docs/vm: ksm: udpate description of stable_node_{dups,chains}
Remove implementation details from sysfs parameter descriptions. Also move the paragraph discussing fragmentation issues and their possible solution to the "Design" section. Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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full_scans
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how many times all mergeable areas have been scanned
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stable_node_chains
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number of stable node chains allocated, this is effectively
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the number of KSM pages that hit the ``max_page_sharing`` limit
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stable_node_dups
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number of stable node dups queued into the stable_node chains
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number of duplicated KSM pages
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A high ratio of ``pages_sharing`` to ``pages_shared`` indicates good
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sharing, but a high ratio of ``pages_unshared`` to ``pages_sharing``
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@ -185,15 +184,6 @@ The maximum possible ``pages_sharing/pages_shared`` ratio is limited by the
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``max_page_sharing`` tunable. To increase the ratio ``max_page_sharing`` must
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be increased accordingly.
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The ``stable_node_dups/stable_node_chains`` ratio is also affected by the
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``max_page_sharing`` tunable, and an high ratio may indicate fragmentation
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in the stable_node dups, which could be solved by introducing
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fragmentation algorithms in ksmd which would refile rmap_items from
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one stable_node dup to another stable_node dup, in order to free up
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stable_node "dups" with few rmap_items in them, but that may increase
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the ksmd CPU usage and possibly slowdown the readonly computations on
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the KSM pages of the applications.
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Design
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@ -247,6 +237,15 @@ deduplication factor at the expense of slower worst case for rmap
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walks for any KSM page which can happen during swapping, compaction,
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NUMA balancing and page migration.
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The ``stable_node_dups/stable_node_chains`` ratio is also affected by the
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``max_page_sharing`` tunable, and an high ratio may indicate fragmentation
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in the stable_node dups, which could be solved by introducing
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fragmentation algorithms in ksmd which would refile rmap_items from
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one stable_node dup to another stable_node dup, in order to free up
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stable_node "dups" with few rmap_items in them, but that may increase
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the ksmd CPU usage and possibly slowdown the readonly computations on
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the KSM pages of the applications.
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The whole list of stable_node "dups" linked in the stable_node
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"chains" is scanned periodically in order to prune stale stable_nodes.
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The frequency of such scans is defined by
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