+ mm-fix-the-inaccurate-memory-statistics-issue-for-users.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch

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

The patch titled
     Subject: mm: fix the inaccurate memory statistics issue for users
has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     mm-fix-the-inaccurate-memory-statistics-issue-for-users.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-fix-the-inaccurate-memory-statistics-issue-for-users.patch

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

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From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Subject: mm: fix the inaccurate memory statistics issue for users
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 09:59:53 +0800

On some large machines with a high number of CPUs running a 64K pagesize
kernel, we found that the 'RES' field is always 0 displayed by the top
command for some processes, which will cause a lot of confusion for users.

    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
 875525 root      20   0   12480      0      0 R   0.3   0.0   0:00.08 top
      1 root      20   0  172800      0      0 S   0.0   0.0   0:04.52 systemd

The main reason is that the batch size of the percpu counter is quite
large on these machines, caching a significant percpu value, since
converting mm's rss stats into percpu_counter by commit f1a7941243c1 ("mm:
convert mm's rss stats into percpu_counter").  Intuitively, the batch
number should be optimized, but on some paths, performance may take
precedence over statistical accuracy.  Therefore, introducing a new
interface to add the percpu statistical count and display it to users,
which can remove the confusion.  In addition, this change is not expected
to be on a performance-critical path, so the modification should be
acceptable.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/4f0fd51eb4f48c1a34226456b7a8b4ebff11bf72.1748051851.git.baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com
Fixes: f1a7941243c1 ("mm: convert mm's rss stats into percpu_counter")
Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Tested-by Donet Tom <donettom@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/proc/task_mmu.c |   14 +++++++-------
 include/linux/mm.h |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c~mm-fix-the-inaccurate-memory-statistics-issue-for-users
+++ a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ void task_mem(struct seq_file *m, struct
 	unsigned long text, lib, swap, anon, file, shmem;
 	unsigned long hiwater_vm, total_vm, hiwater_rss, total_rss;
 
-	anon = get_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
-	file = get_mm_counter(mm, MM_FILEPAGES);
-	shmem = get_mm_counter(mm, MM_SHMEMPAGES);
+	anon = get_mm_counter_sum(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
+	file = get_mm_counter_sum(mm, MM_FILEPAGES);
+	shmem = get_mm_counter_sum(mm, MM_SHMEMPAGES);
 
 	/*
 	 * Note: to minimize their overhead, mm maintains hiwater_vm and
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void task_mem(struct seq_file *m, struct
 	text = min(text, mm->exec_vm << PAGE_SHIFT);
 	lib = (mm->exec_vm << PAGE_SHIFT) - text;
 
-	swap = get_mm_counter(mm, MM_SWAPENTS);
+	swap = get_mm_counter_sum(mm, MM_SWAPENTS);
 	SEQ_PUT_DEC("VmPeak:\t", hiwater_vm);
 	SEQ_PUT_DEC(" kB\nVmSize:\t", total_vm);
 	SEQ_PUT_DEC(" kB\nVmLck:\t", mm->locked_vm);
@@ -92,12 +92,12 @@ unsigned long task_statm(struct mm_struc
 			 unsigned long *shared, unsigned long *text,
 			 unsigned long *data, unsigned long *resident)
 {
-	*shared = get_mm_counter(mm, MM_FILEPAGES) +
-			get_mm_counter(mm, MM_SHMEMPAGES);
+	*shared = get_mm_counter_sum(mm, MM_FILEPAGES) +
+			get_mm_counter_sum(mm, MM_SHMEMPAGES);
 	*text = (PAGE_ALIGN(mm->end_code) - (mm->start_code & PAGE_MASK))
 								>> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	*data = mm->data_vm + mm->stack_vm;
-	*resident = *shared + get_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
+	*resident = *shared + get_mm_counter_sum(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
 	return mm->total_vm;
 }
 
--- a/include/linux/mm.h~mm-fix-the-inaccurate-memory-statistics-issue-for-users
+++ a/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2708,6 +2708,11 @@ static inline unsigned long get_mm_count
 	return percpu_counter_read_positive(&mm->rss_stat[member]);
 }
 
+static inline unsigned long get_mm_counter_sum(struct mm_struct *mm, int member)
+{
+	return percpu_counter_sum_positive(&mm->rss_stat[member]);
+}
+
 void mm_trace_rss_stat(struct mm_struct *mm, int member);
 
 static inline void add_mm_counter(struct mm_struct *mm, int member, long value)
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com are

mm-fix-the-inaccurate-memory-statistics-issue-for-users.patch