mm: compaction: add /proc trigger for memory compaction
Add a proc file /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory. When an arbitrary value is written to the file, all zones are compacted. The expected user of such a trigger is a job scheduler that prepares the system before the target application runs. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ files can be found in mm/swap.c.
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Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
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- block_dump
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- compact_memory
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- dirty_background_bytes
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- dirty_background_ratio
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- dirty_bytes
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@ -64,6 +65,15 @@ information on block I/O debugging is in Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt.
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compact_memory
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Available only when CONFIG_COMPACTION is set. When 1 is written to the file,
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all zones are compacted such that free memory is available in contiguous
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blocks where possible. This can be important for example in the allocation of
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huge pages although processes will also directly compact memory as required.
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dirty_background_bytes
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Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the pdflush background writeback
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