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memhog - Allocates memory with policy for testing

memhog [ -r<NUM> ] [ size kmg ] [ policy nodeset ] [ -f<filename> ]

memhog mmaps a memory region for a given size and sets the numa policy (if specified). It then updates the memory region for the given number of iterations using memset.

-r<num> Repeat memset NUM times
-f<file> Open file for mmap backing
-H Disable transparent hugepages
-size Allocation size in bytes, may have case-insensitive order
suffix (G=gigabyte, M=megabyte, K=kilobyte)

Supported numa-policies:

Memory will be allocated using round robin on nodes. When memory cannot be allocated on the current interleave, target fall back to other nodes. Multiple nodes may be specified.
Only allocate memory from nodes. Allocation will fail when there is not enough memory available on these nodes. Multiple nodes may be specified.
Preferably allocate memory on node, but if memory cannot be allocated there fall back to other nodes. This option takes only a single node number.
Memory will be allocated on the local node (the node the thread is running on)

# Allocate a 1G region, mmap backed by memhog.mmap file, membind to node 0, repeat test 6 times
memhog -r6 1G --membind 0 -fmemhog.mmap
# Allocate a 1G region, interleave across nodes 0,1,2,3, repeat test 4 times
memhog -r4 1G --interleave 0-3
# Allocate a 1G region, (implicit) default policy, repeat test 8 times
memhog -r8 1G

Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de)

GPL v2

mmap(2), memset(3), numactl(8), numastat(8)

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