tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: support sorting blocks by multiple keys
authorJiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn>
Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:15:57 +0000 (23:15 -0700)
committerakpm <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:15:57 +0000 (23:15 -0700)
commitebbeae36387ccf1326c896167872c3acf6c3c956
tree2e0b3c34da595bf162d45e172a77e459984bd266
parent75382a2dca0e9e9e57e88b479cf537549461a934
tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c: support sorting blocks by multiple keys

When viewing page owner information, we may want to sort blocks of
information by multiple keys, since one single key does not uniquely
identify a block. Therefore, following adjustments are made:

1. Add a new --sort option to support sorting blocks of information by
multiple keys.

./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --sort=<order>
./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --sort <order>

<order> is a single argument in the form of a comma-separated list,
which offers a way to specify sorting order.

Sorting syntax is [+|-]key[,[+|-]key[,...]]. The ascending or descending
order can be specified by adding the + (ascending, default) or - (descend
-ing) prefix to the key:

./page_owner_sort <input> <output> [option] --sort -key1,+key2,key3...

For example, to sort the blocks first by task command name in lexicographic
order and then by pid in ascending numerical order, use the following:

./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --sort=name,+pid

To sort the blocks first by pid in ascending order and then by timestamp
of the page when it is allocated in descending order, use the following:

./page_owner_sort <input> <output> --sort=pid,-alloc_ts

2. Add explanations of a newly added --sort option in the function usage()
and the document(Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst).

This work is coauthored by
Yixuan Cao
Shenghong Han
Yinan Zhang
Chongxi Zhao
Yuhong Feng
Yongqiang Liu

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220401024856.767-3-yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Jiajian Ye <yejiajian2018@email.szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Chongxi Zhao <zhaochongxi2019@email.szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Shenghong Han <hanshenghong2019@email.szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Yinan Zhang <zhangyinan2019@email.szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@huawei.com>
Cc: Yuhong Feng <yuhongf@szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@meizu.com>
Cc: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/vm/page_owner.rst
tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c