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Linus Torvalds a5ad88ce8c mm: get rid of 'vmalloc_info' from /proc/meminfo 
It turns out that at least some versions of glibc end up reading
/proc/meminfo at every single startup, because glibc wants to know the
amount of memory the machine has.  And while that's arguably insane,
it's just how things are.

And it turns out that it's not all that expensive most of the time, but
the vmalloc information statistics (amount of virtual memory used in the
vmalloc space, and the biggest remaining chunk) can be rather expensive
to compute.

The 'get_vmalloc_info()' function actually showed up on my profiles as
4% of the CPU usage of "make test" in the git source repository, because
the git tests are lots of very short-lived shell-scripts etc.

It turns out that apparently this same silly vmalloc info gathering
shows up on the facebook servers too, according to Dave Jones.  So it's
not just "make test" for git.

We had two patches to just cache the information (one by me, one by
Ingo) to mitigate this issue, but the whole vmalloc information of of
rather dubious value to begin with, and people who *actually* want to
know what the situation is wrt the vmalloc area should just look at the
much more complete /proc/vmallocinfo instead.

In fact, according to my testing - and perhaps more importantly,
according to that big search engine in the sky: Google - there is
nothing out there that actually cares about those two expensive fields:
VmallocUsed and VmallocChunk.

So let's try to just remove them entirely.  Actually, this just removes
the computation and reports the numbers as zero for now, just to try to
be minimally intrusive.

