[PATCH 1/2] documentation: proc: add /proc/pid/numa_maps interface explanation snippet

[Rafael Aquini]

This patch adds a small section to proc.txt doc in order to document its
/proc/pid/numa_maps interface. It does not introduce any functional changes,
just documentation.

Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 13b5809..0be178f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ Table 1-1: Process specific entries in /proc
  stack		Report full stack trace, enable via CONFIG_STACKTRACE
  smaps		a extension based on maps, showing the memory consumption of
 		each mapping and flags associated with it
+ numa_maps	an extension based on maps, showing the memory locality and
+		binding policy as well as mem usage (in pages) of each mapping.
 ..............................................................................
 
 For example, to get the status information of a process, all you have to do is
@@ -498,6 +500,37 @@ The /proc/pid/pagemap gives the PFN, which can be used to find the pageflags
 using /proc/kpageflags and number of times a page is mapped using
 /proc/kpagecount. For detailed explanation, see Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt.
 
+The /proc/pid/numa_maps is an extension based on maps, showing the memory
+locality and binding policy, as well as the memory usage (in pages) of
+each mapping. The output follows a general format where mapping details get
+summarized separated by blank spaces, one mapping per each file line:
+
+address   policy    mapping details
+
+00400000 default file=/usr/local/bin/app kernelpagesize_kB=4 mapped=1 active=0 N3=1
+00600000 default file=/usr/local/bin/app kernelpagesize_kB=4 anon=1 dirty=1 N3=1
+3206000000 default file=/lib64/ld-2.12.so kernelpagesize_kB=4 mapped=26 mapmax=6 N0=24 N3=2
+320621f000 default file=/lib64/ld-2.12.so kernelpagesize_kB=4 anon=1 dirty=1 N3=1
+3206220000 default file=/lib64/ld-2.12.so kernelpagesize_kB=4 anon=1 dirty=1 N3=1
+3206221000 default kernelpagesize_kB=4 anon=1 dirty=1 N3=1
+3206800000 default file=/lib64/libc-2.12.so kernelpagesize_kB=4 mapped=59 mapmax=21 active=55 N0=41 N3=18
+320698b000 default file=/lib64/libc-2.12.so
+3206b8a000 default file=/lib64/libc-2.12.so kernelpagesize_kB=4 anon=2 dirty=2 N3=2
+3206b8e000 default file=/lib64/libc-2.12.so kernelpagesize_kB=4 anon=1 dirty=1 N3=1
+3206b8f000 default kernelpagesize_kB=4 anon=3 dirty=3 active=1 N3=3
+7f4dc10a2000 default kernelpagesize_kB=4 anon=3 dirty=3 N3=3
+7f4dc10b4000 default kernelpagesize_kB=4 anon=2 dirty=2 active=1 N3=2
+7f4dc1200000 default file=/anon_hugepage\040(deleted) huge kernelpagesize_kB=2048 anon=1 dirty=1 N3=1
+7fff335f0000 default stack kernelpagesize_kB=4 anon=3 dirty=3 N3=3
+7fff3369d000 default kernelpagesize_kB=4 mapped=1 mapmax=35 active=0 N3=1
+
+Where:
+"address" is the starting address for the mapping;
+"policy" reports the NUMA memory policy set for the mapping (see vm/numa_memory_policy.txt);
+"mapping details" summarizes mapping data such as mapping type, page usage counters,
+node locality page counters (N0 == node0, N1 == node1, ...) and the kernel page
+size, in KB, that is backing the mapping up.
+
 1.2 Kernel data
 ---------------
 
-- 
1.9.3

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