+ alloc_tag-mark-inaccurate-allocation-counters-in-proc-allocinfo-output-fix.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: alloc_tag-mark-inaccurate-allocation-counters-in-proc-allocinfo-output-fix
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     alloc_tag-mark-inaccurate-allocation-counters-in-proc-allocinfo-output-fix.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/alloc_tag-mark-inaccurate-allocation-counters-in-proc-allocinfo-output-fix.patch

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    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Subject: alloc_tag-mark-inaccurate-allocation-counters-in-proc-allocinfo-output-fix
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:01:10 -0700

Document new "accurate:no" marker.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250916160110.266190-1-surenb@google.com
Fixes: 39d117e04d15 ("alloc_tag: mark inaccurate allocation counters in /proc/allocinfo output")
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: David Wang <00107082@163.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
Cc: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Sourav Panda <souravpanda@google.com>
Cc: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst~alloc_tag-mark-inaccurate-allocation-counters-in-proc-allocinfo-output-fix
+++ a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -1014,6 +1014,14 @@ If file version is 2.0 or higher then ea
 For example if the counters are not accurate, the line will be appended with
 "accurate:no" pair.
 
+Supported markers in v2:
+accurate:no
+              Absolute values of the counters in this line are not
+              accurate because of the failure to allocate storage required
+              to track some of the allocations made at this location.
+              Deltas in these counters are accurate, therefore counters
+              can be used to track allocation size and count changes.
+
 Example output.
 
 ::
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from surenb@google.com are

alloc_tag-use-release_pages-in-the-cleanup-path.patch
alloc_tag-prevent-enabling-memory-profiling-if-it-was-shut-down.patch
alloc_tag-avoid-warnings-when-freeing-non-compound-tail-pages.patch
alloc_tag-mark-inaccurate-allocation-counters-in-proc-allocinfo-output.patch
alloc_tag-mark-inaccurate-allocation-counters-in-proc-allocinfo-output-fix.patch