Merge commit 'upstream/master'

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / filesystems / proc.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 7f268f3..6455782 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ Table 1-4: Kernel info in /proc
  uptime      System uptime                                     
  version     Kernel version                                    
  video      bttv info of video resources                       (2.4)
+ vmallocinfo Show vmalloced areas
 ..............................................................................
 
 You can,  for  example,  check  which interrupts are currently in use and what
@@ -557,6 +558,49 @@ VmallocTotal: total size of vmalloc memory area
  VmallocUsed: amount of vmalloc area which is used
 VmallocChunk: largest contigious block of vmalloc area which is free
 
+..............................................................................
+
+vmallocinfo:
+
+Provides information about vmalloced/vmaped areas. One line per area,
+containing the virtual address range of the area, size in bytes,
+caller information of the creator, and optional information depending
+on the kind of area :
+
+ pages=nr    number of pages
+ phys=addr   if a physical address was specified
+ ioremap     I/O mapping (ioremap() and friends)
+ vmalloc     vmalloc() area
+ vmap        vmap()ed pages
+ user        VM_USERMAP area
+ vpages      buffer for pages pointers was vmalloced (huge area)
+ N<node>=nr  (Only on NUMA kernels)
+             Number of pages allocated on memory node <node>
+
+> cat /proc/vmallocinfo
+0xffffc20000000000-0xffffc20000201000 2101248 alloc_large_system_hash+0x204 ...
+  /0x2c0 pages=512 vmalloc N0=128 N1=128 N2=128 N3=128
+0xffffc20000201000-0xffffc20000302000 1052672 alloc_large_system_hash+0x204 ...
+  /0x2c0 pages=256 vmalloc N0=64 N1=64 N2=64 N3=64
+0xffffc20000302000-0xffffc20000304000    8192 acpi_tb_verify_table+0x21/0x4f...
+  phys=7fee8000 ioremap
+0xffffc20000304000-0xffffc20000307000   12288 acpi_tb_verify_table+0x21/0x4f...
+  phys=7fee7000 ioremap
+0xffffc2000031d000-0xffffc2000031f000    8192 init_vdso_vars+0x112/0x210
+0xffffc2000031f000-0xffffc2000032b000   49152 cramfs_uncompress_init+0x2e ...
+  /0x80 pages=11 vmalloc N0=3 N1=3 N2=2 N3=3
+0xffffc2000033a000-0xffffc2000033d000   12288 sys_swapon+0x640/0xac0      ...
+  pages=2 vmalloc N1=2
+0xffffc20000347000-0xffffc2000034c000   20480 xt_alloc_table_info+0xfe ...
+  /0x130 [x_tables] pages=4 vmalloc N0=4
+0xffffffffa0000000-0xffffffffa000f000   61440 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
+   pages=14 vmalloc N2=14
+0xffffffffa000f000-0xffffffffa0014000   20480 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
+   pages=4 vmalloc N1=4
+0xffffffffa0014000-0xffffffffa0017000   12288 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
+   pages=2 vmalloc N1=2
+0xffffffffa0017000-0xffffffffa0022000   45056 sys_init_module+0xc27/0x1d00 ...
+   pages=10 vmalloc N0=10
 
 1.3 IDE devices in /proc/ide
 ----------------------------
@@ -887,7 +931,7 @@ group_prealloc  max_to_scan  mb_groups  mb_history  min_to_scan  order2_req
 stats  stream_req
 
 mb_groups:
-This file gives the details of mutiblock allocator buddy cache of free blocks
+This file gives the details of multiblock allocator buddy cache of free blocks
 
 mb_history:
 Multiblock allocation history.
@@ -1430,7 +1474,7 @@ used because pages_free(1355) is smaller than watermark + protection[2]
 normal page requirement. If requirement is DMA zone(index=0), protection[0]
 (=0) is used.
 
-zone[i]'s protection[j] is calculated by following exprssion.
+zone[i]'s protection[j] is calculated by following expression.
 
 (i < j):
   zone[i]->protection[j]