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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/huge_memory.c | 10 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt index 2ec6adb5a4ce..c4171e4519c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt @@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ or enable it back by writing 1: echo 0 >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/use_zero_page echo 1 >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/use_zero_page +Some userspace (such as a test program, or an optimized memory allocation +library) may want to know the size (in bytes) of a transparent hugepage: + +cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/hpage_pmd_size + khugepaged will be automatically started when transparent_hugepage/enabled is set to "always" or "madvise, and it'll be automatically shutdown if it's set to "never". diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 2b44ac11178f..cee42cf05477 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -285,6 +285,15 @@ static ssize_t use_zero_page_store(struct kobject *kobj, } static struct kobj_attribute use_zero_page_attr = __ATTR(use_zero_page, 0644, use_zero_page_show, use_zero_page_store); + +static ssize_t hpage_pmd_size_show(struct kobject *kobj, + struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf) +{ + return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", HPAGE_PMD_SIZE); +} +static struct kobj_attribute hpage_pmd_size_attr = + __ATTR_RO(hpage_pmd_size); + #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM static ssize_t debug_cow_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf) @@ -307,6 +316,7 @@ static struct attribute *hugepage_attr[] = { &enabled_attr.attr, &defrag_attr.attr, &use_zero_page_attr.attr, + &hpage_pmd_size_attr.attr, #if defined(CONFIG_SHMEM) && defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGE_PAGECACHE) &shmem_enabled_attr.attr, #endif |