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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2012-03-23 08:06:43 -0300 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2012-03-23 08:06:43 -0300 |
| commit | 7483d45f0aee3afc0646d185cabd4af9f6cab58c (patch) | |
| tree | a312f7d77c34748bec62f0431df33007b10e4e7f /Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt | |
| parent | 3e85fc1b9fc1c7e20b9a01f2314bb633bb10501a (diff) | |
| parent | f92c97c8bd77992ff8bd6ef29a23dc82dca799cb (diff) | |
Merge branch 'staging/for_v3.4' into v4l_for_linus
* staging/for_v3.4: (10117 commits)
[media] update CARDLIST.em28xx
[media] partially reverts changeset fa5527c
[media] stb0899: fix the limits for signal strength values
[media] em28xx: support for 2304:0242 PCTV QuatroStick (510e)
[media] em28xx: support for 2013:0251 PCTV QuatroStick nano (520e)
[media] -EINVAL -> -ENOTTY
[media] gspca - sn9c20x: Cleanup source
[media] gspca - sn9c20x: Simplify register write for capture start/stop
[media] gspca - sn9c20x: Add automatic JPEG compression mechanism
[media] gspca - sn9c20x: Greater delay in case of sensor no response
[media] gspca - sn9c20x: Optimize the code of write sequences
[media] gspca - sn9c20x: Add the JPEG compression quality control
[media] gspca - sn9c20x: Add a delay after Omnivision sensor reset
[media] gspca - sn9c20x: Propagate USB errors to higher level
[media] gspca - sn9c20x: Use the new video control mechanism
[media] gspca - sn9c20x: Fix loss of frame start
[media] gspca - zc3xx: Lack of register 08 value for sensor cs2102k
[media] gspca - ov534_9: Add brightness to OmniVision 5621 sensor
[media] gspca - zc3xx: Add V4L2_CID_JPEG_COMPRESSION_QUALITY control support
[media] pvrusb2: fix 7MHz & 8MHz DVB-T tuner support for HVR1900 rev D1F5
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt b/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt index aa82ee4a5a87..194800410061 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/events-kmem.txt @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ but the call_site can usually be used to extrapolate that information. ================== mm_page_alloc page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d migratetype=%d gfp_flags=%s mm_page_alloc_zone_locked page=%p pfn=%lu order=%u migratetype=%d cpu=%d percpu_refill=%d -mm_page_free_direct page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d -mm_pagevec_free page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d cold=%d +mm_page_free page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d +mm_page_free_batched page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d cold=%d These four events deal with page allocation and freeing. mm_page_alloc is a simple indicator of page allocator activity. Pages may be allocated from @@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ amounts of activity imply high activity on the zone->lock. Taking this lock impairs performance by disabling interrupts, dirtying cache lines between CPUs and serialising many CPUs. -When a page is freed directly by the caller, the mm_page_free_direct event +When a page is freed directly by the caller, the only mm_page_free event is triggered. Significant amounts of activity here could indicate that the callers should be batching their activities. -When pages are freed using a pagevec, the mm_pagevec_free is -triggered. Broadly speaking, pages are taken off the LRU lock in bulk and -freed in batch with a pagevec. Significant amounts of activity here could +When pages are freed in batch, the also mm_page_free_batched is triggered. +Broadly speaking, pages are taken off the LRU lock in bulk and +freed in batch with a page list. Significant amounts of activity here could indicate that the system is under memory pressure and can also indicate contention on the zone->lru_lock. |