tools/vm/page-types.c: add support for idle page tracking

Add a flag which causes page-types to use the kernels's idle page
tracking to mark pages idle.  As the tool already prints the idle flag
if set, subsequent runs will show which pages have been accessed since
last run.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: simplify mark_page_idle()]
[chansen3@cisco.com: reorganize mark_page_idle() logic, add docs]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180706172237.21691-1-chansen3@cisco.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180612153223.13174-1-chansen3@cisco.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Hansen <chansen3@cisco.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Christian Hansen 2018-08-17 15:45:02 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
commit 59ae96ffc3
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