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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst index 058485daf186..cfdd16a52e39 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst @@ -202,6 +202,16 @@ PMD-mappable transparent hugepage:: cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/hpage_pmd_size +All THPs at fault and collapse time will be added to _deferred_list, +and will therefore be split under memory presure if they are considered +"underused". A THP is underused if the number of zero-filled pages in +the THP is above max_ptes_none (see below). It is possible to disable +this behaviour by writing 0 to shrink_underused, and enable it by writing +1 to it:: + + echo 0 > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/shrink_underused + echo 1 > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/shrink_underused + khugepaged will be automatically started when PMD-sized THP is enabled (either of the per-size anon control or the top-level control are set to "always" or "madvise"), and it'll be automatically shutdown when @@ -284,13 +294,37 @@ that THP is shared. Exceeding the number would block the collapse:: A higher value may increase memory footprint for some workloads. -Boot parameter -============== +Boot parameters +=============== + +You can change the sysfs boot time default for the top-level "enabled" +control by passing the parameter ``transparent_hugepage=always`` or +``transparent_hugepage=madvise`` or ``transparent_hugepage=never`` to the +kernel command line. + +Alternatively, each supported anonymous THP size can be controlled by +passing ``thp_anon=<size>,<size>[KMG]:<state>;<size>-<size>[KMG]:<state>``, +where ``<size>`` is the THP size (must be a power of 2 of PAGE_SIZE and +supported anonymous THP) and ``<state>`` is one of ``always``, ``madvise``, +``never`` or ``inherit``. + +For example, the following will set 16K, 32K, 64K THP to ``always``, +set 128K, 512K to ``inherit``, set 256K to ``madvise`` and 1M, 2M +to ``never``:: -You can change the sysfs boot time defaults of Transparent Hugepage -Support by passing the parameter ``transparent_hugepage=always`` or -``transparent_hugepage=madvise`` or ``transparent_hugepage=never`` -to the kernel command line. + thp_anon=16K-64K:always;128K,512K:inherit;256K:madvise;1M-2M:never + +``thp_anon=`` may be specified multiple times to configure all THP sizes as +required. If ``thp_anon=`` is specified at least once, any anon THP sizes +not explicitly configured on the command line are implicitly set to +``never``. + +``transparent_hugepage`` setting only affects the global toggle. If +``thp_anon`` is not specified, PMD_ORDER THP will default to ``inherit``. +However, if a valid ``thp_anon`` setting is provided by the user, the +PMD_ORDER THP policy will be overridden. If the policy for PMD_ORDER +is not defined within a valid ``thp_anon``, its policy will default to +``never``. Hugepages in tmpfs/shmem ======================== @@ -447,6 +481,12 @@ thp_deferred_split_page splitting it would free up some memory. Pages on split queue are going to be split under memory pressure. +thp_underused_split_page + is incremented when a huge page on the split queue was split + because it was underused. A THP is underused if the number of + zero pages in the THP is above a certain threshold + (/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/max_ptes_none). + thp_split_pmd is incremented every time a PMD split into table of PTEs. This can happen, for instance, when application calls mprotect() or @@ -527,6 +567,18 @@ split_deferred it would free up some memory. Pages on split queue are going to be split under memory pressure, if splitting is possible. +nr_anon + the number of anonymous THP we have in the whole system. These THPs + might be currently entirely mapped or have partially unmapped/unused + subpages. + +nr_anon_partially_mapped + the number of anonymous THP which are likely partially mapped, possibly + wasting memory, and have been queued for deferred memory reclamation. + Note that in corner some cases (e.g., failed migration), we might detect + an anonymous THP as "partially mapped" and count it here, even though it + is not actually partially mapped anymore. + 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 |