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diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst b/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst index 2175465c9bf2..9837fc8147dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst @@ -85,5 +85,26 @@ Usage cat /sys/kernel/debug/page_owner > page_owner_full.txt ./page_owner_sort page_owner_full.txt sorted_page_owner.txt + The general output of ``page_owner_full.txt`` is as follows: + + Page allocated via order XXX, ... + PFN XXX ... + // Detailed stack + + Page allocated via order XXX, ... + PFN XXX ... + // Detailed stack + + The ``page_owner_sort`` tool ignores ``PFN`` rows, puts the remaining rows + in buf, uses regexp to extract the page order value, counts the times + and pages of buf, and finally sorts them according to the times. + See the result about who allocated each page - in the ``sorted_page_owner.txt``. + in the ``sorted_page_owner.txt``. General output: + + XXX times, XXX pages: + Page allocated via order XXX, ... + // Detailed stack + + By default, ``page_owner_sort`` is sorted according to the times of buf. + If you want to sort by the pages nums of buf, use the ``-m`` parameter. |