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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index c94b4675d021..4cddbce85ac9 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Table of Contents 3.8 /proc/<pid>/fdinfo/<fd> - Information about opened file 3.9 /proc/<pid>/map_files - Information about memory mapped files 3.10 /proc/<pid>/timerslack_ns - Task timerslack value + 3.11 /proc/<pid>/patch_state - Livepatch patch operation state 4 Configuring procfs 4.1 Mount options @@ -412,6 +413,7 @@ Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 0 kB Referenced: 892 kB Anonymous: 0 kB +LazyFree: 0 kB AnonHugePages: 0 kB ShmemPmdMapped: 0 kB Shared_Hugetlb: 0 kB @@ -441,6 +443,11 @@ accessed. "Anonymous" shows the amount of memory that does not belong to any file. Even a mapping associated with a file may contain anonymous pages: when MAP_PRIVATE and a page is modified, the file page is replaced by a private anonymous copy. +"LazyFree" shows the amount of memory which is marked by madvise(MADV_FREE). +The memory isn't freed immediately with madvise(). It's freed in memory +pressure if the memory is clean. Please note that the printed value might +be lower than the real value due to optimizations used in the current +implementation. If this is not desirable please file a bug report. "AnonHugePages" shows the ammount of memory backed by transparent hugepage. "ShmemPmdMapped" shows the ammount of shared (shmem/tmpfs) memory backed by huge pages. @@ -1887,6 +1894,23 @@ Valid values are from 0 - ULLONG_MAX An application setting the value must have PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS level permissions on the task specified to change its timerslack_ns value. +3.11 /proc/<pid>/patch_state - Livepatch patch operation state +----------------------------------------------------------------- +When CONFIG_LIVEPATCH is enabled, this file displays the value of the +patch state for the task. + +A value of '-1' indicates that no patch is in transition. + +A value of '0' indicates that a patch is in transition and the task is +unpatched. If the patch is being enabled, then the task hasn't been +patched yet. If the patch is being disabled, then the task has already +been unpatched. + +A value of '1' indicates that a patch is in transition and the task is +patched. If the patch is being enabled, then the task has already been +patched. If the patch is being disabled, then the task hasn't been +unpatched yet. + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configuring procfs |