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Rik van Riel 92189d47f6 add extra free kbytes tunable 
Add a userspace visible knob to tell the VM to keep an extra amount
of memory free, by increasing the gap between each zone's min and
low watermarks.

This is useful for realtime applications that call system
calls and have a bound on the number of allocations that happen
in any short time period.  In this application, extra_free_kbytes
would be left at an amount equal to or larger than than the
maximum number of allocations that happen in any burst.

It may also be useful to reduce the memory use of virtual
machines (temporarily?), in a way that does not cause memory
fragmentation like ballooning does.

[ccross]
Revived for use on old kernels where no other solution exists.
The tunable will be removed on kernels that do better at avoiding
direct reclaim.

Change-Id: I765a42be8e964bfd3e2886d1ca85a29d60c3bb3e
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel<riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Colin Cross <ccross@android.com>
2013-07-25 18:23:46 -07:00
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debug This is the 3.4.35 stable release 2013-03-11 17:34:33 -07:00
events perf: Treat attr.config as u64 in perf_swevent_init() 2013-05-14 11:46:24 -07:00
gcov
irq This is the 3.4.35 stable release 2013-03-11 17:34:33 -07:00
power freezer: shorten freezer sleep time using exponential backoff 2013-06-13 15:04:38 -07:00
sched This is the 3.4.35 stable release 2013-03-11 17:34:33 -07:00
time alarmtimer: add alarm_expires_remaining 2013-06-12 02:10:02 +00:00
trace This is the 3.4.39 stable release 2013-04-05 20:54:49 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-01-08 12:19:57 -08:00
async.c Fix a dead loop in async_synchronize_full() 2012-10-02 10:30:35 -07:00
audit_tree.c audit: fix refcounting in audit-tree 2012-09-14 10:00:18 -07:00
audit_watch.c
audit.c constify path argument of audit_log_d_path() 2012-03-20 21:29:40 -04:00
audit.h audit: remove AUDIT_SETUP_CONTEXT as it isn't used 2012-01-17 16:16:57 -05:00
auditfilter.c audit: allow interfield comparison in audit rules 2012-01-17 16:17:01 -05:00
auditsc.c kernel-doc: fix new warnings in auditsc.c 2012-01-23 08:44:53 -08:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c Revert "capabitlies: ns_capable can use the cap helpers rather than lsm call" 2012-01-17 10:19:41 -08:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: remove cgroup_subsys argument from callbacks 2012-02-02 09:20:22 -08:00
cgroup.c This is the 3.4.35 stable release 2013-03-11 17:34:33 -07:00
compat.c compat: Fix RT signal mask corruption via sigprocmask 2012-05-10 08:58:33 -07:00
configs.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c Move x86_64 idle notifiers to generic 2012-04-09 13:57:52 -07:00
cpuset.c cpuset: fix cpuset_print_task_mems_allowed() vs rename() race 2013-03-04 06:06:44 +08:00
crash_dump.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
cred.c cred: copy_process() should clear child->replacement_session_keyring 2012-04-11 08:20:11 -07:00
delayacct.c
dma.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c lockdep: remove task argument from debug_check_no_locks_held 2013-06-13 15:04:38 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c Merge commit 'v3.4.5' into android-3.4 2012-07-16 15:25:51 -07:00
freezer.c freezer: skip waking up tasks with PF_FREEZER_SKIP set 2013-06-13 15:04:39 -07:00
futex_compat.c futex: Revert "futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated" 2013-02-28 06:59:01 -08:00
futex.c futex: use freezable blocking call 2013-06-13 15:04:40 -07:00
groups.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
hrtimer.c nanosleep: use freezable blocking call 2013-06-13 15:04:40 -07:00
hung_task.c hung_task: fix the broken rcu_lock_break() logic 2012-03-05 15:49:42 -08:00
irq_work.c irq_work: fix compile failure on tile from missing include 2012-04-13 13:15:16 -04:00
itimer.c itimer: Use printk_once instead of WARN_ONCE 2012-04-10 11:00:30 +02:00
jump_label.c static keys: Inline the static_key_enabled() function 2012-02-28 20:01:08 +01:00
kallsyms.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
kexec.c Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-03-28 17:19:28 -07:00
kfifo.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
kmod.c PM / Sleep: Mitigate race between the freezer and request_firmware() 2012-03-28 23:30:28 +02:00
kprobes.c kprobes: return proper error code from register_kprobe() 2012-03-05 15:49:42 -08:00
ksysfs.c kernel: ksysfs.c is implicitly using stat.h 2011-10-31 09:20:13 -04:00
kthread.c kthread_worker: reimplement flush_kthread_work() to allow freeing the work item being executed 2012-10-02 10:30:40 -07:00
latencytop.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c lockdep: remove task argument from debug_check_no_locks_held 2013-06-13 15:04:38 -07:00
Makefile sysctl: Move the implementation into fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c 2012-01-24 16:37:54 -08:00
module.c module: fix out-by-one error in kallsyms 2012-11-26 11:37:41 -08:00
