any cache it aliases, if any).
Users: kernel memory tuning tools
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/aliases
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/aliases
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The aliases file is read-only and specifies how many caches
have merged into this cache.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/align
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/align
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The align file is read-only and specifies the cache's object
alignment in bytes.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_calls
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_calls
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The alloc_calls file only contains information if debugging is
enabled for that cache (see Documentation/vm/slub.rst).
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_fastpath
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_fastpath
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_from_partial
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_from_partial
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_refill
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_refill
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
remote cpu frees. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_slab
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_slab
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_slowpath
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_slowpath
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/cache_dma
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/cache_dma
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
are from ZONE_DMA.
Available when CONFIG_ZONE_DMA is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/cpu_slabs
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/cpu_slabs
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The cpu_slabs file is read-only and displays how many cpu slabs
are active and their NUMA locality.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/cpuslab_flush
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/cpuslab_flush
Date: April 2009
KernelVersion: 2.6.31
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/ctor
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/ctor
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
constructor function, which is invoked for each object when a
new slab is allocated.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_empty
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/deactivate_empty
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
was deactivated. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_full
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/deactivate_full
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
was deactivated. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_remote_frees
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/deactivate_remote_frees
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
remotely. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_to_head
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/deactivate_to_head
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
list. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_to_tail
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/deactivate_to_tail
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
list. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/destroy_by_rcu
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/destroy_by_rcu
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The destroy_by_rcu file is read-only and specifies whether
slabs (not objects) are freed by rcu.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_add_partial
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_add_partial
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
partial list. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_calls
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_calls
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
object frees if slab debugging is enabled (see
Documentation/vm/slub.rst).
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_fastpath
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_fastpath
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_frozen
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_frozen
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_remove_partial
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_remove_partial
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_slab
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_slab
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_slowpath
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_slowpath
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/hwcache_align
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/hwcache_align
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The hwcache_align file is read-only and specifies whether
objects are aligned on cachelines.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/min_partial
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/min_partial
Date: February 2009
KernelVersion: 2.6.30
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
allocating new slabs. Such slabs may be reclaimed by utilizing
the shrink file.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/object_size
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/object_size
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The object_size file is read-only and specifies the cache's
object size.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/objects
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/objects
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The objects file is read-only and displays how many objects are
active and from which nodes they are from.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/objects_partial
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/objects_partial
Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
objects are on partial slabs and from which nodes they are
from.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/objs_per_slab
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/objs_per_slab
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Description:
The file objs_per_slab is read-only and specifies how many
objects may be allocated from a single slab of the order
- specified in /sys/kernel/slab/cache/order.
+ specified in /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/order.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/order
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/order
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
order is used and this sysfs entry can not be used to change
the order at run time.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/order_fallback
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/order_fallback
Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/partial
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/partial
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The partial file is read-only and displays how long many
partial slabs there are and how long each node's list is.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/poison
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/poison
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The poison file specifies whether objects should be poisoned
when a new slab is allocated.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/reclaim_account
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/reclaim_account
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The reclaim_account file specifies whether the cache's objects
are reclaimable (and grouped by their mobility).
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/red_zone
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/red_zone
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The red_zone file specifies whether the cache's objects are red
zoned.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/remote_node_defrag_ratio
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/remote_node_defrag_ratio
Date: January 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
Available when CONFIG_NUMA is enabled.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/sanity_checks
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/sanity_checks
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
checks. Caches that enable sanity_checks cannot be merged with
caches that do not.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/shrink
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/shrink
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
adversely impact other running applications. So it
should be used with care.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/slab_size
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/slab_size
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The slab_size file is read-only and specifies the object size
with metadata (debugging information and alignment) in bytes.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/slabs
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/slabs
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
there are (both cpu and partial) and from which nodes they are
from.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/store_user
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/store_user
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The store_user file specifies whether the location of
allocation or free should be tracked for a cache.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/total_objects
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/total_objects
Date: April 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.26
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The total_objects file is read-only and displays how many total
objects a cache has and from which nodes they are from.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/trace
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/trace
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
The trace file specifies whether object allocations and frees
should be traced.
-What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/validate
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/validate
Date: May 2007
KernelVersion: 2.6.22
Contact: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,