CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS: Enable VM event counters for /proc/vmstat

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS has multiple definitions:

Enable VM event counters for /proc/vmstat found in mm/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS:

• prompt: Enable VM event counters for /proc/vmstat
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_EXPERT
• defined in mm/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 5.19, 6.0–6.12

Help text

VM event counters are needed for event counts to be shown. This option allows the disabling of the VM event counters on EXPERT systems. /proc/vmstat will only show page counts if VM event counters are disabled.

Enable VM event counters for /proc/vmstat found in init/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS:

• prompt: Enable VM event counters for /proc/vmstat
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_EXPERT
• defined in init/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.18–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.18, 5.18+HEAD

Help text

VM event counters are needed for event counts to be shown. This option allows the disabling of the VM event counters on EXPERT systems. /proc/vmstat will only show page counts if VM event counters are disabled.

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