mutex-debug.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c sched/rt: Use schedule_preempt_disabled() 2012-03-01 10:28:03 +01:00
mutex.h
notifier.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
nsproxy.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
padata.c padata: Fix cpu hotplug 2012-03-29 19:52:46 +08:00
panic.c Merge commit 'v3.4.5' into android-3.4 2012-07-16 15:25:51 -07:00
params.c params: <level>_initcall-like kernel parameters 2012-03-26 12:50:51 +10:30
pid_namespace.c pidns: add reboot_pid_ns() to handle the reboot syscall 2012-03-28 17:14:36 -07:00
pid.c vfs: fix panic in __d_lookup() with high dentry hashtable counts 2012-02-13 20:45:38 -05:00
posix-cpu-timers.c posix-cpu-timers: Fix nanosleep task_struct leak 2013-02-28 06:58:59 -08:00
posix-timers.c posix-timer: Don't call idr_find() with out-of-range ID 2013-03-04 06:06:38 +08:00
printk.c This is the 3.4.35 stable release 2013-03-11 17:34:33 -07:00
profile.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
ptrace.c ptrace: ensure arch_ptrace/ptrace_request can never race with SIGKILL 2013-01-27 20:47:43 -08:00
range.c range: fix bogus misuse of module.h to get printk() 2011-10-31 09:20:11 -04:00
rcu.h rcu: Allow nesting of rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() 2012-02-21 09:06:12 -08:00
rcupdate.c rcu: Check for illegal use of RCU from offlined CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:03 -08:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: Simplify unboosting checks 2012-02-21 09:03:43 -08:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Add RCU_NONIDLE() for idle-loop RCU read-side critical sections 2012-02-21 09:06:13 -08:00
rcutorture.c PTR_ERR should be called before its argument is cleared. 2012-02-21 09:06:10 -08:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Hold off RCU_FAST_NO_HZ after timer posted 2012-02-21 09:42:30 -08:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Rework detection of use of RCU by offline CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:07 -08:00
rcutree.c rcu: Fix batch-limit size problem 2012-12-17 10:37:46 -08:00
rcutree.h rcu: Rework detection of use of RCU by offline CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:07 -08:00
relay.c splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses 2012-07-16 09:04:42 -07:00
res_counter.c net: introduce res_counter_charge_nofail() for socket allocations 2012-01-22 15:08:46 -05:00
resource.c kernel/resource.c: fix stack overflow in __reserve_region_with_split() 2013-02-14 10:48:53 -08:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c lockdep, rtmutex, bug: Show taint flags on error 2011-12-06 08:16:49 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c rtmutex-tester: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem 2011-12-14 14:54:22 -08:00
rtmutex.c Revert "rcu: Permit rt_mutex_unlock() with irqs disabled" 2011-12-11 10:33:18 -08:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
seccomp.c seccomp: audit abnormal end to a process due to seccomp 2012-01-17 16:16:55 -05:00
semaphore.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
signal.c sigtimedwait: use freezable blocking call 2013-06-13 15:04:40 -07:00
smp.c smp: Fix SMP function call empty cpu mask race 2013-02-03 18:24:42 -06:00
softirq.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-20 10:32:09 -07:00
spinlock.c locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
srcu.c rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives 2012-02-21 09:06:08 -08:00
stacktrace.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
stop_machine.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
sys_ni.c Cross Memory Attach 2011-10-31 17:30:44 -07:00
sys.c use clamp_t in UNAME26 fix 2012-10-28 10:14:13 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c sysctl: fix null checking in bin_dn_node_address() 2013-03-04 06:06:41 +08:00
sysctl.c add extra free kbytes tunable 2013-07-25 18:23:46 -07:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
time.c time: Remove bogus comments 2012-03-15 18:17:55 -07:00
timeconst.pl timeconst.pl: Eliminate Perl warning 2013-02-28 06:58:58 -08:00
timer.c timers: Fix endless looping between cascade() and internal_add_timer() 2012-10-21 09:27:59 -07:00
tracepoint.c static keys: Introduce 'struct static_key', static_key_true()/false() and static_key_slow_[inc|dec]() 2012-02-24 10:05:59 +01:00
tsacct.c [S390] cputime: add sparse checking and cleanup 2011-12-15 14:56:19 +01:00
uid16.c
up.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user_namespace.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user-return-notifier.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
utsname_sysctl.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
utsname.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
wait.c lockdep/waitqueues: Add better annotation 2011-12-21 10:07:39 +01:00
watchdog.c This is the 3.4.35 stable release 2013-03-11 17:34:33 -07:00
workqueue_sched.h
workqueue.c workqueue: convert BUG_ON()s in __queue_delayed_work() to WARN_ON_ONCE()s 2012-12-17 10:37:43 -08:00