Simple Performance Counters: Reclaim instrumentation Add some performance counters that display the performance of memory reclaim (both direct and background) Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter --- include/linux/perf.h | 4 ++++ kernel/perf.c | 6 +++++- mm/vmscan.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.23-rc1/mm/vmscan.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23-rc1.orig/mm/vmscan.c 2007-07-27 21:47:39.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc1/mm/vmscan.c 2007-07-27 21:51:53.000000000 -0700 @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -1118,6 +1119,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zones(int pr */ unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zone **zones, int order, gfp_t gfp_mask) { + INIT_PC(pc_scanned); + INIT_PC(pc_reclaimed); int priority; int ret = 0; unsigned long total_scanned = 0; @@ -1200,6 +1203,10 @@ out: zone->prev_priority = priority; } + pc_bytes(&pc_scanned, PAGE_SIZE * sc.nr_scanned, + PC_DIRECT_RECLAIM_SCANNED); + pc_bytes(&pc_reclaimed, PAGE_SIZE * nr_reclaimed, + PC_DIRECT_RECLAIM_RECLAIMED); return ret; } @@ -1226,6 +1233,8 @@ out: */ static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order) { + INIT_PC(pc_reclaim_scanned); + INIT_PC(pc_reclaim_reclaimed); int all_zones_ok; int priority; int i; @@ -1376,6 +1385,10 @@ out: goto loop_again; } + pc_bytes(&pc_reclaim_scanned, total_scanned * PAGE_SIZE, + PC_RECLAIM_SCANNED); + pc_bytes(&pc_reclaim_reclaimed, nr_reclaimed * PAGE_SIZE, + PC_RECLAIM_RECLAIMED); return nr_reclaimed; } Index: linux-2.6.23-rc1/include/linux/perf.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23-rc1.orig/include/linux/perf.h 2007-07-27 21:51:37.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc1/include/linux/perf.h 2007-07-27 21:51:53.000000000 -0700 @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ enum pc_item { PC_UPDATE_PROCESS_TIMES, PC_ALLOC_PAGES, + PC_DIRECT_RECLAIM_SCANNED, + PC_DIRECT_RECLAIM_RECLAIMED, + PC_RECLAIM_SCANNED, + PC_RECLAIM_RECLAIMED, NR_PC_ITEMS }; Index: linux-2.6.23-rc1/kernel/perf.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23-rc1.orig/kernel/perf.c 2007-07-27 21:51:37.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc1/kernel/perf.c 2007-07-27 21:51:53.000000000 -0700 @@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ static int unsynced_get_cycles = 1; const char *var_id[NR_PC_ITEMS] = { "update_process_times", - "__alloc_pages" + "__alloc_pages", + "direct_reclaim_scanned", + "direct_reclaim_reclaimed", + "reclaim_scanned", + "reclaim_reclaimed", }; struct perf_counter {