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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/writeback.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/trace.c | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 10 |
3 files changed, 47 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h index f462439..bd91987 100644 --- a/include/linux/writeback.h +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ extern int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable; extern int block_dump; extern int laptop_mode; +extern unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void); + extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos); diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 82ced40..2824cf48 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ #include <linux/poll.h> #include <linux/gfp.h> #include <linux/fs.h> +#include <linux/writeback.h> #include <linux/stacktrace.h> @@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ static int trace_free_page(void); static int tracing_disabled = 1; +static unsigned long tracing_pages_allocated; + long ns2usecs(cycle_t nsec) { @@ -2591,12 +2594,41 @@ tracing_entries_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, } if (val > global_trace.entries) { + long pages_requested; + unsigned long freeable_pages; + + /* make sure we have enough memory before mapping */ + pages_requested = + (val + (ENTRIES_PER_PAGE-1)) / ENTRIES_PER_PAGE; + + /* account for each buffer (and max_tr) */ + pages_requested *= tracing_nr_buffers * 2; + + /* Check for overflow */ + if (pages_requested < 0) { + cnt = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } + + freeable_pages = determine_dirtyable_memory(); + + /* we only allow to request 1/4 of useable memory */ + if (pages_requested > + ((freeable_pages + tracing_pages_allocated) / 4)) { + cnt = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } + while (global_trace.entries < val) { if (trace_alloc_page()) { cnt = -ENOMEM; goto out; } + /* double check that we don't go over the known pages */ + if (tracing_pages_allocated > pages_requested) + break; } + } else { /* include the number of entries in val (inc of page entries) */ while (global_trace.entries > val + (ENTRIES_PER_PAGE - 1)) @@ -2776,6 +2808,7 @@ static int trace_alloc_page(void) struct page *page, *tmp; LIST_HEAD(pages); void *array; + unsigned pages_allocated = 0; int i; /* first allocate a page for each CPU */ @@ -2787,6 +2820,7 @@ static int trace_alloc_page(void) goto free_pages; } + pages_allocated++; page = virt_to_page(array); list_add(&page->lru, &pages); @@ -2798,6 +2832,7 @@ static int trace_alloc_page(void) "for trace buffer!\n"); goto free_pages; } + pages_allocated++; page = virt_to_page(array); list_add(&page->lru, &pages); #endif @@ -2819,6 +2854,7 @@ static int trace_alloc_page(void) SetPageLRU(page); #endif } + tracing_pages_allocated += pages_allocated; global_trace.entries += ENTRIES_PER_PAGE; return 0; @@ -2853,6 +2889,8 @@ static int trace_free_page(void) page = list_entry(p, struct page, lru); ClearPageLRU(page); list_del(&page->lru); + tracing_pages_allocated--; + tracing_pages_allocated--; __free_page(page); tracing_reset(data); diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index 789b6ad..b38f700 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages); static struct prop_descriptor vm_completions; static struct prop_descriptor vm_dirties; -static unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void); - /* * couple the period to the dirty_ratio: * @@ -347,7 +345,13 @@ static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total) #endif } -static unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void) +/** + * determine_dirtyable_memory - amount of memory that may be used + * + * Returns the numebr of pages that can currently be freed and used + * by the kernel for direct mappings. + */ +unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void) { unsigned long x; |