+ mm-ksm-document-pages_skipped-sysfs-knob.patch added to mm-unstable branch

+ mm-ksm-document-pages_skipped-sysfs-knob.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/ksm: document pages_skipped sysfs knob
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     mm-ksm-document-pages_skipped-sysfs-knob.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-ksm-document-pages_skipped-sysfs-knob.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
Subject: mm/ksm: document pages_skipped sysfs knob
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:09:39 -0700

This adds documentation for the new metric pages_skipped.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230926040939.516161-5-shr@devkernel.io
Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst~mm-ksm-document-pages_skipped-sysfs-knob
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ pages_unshared
         how many pages unique but repeatedly checked for merging
 pages_volatile
         how many pages changing too fast to be placed in a tree
+pages_skipped
+        how many pages did the "smart" page scanning algorithm skip
 full_scans
         how many times all mergeable areas have been scanned
 stable_node_chains
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from shr@devkernel.io are

mm-ksm-support-fork-exec-for-prctl.patch
mm-ksm-test-case-for-prctl-fork-exec-workflow.patch
mm-ksm-add-smart-page-scanning-mode.patch
mm-ksm-add-pages_skipped-metric.patch
mm-ksm-document-smart-scan-mode.patch
mm-ksm-document-pages_skipped-sysfs-knob.patch

+ mm-ksm-document-pages_skipped-sysfs-knob.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/ksm: document pages_skipped sysfs knob
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     mm-ksm-document-pages_skipped-sysfs-knob.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-ksm-document-pages_skipped-sysfs-knob.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Before you just go and hit "reply", please:
   a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
   b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well
   c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a
      reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's

*** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code ***

The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything
branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
and is updated there every 2-3 working days

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From: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
Subject: mm/ksm: document pages_skipped sysfs knob
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:58:16 -0700

This adds documentation for the new metric pages_skipped.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230918185816.1518366-5-shr@devkernel.io
Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst~mm-ksm-document-pages_skipped-sysfs-knob
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ pages_unshared
         how many pages unique but repeatedly checked for merging
 pages_volatile
         how many pages changing too fast to be placed in a tree
+pages_skipped
+        how many pages did the "smart" page scanning algorithm skip
 full_scans
         how many times all mergeable areas have been scanned
 stable_node_chains
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from shr@devkernel.io are

mm-ksm-add-smart-page-scanning-mode.patch
mm-ksm-add-pages_skipped-metric.patch
mm-ksm-document-smart-scan-mode.patch
mm-ksm-document-pages_skipped-sysfs-knob.patch