process specific entries in /proc
..............................................................................
- File Content
- cmdline Command line arguments
- cpu Current and last cpu in which it was executed (2.4)(smp)
- cwd Link to the current working directory
- environ Values of environment variables
- exe Link to the executable of this process
- fd Directory, which contains all file descriptors
- maps Memory maps to executables and library files (2.4)
- mem Memory held by this process
- root Link to the root directory of this process
- stat Process status
- statm Process memory status information
- status Process status in human readable form
- wchan If CONFIG_KALLSYMS is set, a pre-decoded wchan
- smaps Extension based on maps, presenting the rss size for each mapped file
+ File Content
+ clear_refs Clears page referenced bits shown in smaps output
+ cmdline Command line arguments
+ cpu Current and last cpu in which it was executed (2.4)(smp)
+ cwd Link to the current working directory
+ environ Values of environment variables
+ exe Link to the executable of this process
+ fd Directory, which contains all file descriptors
+ maps Memory maps to executables and library files (2.4)
+ mem Memory held by this process
+ root Link to the root directory of this process
+ stat Process status
+ statm Process memory status information
+ status Process status in human readable form
+ wchan If CONFIG_KALLSYMS is set, a pre-decoded wchan
+ smaps Extension based on maps, the rss size for each mapped file
..............................................................................
For example, to get the status information of a process, all you have to do is
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 989af5e..ec158dd 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -715,6 +715,40 @@
.write = oom_adjust_write,
};
+static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+ size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct task_struct *task;
+ char buffer[PROC_NUMBUF], *end;
+ struct mm_struct *mm;
+
+ memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
+ if (count > sizeof(buffer) - 1)
+ count = sizeof(buffer) - 1;
+ if (copy_from_user(buffer, buf, count))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ if (!simple_strtol(buffer, &end, 0))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (*end == '\n')
+ end++;
+ task = get_proc_task(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+ if (!task)
+ return -ESRCH;
+ mm = get_task_mm(task);
+ if (mm) {
+ clear_refs_smap(mm);
+ mmput(mm);
+ }
+ put_task_struct(task);
+ if (end - buffer == 0)
+ return -EIO;
+ return end - buffer;
+}
+
+static struct file_operations proc_clear_refs_operations = {
+ .write = clear_refs_write,
+};
+
#ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
#define TMPBUFLEN 21
static ssize_t proc_loginuid_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
@@ -1851,6 +1885,7 @@
REG("mounts", S_IRUGO, mounts),
REG("mountstats", S_IRUSR, mountstats),
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+ REG("clear_refs", S_IWUSR, clear_refs),
REG("smaps", S_IRUGO, smaps),
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
@@ -2132,6 +2167,7 @@
LNK("exe", exe),
REG("mounts", S_IRUGO, mounts),
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+ REG("clear_refs", S_IWUSR, clear_refs),
REG("smaps", S_IRUGO, smaps),
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 199088e..4008c06 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
"Shared_Dirty: %8lu kB\n"
"Private_Clean: %8lu kB\n"
"Private_Dirty: %8lu kB\n"
- "Pgs_Referenced: %8lu kB\n",
+ "Referenced: %8lu kB\n",
(vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start) >> 10,
mss->resident >> 10,
mss->shared_clean >> 10,
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@
return show_map_internal(m, v, NULL);
}
-static void smaps_one_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
- unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
- void *private)
+static void smaps_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
+ unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
+ void *private)
{
struct mem_size_stats *mss = private;
pte_t *pte, ptent;
@@ -254,8 +254,34 @@
cond_resched();
}
-static inline void for_each_pmd_in_pud(struct pmd_walker *walker, pud_t *pud,
- unsigned long addr, unsigned long end)
+static void clear_refs_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
+ unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
+ void *private)
+{
+ pte_t *pte, ptent;
+ spinlock_t *ptl;
+ struct page *page;
+
+ pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+ for (; addr != end; pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
+ ptent = *pte;
+ if (!pte_present(ptent))
+ continue;
+
+ page = vm_normal_page(vma, addr, ptent);
+ if (!page)
+ continue;
+
+ /* Clear accessed and referenced bits. */
+ ptep_test_and_clear_young(vma, addr, pte);
+ ClearPageReferenced(page);
+ }
+ pte_unmap_unlock(pte - 1, ptl);
+ cond_resched();
+}
+
+static inline void walk_pmd_range(struct pmd_walker *walker, pud_t *pud,
+ unsigned long addr, unsigned long end)
{
pmd_t *pmd;
unsigned long next;
@@ -269,8 +295,8 @@
}
}
-static inline void for_each_pud_in_pgd(struct pmd_walker *walker, pgd_t *pgd,
- unsigned long addr, unsigned long end)
+static inline void walk_pud_range(struct pmd_walker *walker, pgd_t *pgd,
+ unsigned long addr, unsigned long end)
{
pud_t *pud;
unsigned long next;
@@ -280,15 +306,24 @@
next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
if (pud_none_or_clear_bad(pud))
continue;
- for_each_pmd_in_pud(walker, pud, addr, next);
+ walk_pmd_range(walker, pud, addr, next);
}
}
-static inline void for_each_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- void (*action)(struct vm_area_struct *, pmd_t *,
- unsigned long, unsigned long,
- void *),
- void *private)
+/*
+ * walk_page_range - walk the page tables of a VMA with a callback
+ * @vma - VMA to walk
+ * @action - callback invoked for every bottom-level (PTE) page table
+ * @private - private data passed to the callback function
+ *
+ * Recursively walk the page table for the memory area in a VMA, calling
+ * a callback for every bottom-level (PTE) page table.
+ */
+static inline void walk_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ void (*action)(struct vm_area_struct *,
+ pmd_t *, unsigned long,
+ unsigned long, void *),
+ void *private)
{
unsigned long addr = vma->vm_start;
unsigned long end = vma->vm_end;
@@ -305,7 +340,7 @@
next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
if (pgd_none_or_clear_bad(pgd))
continue;
- for_each_pud_in_pgd(&walker, pgd, addr, next);
+ walk_pud_range(&walker, pgd, addr, next);
}
}
@@ -316,10 +351,22 @@
memset(&mss, 0, sizeof mss);
if (vma->vm_mm && !is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
- for_each_pmd(vma, smaps_one_pmd, &mss);
+ walk_page_range(vma, smaps_pte_range, &mss);
return show_map_internal(m, v, &mss);
}
+void clear_refs_smap(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+
+ down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next)
+ if (vma->vm_mm && !is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
+ walk_page_range(vma, clear_refs_pte_range, NULL);
+ flush_tlb_mm(mm);
+ up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+}
+
static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
{
struct proc_maps_private *priv = m->private;
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index be4652a..f4f7a63 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
unsigned long task_vsize(struct mm_struct *);
int task_statm(struct mm_struct *, int *, int *, int *, int *);
char *task_mem(struct mm_struct *, char *);
+void clear_refs_smap(struct mm_struct *mm);
extern struct proc_dir_entry *create_proc_entry(const char *name, mode_t mode,
struct proc_dir_entry *parent);