[PATCH] mm/vmstat: add header line to /proc/buddyinfo output

From: Ye Liu
Date: Thu Sep 18 2025 - 03:18:06 EST


From: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add a header line to /proc/buddyinfo that shows the order numbers
for better readability and clarity.

Before:
Node 0, zone DMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
Node 0, zone DMA32 5 8 6 6 7 5 8 ...
Node 0, zone Normal 1113 351 138 65 38 31 25 ...

After:
Free pages per order 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...
Node 0, zone DMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
Node 0, zone DMA32 5 8 6 6 7 5 8 ...
Node 0, zone Normal 1113 351 138 65 38 31 25 ...

Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmstat.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index bb09c032eecf..e9606457ab91 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1574,7 +1574,14 @@ static void frag_show_print(struct seq_file *m, pg_data_t *pgdat,
*/
static int frag_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
{
+ int order;
pg_data_t *pgdat = (pg_data_t *)arg;
+ /* Print header */
+ seq_printf(m, "%-21s ", "Free pages per order");
+ for (order = 0; order < NR_PAGE_ORDERS; ++order)
+ seq_printf(m, "%6d ", order);
+ seq_putc(m, '\n');
+
walk_zones_in_node(m, pgdat, true, false, frag_show_print);
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0