From: Wu XiangCheng <wu.xiangcheng@linux.dev>
To: Yanteng Si <siyanteng@loongson.cn>
Cc: alexs@kernel.org, seakeel@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net,
chenhuacai@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
siyanteng01@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 11/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of ksm to 6.1-rc8
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 15:09:51 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y5LfP5oGiSCpYYP8@bobwxc.mipc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ebb3d10b22f0b11305a819ad03e6a0a531ec6678.1670502763.git.siyanteng@loongson.cn>
> Update to commit 21b7bdb504ae ("ksm: add profit monitoring
> documentation")
>
> commit 94bfe85bde18 ("mm/vmstat: add events for ksm cow")
>
> Signed-off-by: Yanteng Si <siyanteng@loongson.cn>
> ---
> .../translations/zh_CN/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst | 50 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
> index 4829156ef1ae..e27806aa90dc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
> @@ -146,3 +146,53 @@ stable_node_dups
>
> 比值 ``pages_sharing/pages_shared`` 的最大值受限制于 ``max_page_sharing``
> 的设定。要想增加该比值,则相应地要增加 ``max_page_sharing`` 的值。
> +
> +监测KSM的好处
好处 => 收益
> +=============
> +
> +KSM可以通过合并相同的页面来节省内存,但也会消耗额外的内存,因为它需要生成一些rmap_items
> +来保存每个扫描页面的简要rmap信息。其中有些页面可能会被合并,但有些页面在被检查几次
> +后可能无法被合并,这些都是无益的内存消耗。
> +
> +1) 如何确定KSM在全系统范围内是节省内存还是消耗内存?这里有一个简单的近似计算方法供参考::
> +
> + general_profit =~ pages_sharing * sizeof(page) - (all_rmap_items) *
> + sizeof(rmap_item);
> +
> + 其中all_rmap_items可以通过对 ``pages_sharing`` 、 ``pages_shared`` 、 ``pages_unshared``
> + 和 ``pages_volatile`` 的求和而轻松获得。
> +
> +2) KSM的好处在一个单一的进程中也可以通过以下近似的计算得到::
单一进程中KSM的收益
> +
> + process_profit =~ ksm_merging_pages * sizeof(page) -
> + ksm_rmap_items * sizeof(rmap_item).
> +
> + 其中ksm_merging_pages显示在 ``/proc/<pid>/`` 目录下,而ksm_rmap_items
> + 显示在 ``/proc/<pid>/ksm_stat`` 。
> +
> +从应用的角度来看, ``ksm_rmap_items`` 和 ``ksm_merging_pages`` 的高比例意
> +味着不好的madvise-applied策略,所以开发者或管理员必须重新考虑如何改变madvis策
> +略。举个例子供参考,一个页面的大小通常是4K,而rmap_item的大小在32位CPU架构上分
> +别是32B,在64位CPU架构上是64B。所以如果 ``ksm_rmap_items/ksm_merging_pages``
> +的比例在64位CPU上超过64,或者在32位CPU上超过128,那么应用程序的madvise策略应
> +该被放弃,因为ksm好处大约为零或负值。
好处 => 收益
> +
> +监控KSM事件
> +===========
> +
> +在/proc/vmstat中有一些计数器,可以用来监控KSM事件。KSM可能有助于节省内存,这是
> +一种权衡,因为它可能会在KSM COW或复制中的交换上遭受延迟。这些事件可以帮助用户评估
> +是否或如何使用KSM。例如,如果cow_ksm增加得太快,用户可以减少madvise(, , MADV_MERGEABLE)
> +的范围。
> +
> +cow_ksm
> + 在每次KSM页面触发写时拷贝(COW)时都会被递增,当用户试图写到KSM页面时,
写到 => 写入
> + 我们必须做一个拷贝。
> +
> +ksm_swpin_copy
> + 在换入时,每次KSM页被复制时都会被递增。请注意,KSM页在换入时可能会被复
> + 制,因为do_swap_page()不能做所有的锁,而需要重组一个跨anon_vma的KSM页。
> +
> +--
> +Izik Eidus,
> +Hugh Dickins, 2009年11月17日。
> --
> 2.31.1
>
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-08 12:57 [PATCH v1 00/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation to 6.1-rc8 Yanteng Si
2022-12-08 12:57 ` [PATCH v1 01/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of delay-accounting " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 6:55 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-10 2:51 ` Yanteng Si
2022-12-08 12:57 ` [PATCH v1 02/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of kernel-api " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 6:57 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-08 12:57 ` [PATCH v1 03/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of mm-api " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 7:01 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-08 12:57 ` [PATCH v1 04/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of highmem " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 7:02 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-08 12:57 ` [PATCH v1 05/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of page_owner " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 7:03 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-08 12:57 ` [PATCH v1 06/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of kasan " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 7:33 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-10 3:11 ` Yanteng Si
2022-12-08 12:58 ` [PATCH v1 07/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of testing-overview " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 7:05 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-10 2:56 ` Yanteng Si
2022-12-08 12:59 ` [PATCH v1 08/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of reclaim " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 7:06 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-08 12:59 ` [PATCH v1 09/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of start " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 7:07 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-08 12:59 ` [PATCH v1 10/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of usage " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 7:08 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-08 12:59 ` [PATCH v1 11/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of ksm " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 7:09 ` Wu XiangCheng [this message]
2022-12-10 3:04 ` Yanteng Si
2022-12-08 12:59 ` [PATCH v1 12/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of msi-howto " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 7:10 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-08 12:59 ` [PATCH v1 13/13] docs/zh_CN: Update the translation of energy-model " Yanteng Si
2022-12-09 7:12 ` Wu XiangCheng
2022-12-10 3:06 ` Yanteng Si
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