STRUCT ADVISOR_CTX(9)

✨ struct advisor_ctx(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one's all about struct advisor_ctx, which is literally just the metadata for the KSM advisor. lowkey iconic, no cap 🎀

💖 NAME 💖

struct advisor_ctx — the metadata for the KSM advisor, periodt ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct advisor_ctx {
    ktime_t start_scan;
    unsigned long scan_time;
    unsigned long change;
    unsigned long long cpu_time;
 };

look at her. she's giving organized. she's giving "I know what all my fields are for." main character struct energy fr fr 👑

🌸 MEMBERS 🌸

• start_scan — the start time of the current scan 🕐 like when this scan woke up and chose chaos.
• scan_time — the scan time of the previous scan, bestie. yes, previous. she's nostalgic like that 🙈
• change — the change in percent to the pages_to_scan parameter 📈 lowkey the glow-up metric.
• cpu_time — the cpu time consumed by the ksmd thread in the previous scan 🔥 she's been working hard, ngl.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./mm/ksm.c Overview(9)
• struct ksm_mm_slot(9)
• struct ksm_scan(9)
• struct ksm_stable_node(9)
• struct ksm_rmap_item(9)
• replace_page(9)
• ksm_do_scan(9)
• ksm_vma_flags(9)
• ksm_enable_merge_any(9)
• ksm_disable_merge_any(9)

like, go read all of these if you wanna be in the know. iykyk 🫶

aaaand that's the whole vibe check! 💜 this lil page lives in ./mm and it's dated October 2026, so jot that down in your calendar bestie 📅✨ struct advisor_ctx(9) forever, slay 🎀💖