From: Ye Liu <ye.liu@linux.dev>
To: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-debuggers@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-toolchains@vger.kernel.org, osandov@osandov.com,
paulmck@kernel.org, sweettea-kernel@dorminy.me, liuye@kylinos.cn,
fweimer@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] tools/mm: Add script to display page state for a given PID and VADDR
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 11:18:59 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7867c19d-bd6c-4f8a-a227-1145fa0516d9@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250528234232.56701-1-sj@kernel.org>
在 2025/5/29 07:42, SeongJae Park 写道:
> On Wed, 28 May 2025 17:15:43 +0800 Ye Liu <ye.liu@linux.dev> wrote:
>
>> From: Ye Liu <liuye@kylinos.cn>
>>
>> Introduces a new drgn script, `show_page_info.py`, which allows users
>> to analyze the state of a page given a process ID (PID) and a virtual
>> address (VADDR). This can help kernel developers or debuggers easily
>> inspect page-related information in a live kernel or vmcore.
>>
>> The script extracts information such as the page flags, mapping, and
>> other metadata relevant to diagnosing memory issues.
>>
>> Output example:
>> sudo ./show_page_info.py 1 0x7fb3eb1b2000
>> PID: 1 Comm: systemd mm: 0xffff8d27279f9cc0
>> Raw: 0017ffffc000416c fffff31105a61b08 fffff31105a63608 ffff8d27121326a8
>> Raw: 0000000000000000 ffff8d271b9dcc40 0000002500000007 ffff8d2711f12700
>> User Virtual Address: 0x7fb3eb1b2000
> This is same to what the user passes as the input. I think this is not really
> needed?
It will be removed in the next version.
>> Page Address: 0xfffff31106356a00
>> Page Flags: PG_referenced|PG_uptodate|PG_lru|PG_head|PG_active|
>> PG_private|PG_reported|PG_has_hwpoisoned
>> Page Size: 4096
>> Page PFN: 0x18d5a8
>> Page Physical: 0x18d5a8000
>> Page Virtual: 0xffff8d274d5a8000
>> Page Refcount: 37
>> Page Mapcount: 7
>> Page Index: 0x0
>> Page Memcg Data: 0xffff8d2711f12700
>> Memcg Name: init.scope
>> Memcg Path: /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/init.scope
> On my setup, above two lines look like below:
>
> Memcg Name: unknown
> Memcg Path: Unexpected error: 'struct kernfs_node' has no member 'parent'
>
> Maybe there are rooms to improve?
The drgn version needs to be updated.
>> Page Mapping: 0xffff8d27121326a8
>> Page Anon/File: File
>> Page VMA: 0xffff8d26cac47600
>> VMA Start: 0x7fb3eb1b2000
>> VMA End: 0x7fb3eb1b6000
>> This page is part of a compound page.
>> This page is the head page of a compound page.
>> Head Page: 0xfffff31106356a00
>> Compound Order: 2
>> Number of Pages: 4
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@kylinos.cn>
> On my setup, this tool works without obvious or significant errors.
>
> Tested-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
>
Thanks,
Ye
> Thanks,
> SJ
>
> [...]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-05-30 3:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-28 9:15 [PATCH v4] tools/mm: Add script to display page state for a given PID and VADDR Ye Liu
2025-05-28 16:36 ` Stephen Brennan
[not found] ` <1f8af317-2fff-4a1f-ad0e-9d9c6c15f3a1@linux.dev>
2025-05-30 3:29 ` Stephen Brennan
2025-05-28 23:42 ` SeongJae Park
2025-05-30 3:18 ` Ye Liu [this message]
2025-05-30 20:18 ` SeongJae Park
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