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diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst b/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst index 905555e3e48363..6420097a1f7d1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Usage The ``page_owner_sort`` tool ignores ``PFN`` rows, puts the remaining rows in buf, uses regexp to extract the page order value, counts the times - and pages of buf, and finally sorts them according to the times. + and pages of buf, and finally sorts them according to the parameter(s). See the result about who allocated each page in the ``sorted_page_owner.txt``. General output:: @@ -107,4 +107,23 @@ Usage // Detailed stack By default, ``page_owner_sort`` is sorted according to the times of buf. - If you want to sort by the pages nums of buf, use the ``-m`` parameter. + If you want to sort by the page nums of buf, use the ``-m`` parameter. + The detailed parameters are: + + fundamental function: + + Sort: + -a Sort by memory allocation time. + -m Sort by total memory. + -p Sort by pid. + -r Sort by memory release time. + -s Sort by stack trace. + -t Sort by times (default). + + additional function: + + Cull: + -c Cull by comparing stacktrace instead of total block. + + Filter: + -f Filter out the information of blocks whose memory has not been released. |