Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/page_alloc: Add trace event for per-zone watermark setup
From: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Date: 2025-03-10 00:53:45
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From: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Date: 2025-03-10 00:53:45
Also in:
linux-mm, lkml
On Sat, 8 Mar 2025, Martin Liu wrote:
This commit introduces the `mm_setup_per_zone_wmarks` trace event, which provides detailed insights into the kernel's per-zone watermark configuration, offering precise timing and the ability to correlate watermark changes with specific kernel events. While `/proc/zoneinfo` provides some information about zone watermarks, this trace event offers: 1. The ability to link watermark changes to specific kernel events and logic. 2. The ability to capture rapid or short-lived changes in watermarks that may be missed by user-space polling 3. Diagnosing unexpected kswapd activity or excessive direct reclaim triggered by rapidly changing watermarks. Signed-off-by: Martin Liu <redacted>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>