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diff --git a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt index 8f5b41db314c..60aeedd54615 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt @@ -197,6 +197,14 @@ thp_split is incremented every time a huge page is split into base pages. This can happen for a variety of reasons but a common reason is that a huge page is old and is being reclaimed. +thp_zero_page_alloc is incremented every time a huge zero page is + successfully allocated. It includes allocations which where + dropped due race with other allocation. Note, it doesn't count + every map of the huge zero page, only its allocation. + +thp_zero_page_alloc_failed is incremented if kernel fails to allocate + huge zero page and falls back to using small pages. + As the system ages, allocating huge pages may be expensive as the system uses memory compaction to copy data around memory to free a huge page for use. There are some counters in /proc/vmstat to help |