If this breaks anything, we'll obviously have to re-introduce the code
to compute this all and add the caching patches on top.  But if given
the option, I'd really prefer to just remove this bad idea entirely
rather than add even more code to work around our historical mistake
that likely nobody really cares about.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-11-01 17:09:15 -08:00
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9p 9p: fix return code of read() when count is 0 2015-08-23 14:21:36 -05:00
adfs fs/adfs: remove unneeded cast 2015-06-30 19:44:57 -07:00
affs fs/affs: make root lookup from blkdev logical size 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
afs net: Add a struct net parameter to sock_create_kern 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
autofs4 make simple_positive() public 2015-06-23 18:02:01 -04:00
befs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-07-04 19:36:06 -07:00
bfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-04-26 17:22:07 -07:00
btrfs Merge branch 'for-linus-4.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/linux-btrfs 2015-10-24 07:17:58 +09:00
cachefiles Merge branch 'fscache-fixes' into for-next 2015-06-23 18:01:30 -04:00
ceph Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2015-09-11 12:33:03 -07:00
cifs mm, fs: obey gfp_mapping for add_to_page_cache() 2015-10-16 11:42:28 -07:00
coda fs/coda: fix readlink buffer overflow 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
configfs configfs: fix kernel infoleak through user-controlled format string 2015-07-17 16:39:53 -07:00
cramfs
debugfs debugfs: Export bool read/write functions 2015-07-20 18:44:50 +01:00
devpts devpts: if initialization failed, don't crash when opening /dev/ptmx 2015-06-30 19:44:58 -07:00
dlm dlm for 4.3 2015-09-03 12:57:48 -07:00
ecryptfs Invalidate stale eCryptfs dcache entries caused by unlinked lower inodes 2015-09-08 11:26:17 -07:00
efivarfs Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-05-06 10:57:37 -07:00
efs fs/efs: femove unneeded cast 2015-06-25 17:00:42 -07:00
exofs pagemap.h: move dir_pages() over there 2015-06-23 18:02:00 -04:00
exportfs VFS: (Scripted) Convert S_ISLNK/DIR/REG(dentry->d_inode) to d_is_*(dentry) 2015-02-22 11:38:41 -05:00
ext2 ext2: huge page fault support 2015-09-08 15:35:28 -07:00
ext4 Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2015-10-16 11:42:37 -07:00
f2fs Merge tag 'for-f2fs-4.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs 2015-09-03 13:10:22 -07:00
fat writeback: separate out include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h 2015-06-02 08:33:34 -06:00
freevxfs freevxfs: Grammar s/an negative/a negative/ 2015-08-07 13:59:24 +02:00
fscache FS-Cache: Retain the netfs context in the retrieval op earlier 2015-04-02 14:28:53 +01:00
fuse fs/fuse: fix ioctl type confusion 2015-08-16 12:35:44 -07:00
gfs2 GFS2: merge window 2015-09-11 12:23:51 -07:00
hfs hfs: fix B-tree corruption after insertion at position 0 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
hfsplus hfs,hfsplus: cache pages correctly between bnode_create and bnode_free 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
hostfs fs: create and use seq_show_option for escaping 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
hpfs hpfs: update ctime and mtime on directory modification 2015-09-03 11:55:30 -07:00
hugetlbfs hugetlbfs: add hugetlbfs_fallocate() 2015-09-08 15:35:28 -07:00
isofs VFS: normal filesystems (and lustre): d_inode() annotations 2015-04-15 15:06:57 -04:00
jbd2 jbd2: limit number of reserved credits 2015-08-04 11:21:52 -04:00
jffs2 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-07-04 19:36:06 -07:00
jfs Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2015-09-03 12:28:30 -07:00
kernfs kernfs: implement kernfs_path_len() 2015-08-18 15:49:15 -07:00
lockd lockd: NLM grace period shouldn't block NFSv4 opens 2015-08-13 10:22:06 -04:00
logfs block: remove bio_get_nr_vecs() 2015-08-13 12:32:04 -06:00
minix Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-07-04 19:36:06 -07:00
ncpfs ncpfs: successful rename() should invalidate caches for parents 2015-06-14 11:31:39 -04:00
nfs NFS: Fix a tracepoint NULL-pointer dereference 2015-10-06 18:56:25 -04:00
nfs_common lockd: NLM grace period shouldn't block NFSv4 opens 2015-08-13 10:22:06 -04:00
nfsd nfsd/blocklayout: accept any minlength 2015-10-09 16:11:40 -04:00
nilfs2 block: remove bio_get_nr_vecs() 2015-08-13 12:32:04 -06:00
nls
notify Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-09-05 20:34:28 -07:00
ntfs ntfs: delete unnecessary checks before calling iput() 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
ocfs2 ocfs2/dlm: unlock lockres spinlock before dlm_lockres_put 2015-10-23 17:55:10 +09:00
omfs omfs: fix potential integer overflow in allocator 2015-05-28 18:25:19 -07:00
openpromfs
overlayfs Merge branch 'overlayfs-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs 2015-10-31 14:49:19 -07:00
proc mm: get rid of 'vmalloc_info' from /proc/meminfo 2015-11-01 17:09:15 -08:00
pstore Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2015-07-03 15:20:57 -07:00
qnx4
qnx6 pagemap.h: move dir_pages() over there 2015-06-23 18:02:00 -04:00
quota Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-09-05 20:34:28 -07:00
ramfs mm, fs: obey gfp_mapping for add_to_page_cache() 2015-10-16 11:42:28 -07:00
reiserfs fs: create and use seq_show_option for escaping 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
romfs make new_sync_{read,write}() static 2015-04-11 22:29:40 -04:00
