[PATCH v2 1/4] meminfo: add a per node counter for balloon drivers
From: Nico Pache
Date: Fri Mar 14 2025 - 17:38:42 EST
Add NR_BALLOON_PAGES counter to track memory used by balloon drivers and
expose it through /proc/meminfo and other memory reporting interfaces.
Signed-off-by: Nico Pache <npache@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/meminfo.c | 2 ++
include/linux/mmzone.h | 1 +
mm/show_mem.c | 4 +++-
mm/vmstat.c | 1 +
4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/proc/meminfo.c b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
index 8ba9b1472390..83be312159c9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/meminfo.c
+++ b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
show_val_kb(m, "Unaccepted: ",
global_zone_page_state(NR_UNACCEPTED));
#endif
+ show_val_kb(m, "Balloon: ",
+ global_node_page_state(NR_BALLOON_PAGES));
hugetlb_report_meminfo(m);
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 9540b41894da..71d3ff19267a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ enum node_stat_item {
#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
NR_HUGETLB,
#endif
+ NR_BALLOON_PAGES,
NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS
};
diff --git a/mm/show_mem.c b/mm/show_mem.c
index 43afb56abbd3..6af13bcd2ab3 100644
--- a/mm/show_mem.c
+++ b/mm/show_mem.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ static void show_free_areas(unsigned int filter, nodemask_t *nodemask, int max_z
" pagetables:%lukB"
" sec_pagetables:%lukB"
" all_unreclaimable? %s"
+ " Balloon:%lukB"
"\n",
pgdat->node_id,
K(node_page_state(pgdat, NR_ACTIVE_ANON)),
@@ -285,7 +286,8 @@ static void show_free_areas(unsigned int filter, nodemask_t *nodemask, int max_z
#endif
K(node_page_state(pgdat, NR_PAGETABLE)),
K(node_page_state(pgdat, NR_SECONDARY_PAGETABLE)),
- str_yes_no(pgdat->kswapd_failures >= MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES));
+ str_yes_no(pgdat->kswapd_failures >= MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES),
+ K(node_page_state(pgdat, NR_BALLOON_PAGES)));
}
for_each_populated_zone(zone) {
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 16bfe1c694dd..d3b11891a942 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1276,6 +1276,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
"nr_hugetlb",
#endif
+ "nr_balloon_pages",
/* system-wide enum vm_stat_item counters */
"nr_dirty_threshold",
"nr_dirty_background_threshold",
--
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