trace doc: convert trace/events-kmem.txt to rst format

This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it into Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Changbin Du
2018-02-17 13:39:43 +08:00
committed by Jonathan Corbet
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============================
Subsystem Trace Points: kmem
============================
The kmem tracing system captures events related to object and page allocation
within the kernel. Broadly speaking there are five major subheadings.
o Slab allocation of small objects of unknown type (kmalloc)
o Slab allocation of small objects of known type
o Page allocation
o Per-CPU Allocator Activity
o External Fragmentation
- Slab allocation of small objects of unknown type (kmalloc)
- Slab allocation of small objects of known type
- Page allocation
- Per-CPU Allocator Activity
- External Fragmentation
This document describes what each of the tracepoints is and why they
might be useful.
1. Slab allocation of small objects of unknown type
===================================================
::
kmalloc call_site=%lx ptr=%p bytes_req=%zu bytes_alloc=%zu gfp_flags=%s
kmalloc_node call_site=%lx ptr=%p bytes_req=%zu bytes_alloc=%zu gfp_flags=%s node=%d
kfree call_site=%lx ptr=%p
@@ -27,6 +31,8 @@ the allocation sites were.
2. Slab allocation of small objects of known type
=================================================
::
kmem_cache_alloc call_site=%lx ptr=%p bytes_req=%zu bytes_alloc=%zu gfp_flags=%s
kmem_cache_alloc_node call_site=%lx ptr=%p bytes_req=%zu bytes_alloc=%zu gfp_flags=%s node=%d
kmem_cache_free call_site=%lx ptr=%p
@@ -38,6 +44,8 @@ but the call_site can usually be used to extrapolate that information.
3. Page allocation
==================
::
mm_page_alloc page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d migratetype=%d gfp_flags=%s
mm_page_alloc_zone_locked page=%p pfn=%lu order=%u migratetype=%d cpu=%d percpu_refill=%d
mm_page_free page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d
@@ -65,6 +73,8 @@ contention on the zone->lru_lock.
4. Per-CPU Allocator Activity
=============================
::
mm_page_alloc_zone_locked page=%p pfn=%lu order=%u migratetype=%d cpu=%d percpu_refill=%d
mm_page_pcpu_drain page=%p pfn=%lu order=%d cpu=%d migratetype=%d
@@ -92,6 +102,8 @@ can be allocated and freed on the same CPU through some algorithm change.
5. External Fragmentation
=========================
::
mm_page_alloc_extfrag page=%p pfn=%lu alloc_order=%d fallback_order=%d pageblock_order=%d alloc_migratetype=%d fallback_migratetype=%d fragmenting=%d change_ownership=%d
External fragmentation affects whether a high-order allocation will be

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uprobetracer
tracepoints
events
events-kmem