1 What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm
2 Date: September 2009
3 KernelVersion: 2.6.32
4 Contact: Linux memory management mailin<
5 Description: Interface for Kernel Samepage
6
7 What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/full_scans
8 What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_share
9 What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_shari
10 What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_to_sc
11 What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_unsha
12 What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/pages_volat
13 What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run
14 What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/sleep_milli
15 Date: September 2009
16 Contact: Linux memory management mailin<
17 Description: Kernel Samepage Merging daemon
18
19 full_scans: how many times all
20 scanned.
21
22 pages_shared: how many shared
23
24 pages_sharing: how many more s
25 much saved.
26
27 pages_to_scan: how many presen
28 to sleep.
29
30 pages_unshared: how many pages
31 for merging.
32
33 pages_volatile: how many pages
34 in a tree.
35
36 run: write 0 to disable ksm, r
37
38 - write 1 to run ksm,
39 - write 2 to disable k
40
41 sleep_millisecs: how many mill
42 scans.
43
44 See Documentation/mm/ksm.rst f
45
46 What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/merge_acros
47 Date: January 2013
48 KernelVersion: 3.9
49 Contact: Linux memory management mailin<
50 Description: Control merging pages across d
51
52 When it is set to 0 only pages
53 otherwise pages from all nodes
54
55 What: /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/general_pro
56 Date: April 2023
57 KernelVersion: 6.4
58 Contact: Linux memory management mailin<
59 Description: Measure how effective KSM is.
60 general_profit: how effective
61 calculation is in Documentatio
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