fs/proc/task_mmu.c: add user-space support for resetting mm->hiwater_rss (peak RSS)
authorPetr Cermak <petrcermak@chromium.org>
Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:01:00 +0000 (15:01 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 13 Feb 2015 02:54:12 +0000 (18:54 -0800)
commit695f055936938c674473ea071ca7359a863551e7
tree8975abce255f8d638fa1291beb62803e2d611004
parentd170cf4674768db22b66a1be4be7877d3b2c3874
fs/proc/task_mmu.c: add user-space support for resetting mm->hiwater_rss (peak RSS)

Peak resident size of a process can be reset back to the process's
current rss value by writing "5" to /proc/pid/clear_refs.  The driving
use-case for this would be getting the peak RSS value, which can be
retrieved from the VmHWM field in /proc/pid/status, per benchmark
iteration or test scenario.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: clarify behaviour in documentation]
Signed-off-by: Petr Cermak <petrcermak@chromium.org>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: Primiano Tucci <primiano@chromium.org>
Cc: Petr Cermak <petrcermak@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
fs/proc/task_mmu.c
include/linux/mm.h