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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 5b87946a53a3..9b8aad3eb3b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Table of Contents 3.7 /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/children - Information about task children 3.8 /proc/<pid>/fdinfo/<fd> - Information about opened file 3.9 /proc/<pid>/map_files - Information about memory mapped files + 3.10 /proc/<pid>/timerslack_ns - Task timerslack value 4 Configuring procfs 4.1 Mount options @@ -380,6 +381,8 @@ is not associated with a file: [stack] = the stack of the main process [vdso] = the "virtual dynamic shared object", the kernel system call handler + [anon:<name>] = an anonymous mapping that has been + named by userspace or if empty, the mapping is anonymous. @@ -406,6 +409,7 @@ KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB Locked: 0 kB VmFlags: rd ex mr mw me dw +Name: name from userspace the first of these lines shows the same information as is displayed for the mapping in /proc/PID/maps. The remaining lines show the size of the mapping @@ -470,6 +474,9 @@ be vanished or the reverse -- new added. Interpretation of their meaning might change in future as well. So each consumer of these flags has to follow each specific kernel version for the exact semantic. +The "Name" field will only be present on a mapping that has been named by +userspace, and will show the name passed in by userspace. + This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is enabled. @@ -1823,6 +1830,23 @@ time one can open(2) mappings from the listings of two processes and comparing their inode numbers to figure out which anonymous memory areas are actually shared. +3.10 /proc/<pid>/timerslack_ns - Task timerslack value +--------------------------------------------------------- +This file provides the value of the task's timerslack value in nanoseconds. +This value specifies a amount of time that normal timers may be deferred +in order to coalesce timers and avoid unnecessary wakeups. + +This allows a task's interactivity vs power consumption trade off to be +adjusted. + +Writing 0 to the file will set the tasks timerslack to the default value. + +Valid values are from 0 - ULLONG_MAX + +An application setting the value must have PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS level +permissions on the task specified to change its timerslack_ns value. + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configuring procfs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |