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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/ksm.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm.h | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/madvise.c | 51 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/mmap.c | 8 |
5 files changed, 56 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 95ccbe6d79ce..b4ad97f10b8e 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ max_map_count: This file contains the maximum number of memory map areas a process may have. Memory map areas are used as a side-effect of calling -malloc, directly by mmap and mprotect, and also when loading shared -libraries. +malloc, directly by mmap, mprotect, and madvise, and also when loading +shared libraries. While most applications need less than a thousand maps, certain programs, particularly malloc debuggers, may consume lots of them, diff --git a/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt b/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt index 0c64a81d6808..6b0ca7feb135 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/ksm.txt @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ the range for whenever the KSM daemon is started; even if the range cannot contain any pages which KSM could actually merge; even if MADV_UNMERGEABLE is applied to a range which was never MADV_MERGEABLE. +If a region of memory must be split into at least one new MADV_MERGEABLE +or MADV_UNMERGEABLE region, the madvise may return ENOMEM if the process +will exceed vm.max_map_count (see Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt). + Like other madvise calls, they are intended for use on mapped areas of the user address space: they will report ENOMEM if the specified range includes unmapped gaps (though working on the intervening mapped areas), diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index c6fcba1d1ae5..ed233b002e33 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -2041,8 +2041,10 @@ extern struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct mm_struct *, unsigned long vm_flags, struct anon_vma *, struct file *, pgoff_t, struct mempolicy *, struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx); extern struct anon_vma *find_mergeable_anon_vma(struct vm_area_struct *); -extern int split_vma(struct mm_struct *, - struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long addr, int new_below); +extern int __split_vma(struct mm_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *, + unsigned long addr, int new_below); +extern int split_vma(struct mm_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *, + unsigned long addr, int new_below); extern int insert_vm_struct(struct mm_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *); extern void __vma_link_rb(struct mm_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *, struct rb_node **, struct rb_node *); diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c index 0012071a6e50..11fc65f81ecd 100644 --- a/mm/madvise.c +++ b/mm/madvise.c @@ -92,14 +92,28 @@ static long madvise_behavior(struct vm_area_struct *vma, case MADV_MERGEABLE: case MADV_UNMERGEABLE: error = ksm_madvise(vma, start, end, behavior, &new_flags); - if (error) + if (error) { + /* + * madvise() returns EAGAIN if kernel resources, such as + * slab, are temporarily unavailable. + */ + if (error == -ENOMEM) + error = -EAGAIN; goto out; + } break; case MADV_HUGEPAGE: case MADV_NOHUGEPAGE: error = hugepage_madvise(vma, &new_flags, behavior); - if (error) + if (error) { + /* + * madvise() returns EAGAIN if kernel resources, such as + * slab, are temporarily unavailable. + */ + if (error == -ENOMEM) + error = -EAGAIN; goto out; + } break; } @@ -120,15 +134,37 @@ static long madvise_behavior(struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev = vma; if (start != vma->vm_start) { - error = split_vma(mm, vma, start, 1); - if (error) + if (unlikely(mm->map_count >= sysctl_max_map_count)) { + error = -ENOMEM; goto out; + } + error = __split_vma(mm, vma, start, 1); + if (error) { + /* + * madvise() returns EAGAIN if kernel resources, such as + * slab, are temporarily unavailable. + */ + if (error == -ENOMEM) + error = -EAGAIN; + goto out; + } } if (end != vma->vm_end) { - error = split_vma(mm, vma, end, 0); - if (error) + if (unlikely(mm->map_count >= sysctl_max_map_count)) { + error = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } + error = __split_vma(mm, vma, end, 0); + if (error) { + /* + * madvise() returns EAGAIN if kernel resources, such as + * slab, are temporarily unavailable. + */ + if (error == -ENOMEM) + error = -EAGAIN; goto out; + } } success: @@ -136,10 +172,7 @@ success: * vm_flags is protected by the mmap_sem held in write mode. */ vma->vm_flags = new_flags; - out: - if (error == -ENOMEM) - error = -EAGAIN; return error; } diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index 1cec28d20583..499b988b1639 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -2499,11 +2499,11 @@ detach_vmas_to_be_unmapped(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, } /* - * __split_vma() bypasses sysctl_max_map_count checking. We use this on the - * munmap path where it doesn't make sense to fail. + * __split_vma() bypasses sysctl_max_map_count checking. We use this where it + * has already been checked or doesn't make sense to fail. */ -static int __split_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, - unsigned long addr, int new_below) +int __split_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, + unsigned long addr, int new_below) { struct vm_area_struct *new; int err; |