trace_ksm_m...ith_ksm_page(9)

💅 NAME 💅

trace_ksm_merge_with_ksm_page — okay so this is the function that gets called after a page has been merged with a ksm page, and bestie it is literally the receipt for that whole moment. 🎀

(also hiiiii, this is the Kernel API Manual, welcome to the group chat ✨)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void trace_ksm_merge_with_ksm_page (void *ksm_page , unsigned long pfn ,
                                    void *rmap_item , void *mm , int err );

No cap, that's the whole signature — she returns void, she takes five things, she's booked and busy. 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ksm_page — the address of the ksm page, like her actual address-address 💖
• pfn — the page frame number of the ksm page, the numeric glow-up of that same page 🔥
• rmap_item — the address of the rmap_item object, yes the whole object, not just a vibe 🙈
• mm — the address of the mm object of the process, aka where the process keeps its whole situation 🌸
• err — success. that's it. that's the description. it's giving minimalist icon behavior 👑

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Bestie. Listen. This one allows you to trace the merging of a page with a ksm page. That's the whole assignment and she ate, fr fr. 🍓

If you're the kind of person who wants to watch a page get merged in real time and go "wait I need to see that again" — this is your girl, periodt. ⭐

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./include/trace/events/ksm.h
• trace_ksm_start_scan(9)
• trace_ksm_stop_scan(9)
• trace_ksm_enter(9)
• trace_ksm_exit(9)
• trace_ksm_merge_one_page(9)
• trace_ksm_remove_ksm_page(9)
• trace_ksm_remove_rmap_item(9)
• trace_ksm_advisor(9)

The whole ksm trace friend group 💜 go say hi to all of them, iykyk.

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this lil cutie lives in ./include/trace/events, dated October 2026, and yes the header/footer both truncate her name to trace_ksm_m...ith_ksm_page(9) because even manpages get the ellipsis treatment sometimes 😭 slay!