squashfs fs: cleanup slight list_entry abuse 2015-06-23 18:01:59 -04:00
sysfs vfs: Commit to never having exectuables on proc and sysfs. 2015-07-10 10:39:25 -05:00
sysv pagemap.h: move dir_pages() over there 2015-06-23 18:02:00 -04:00
tracefs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-07-04 19:36:06 -07:00
ubifs UBIFS: Kill unneeded locking in ubifs_init_security 2015-09-29 12:45:42 +02:00
udf udf: Don't modify filesystem for read-only mounts 2015-08-20 14:58:35 +02:00
ufs fix ufs write vs readpage race when writing into a hole 2015-09-09 10:43:12 -07:00
xfs xfs: huge page fault support 2015-09-08 15:35:28 -07:00
aio.c mm: move ->mremap() from file_operations to vm_operations_struct 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
anon_inodes.c
attr.c
bad_inode.c don't bother with most of the bad_file_ops methods 2015-02-20 04:03:58 -05:00
binfmt_aout.c
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
binfmt_elf.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-07-04 19:36:06 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-04-26 17:22:07 -07:00
binfmt_script.c
block_dev.c blockdev: don't set S_DAX for misaligned partitions 2015-09-15 20:08:05 -04:00
buffer.c fs: use helper bio_add_page() instead of open coding on bi_io_vec 2015-08-13 12:32:00 -06:00
char_dev.c fs/char_dev.c: fix incorrect documentation for unregister_chrdev_region 2015-08-05 13:49:35 -07:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c ioctl_compat: handle FITRIM 2015-07-09 11:42:21 -07:00
compat.c
coredump.c fs: Don't dump core if the corefile would become world-readable. 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
dax.c mm, dax: fix DAX deadlocks 2015-10-16 11:42:28 -07:00
dcache.c dcache: Reduce the scope of i_lock in d_splice_alias 2015-08-21 02:34:37 -04:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c block: remove bio_get_nr_vecs() 2015-08-13 12:32:04 -06:00
drop_caches.c inode: convert inode_sb_list_lock to per-sb 2015-08-17 18:39:46 -04:00
eventfd.c eventfd: don't take the spinlock in eventfd_poll 2015-02-17 14:34:52 -08:00
eventpoll.c epoll: optimize setting task running after blocking 2015-02-13 21:21:40 -08:00
exec.c vfs: Commit to never having exectuables on proc and sysfs. 2015-07-10 10:39:25 -05:00
fcntl.c
fhandle.c vfs: read file_handle only once in handle_to_path 2015-06-02 10:29:07 -07:00
file_table.c fs, file table: reinit files_stat.max_files after deferred memory initialisation 2015-08-07 04:39:40 +03:00
file.c vfs: conditionally clear close-on-exec flag 2015-10-31 16:14:51 -07:00
filesystems.c
fs_pin.c fs_pin: Allow for the possibility that m_list or s_list go unused. 2015-04-09 11:39:55 -05:00
fs_struct.c
fs-writeback.c writeback: bdi_writeback iteration must not skip dying ones 2015-10-12 10:31:12 -06:00
inode.c inode: don't softlockup when evicting inodes 2015-08-18 10:20:09 -07:00
internal.h inode: rename i_wb_list to i_io_list 2015-08-17 23:38:10 -04:00
ioctl.c fsioctl.c: make generic_block_fiemap() signal-tolerant 2015-02-10 14:30:30 -08:00
Kconfig fs: Remove ext3 filesystem driver 2015-07-23 20:59:40 +02:00
Kconfig.binfmt mm: split ET_DYN ASLR from mmap ASLR 2015-04-14 16:49:05 -07:00
libfs.c fs: Set the size of empty dirs to 0. 2015-08-12 15:28:45 -05:00
locks.c fs: fix fs/locks.c kernel-doc warning 2015-08-31 16:27:25 -04:00
Makefile userfaultfd: buildsystem activation 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
mbcache.c
mount.h fs: use seq_open_private() for proc_mounts 2015-06-30 19:44:56 -07:00
mpage.c mm, fs: obey gfp_mapping for add_to_page_cache() 2015-10-16 11:42:28 -07:00
namei.c namei: results of d_is_negative() should be checked after dentry revalidation 2015-10-10 10:17:27 -07:00
namespace.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2015-09-01 16:13:25 -07:00
no-block.c
nsfs.c fs/seq_file: convert int seq_vprint/seq_printf/etc... returns to void 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
open.c vfs: Commit to never having exectuables on proc and sysfs. 2015-07-10 10:39:25 -05:00
pipe.c VFS: assorted weird filesystems: d_inode() annotations 2015-04-15 15:06:58 -04:00
pnode.c mnt: Don't propagate unmounts to locked mounts 2015-04-02 20:34:20 -05:00
pnode.h mnt: Clarify and correct the disconnect logic in umount_tree 2015-07-22 20:33:27 -05:00
posix_acl.c fs/posix_acl.c: make posix_acl_create() safer and cleaner 2015-06-23 18:01:07 -04:00
proc_namespace.c fs: use seq_open_private() for proc_mounts 2015-06-30 19:44:56 -07:00
read_write.c new_sync_write(): discard ->ki_pos unless the return value is positive 2015-04-11 22:29:46 -04:00
readdir.c
select.c locking/arch: Rename set_mb() to smp_store_mb() 2015-05-19 08:32:00 +02:00
seq_file.c fs/seq_file: convert int seq_vprint/seq_printf/etc... returns to void 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
signalfd.c signalfd: fix information leak in signalfd_copyinfo 2015-08-07 04:39:40 +03:00
splice.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2015-06-24 20:47:21 -07:00
stack.c
stat.c VFS: assorted d_backing_inode() annotations 2015-04-15 15:06:59 -04:00
statfs.c
super.c Merge branch 'superblock-scaling' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/josef/btrfs-next into for-next 2015-08-21 02:31:20 -04:00
sync.c vfs: add support for a lazytime mount option 2015-02-05 02:45:00 -05:00
timerfd.c
userfaultfd.c userfaultfd: revert "userfaultfd: waitqueue: add nr wake parameter to __wake_up_locked_key" 2015-09-22 15:09:53 -07:00
utimes.c
xattr.c evm: fix potential race when removing xattrs 2015-05-21 13:28:47 -04:00