The show_mem() output does not include the total number of pagecache pages. This would be helpful when analyzing the debug information in the /var/log/messages file after OOM kills occur.
This patch includes the total pagecache pages in that output: Signed-off-by: Larry Woodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- linux-2.6.23/mm/page_alloc.c.orig 2008-01-07 13:26:00.228823000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.23/mm/page_alloc.c 2008-01-07 13:33:18.105448000 -0500 @@ -1644,6 +1644,8 @@ void show_free_areas(void) printk("= %lukB\n", K(total)); } + printk("%ld total pagecache pages\n", global_page_state(NR_FILE_PAGES)); + show_swap_cache_info(); }