The nr_free_highatomic is a key factor in calculating watermarks as it
affects the free pages count. Adding this metric, along with
nr_reserved_highatomic, to /proc/zoneinfo facilitates easier diagnosis
memory watermark calculations and memory pressure states.
Sample output:
cat /proc/zoneinfo
......
pagesets
cpu: 0
count: 52069
high: 52675
batch: 63
high_min: 13971
high_max: 62284
vm stats threshold: 10
node_unreclaimable: 0
start_pfn: 4096
reserved_highatomic: 5120
free_highatomic: 2081
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251027141818.283587-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
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>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
}
seq_printf(m,
"\n node_unreclaimable: %u"
- "\n start_pfn: %lu",
+ "\n start_pfn: %lu"
+ "\n reserved_highatomic: %lu"
+ "\n free_highatomic: %lu",
atomic_read(&pgdat->kswapd_failures) >= MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES,
- zone->zone_start_pfn);
+ zone->zone_start_pfn,
+ zone->nr_reserved_highatomic,
+ zone->nr_free_highatomic);
seq_putc(m, '\n');
}