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-rw-r--r--Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt18
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mm_types.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c14
-rw-r--r--mm/nommu.c65
5 files changed, 90 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt b/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt
index 02b89dcf38a..b565e8279d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt
@@ -248,3 +248,18 @@ PROVIDING SHAREABLE BLOCK DEVICE SUPPORT
Provision of shared mappings on block device files is exactly the same as for
character devices. If there isn't a real device underneath, then the driver
should allocate sufficient contiguous memory to honour any supported mapping.
+
+
+=================================
+ADJUSTING PAGE TRIMMING BEHAVIOUR
+=================================
+
+NOMMU mmap automatically rounds up to the nearest power-of-2 number of pages
+when performing an allocation. This can have adverse effects on memory
+fragmentation, and as such, is left configurable. The default behaviour is to
+aggressively trim allocations and discard any excess pages back in to the page
+allocator. In order to retain finer-grained control over fragmentation, this
+behaviour can either be disabled completely, or bumped up to a higher page
+watermark where trimming begins.
+
+Page trimming behaviour is configurable via the sysctl `vm.nr_trim_pages'.
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index cd05994a49e..a3415070bca 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
- numa_zonelist_order
- nr_hugepages
- nr_overcommit_hugepages
+- nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n)
==============================================================
@@ -348,3 +349,20 @@ Change the maximum size of the hugepage pool. The maximum is
nr_hugepages + nr_overcommit_hugepages.
See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
+
+==============================================================
+
+nr_trim_pages
+
+This is available only on NOMMU kernels.
+
+This value adjusts the excess page trimming behaviour of power-of-2 aligned
+NOMMU mmap allocations.
+
+A value of 0 disables trimming of allocations entirely, while a value of 1
+trims excess pages aggressively. Any value >= 1 acts as the watermark where
+trimming of allocations is initiated.
+
+The default value is 1.
+
+See Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt for more information.
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 1c1e0d3a171..92915e81443 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ struct vm_region {
unsigned long vm_flags; /* VMA vm_flags */
unsigned long vm_start; /* start address of region */
unsigned long vm_end; /* region initialised to here */
+ unsigned long vm_top; /* region allocated to here */
unsigned long vm_pgoff; /* the offset in vm_file corresponding to vm_start */
struct file *vm_file; /* the backing file or NULL */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 92f6e5bc3c2..89d74436318 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ extern int percpu_pagelist_fraction;
extern int compat_log;
extern int latencytop_enabled;
extern int sysctl_nr_open_min, sysctl_nr_open_max;
+#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
+extern int sysctl_nr_trim_pages;
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST
extern int rcutorture_runnable;
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST */
@@ -1102,6 +1105,17 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec
},
+#else
+ {
+ .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+ .procname = "nr_trim_pages",
+ .data = &sysctl_nr_trim_pages,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(sysctl_nr_trim_pages),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+ .strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
+ .extra1 = &zero,
+ },
#endif
{
.ctl_name = VM_LAPTOP_MODE,
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 0d363dfcf10..a6e8ccfbd40 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
* Copyright (c) 2000-2003 David McCullough <davidm@snapgear.com>
* Copyright (c) 2000-2001 D Jeff Dionne <jeff@uClinux.org>
* Copyright (c) 2002 Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>
- * Copyright (c) 2007 Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ atomic_long_t vm_committed_space = ATOMIC_LONG_INIT(0);
int sysctl_overcommit_memory = OVERCOMMIT_GUESS; /* heuristic overcommit */
int sysctl_overcommit_ratio = 50; /* default is 50% */
int sysctl_max_map_count = DEFAULT_MAX_MAP_COUNT;
+int sysctl_nr_trim_pages = 1; /* page trimming behaviour */
int heap_stack_gap = 0;
atomic_t mmap_pages_allocated;
@@ -455,6 +456,8 @@ static noinline void validate_nommu_regions(void)
last = rb_entry(lastp, struct vm_region, vm_rb);
if (unlikely(last->vm_end <= last->vm_start))
BUG();
+ if (unlikely(last->vm_top < last->vm_end))
+ BUG();
while ((p = rb_next(lastp))) {
region = rb_entry(p, struct vm_region, vm_rb);
@@ -462,7 +465,9 @@ static noinline void validate_nommu_regions(void)
if (unlikely(region->vm_end <= region->vm_start))
BUG();
- if (unlikely(region->vm_start < last->vm_end))
+ if (unlikely(region->vm_top < region->vm_end))
+ BUG();
+ if (unlikely(region->vm_start < last->vm_top))
BUG();
lastp = p;
@@ -536,7 +541,7 @@ static void free_page_series(unsigned long from, unsigned long to)
/*
* release a reference to a region
* - the caller must hold the region semaphore, which this releases
- * - the region may not have been added to the tree yet, in which case vm_end
+ * - the region may not have been added to the tree yet, in which case vm_top
* will equal vm_start
*/
static void __put_nommu_region(struct vm_region *region)
@@ -547,7 +552,7 @@ static void __put_nommu_region(struct vm_region *region)
BUG_ON(!nommu_region_tree.rb_node);
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&region->vm_usage)) {
- if (region->vm_end > region->vm_start)
+ if (region->vm_top > region->vm_start)
delete_nommu_region(region);
up_write(&nommu_region_sem);
@@ -558,7 +563,7 @@ static void __put_nommu_region(struct vm_region *region)
* from ramfs/tmpfs mustn't be released here */
if (region->vm_flags & VM_MAPPED_COPY) {
kdebug("free series");
- free_page_series(region->vm_start, region->vm_end);
+ free_page_series(region->vm_start, region->vm_top);
}
kmem_cache_free(vm_region_jar, region);
} else {
@@ -999,6 +1004,10 @@ static int do_mmap_shared_file(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
int ret;
ret = vma->vm_file->f_op->mmap(vma->vm_file, vma);
+ if (ret == 0) {
+ vma->vm_region->vm_top = vma->vm_region->vm_end;
+ return ret;
+ }
if (ret != -ENOSYS)
return ret;
@@ -1027,11 +1036,14 @@ static int do_mmap_private(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
*/
if (vma->vm_file) {
ret = vma->vm_file->f_op->mmap(vma->vm_file, vma);
- if (ret != -ENOSYS) {
+ if (ret == 0) {
/* shouldn't return success if we're not sharing */
- BUG_ON(ret == 0 && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE));
- return ret; /* success or a real error */
+ BUG_ON(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE));
+ vma->vm_region->vm_top = vma->vm_region->vm_end;
+ return ret;
}
+ if (ret != -ENOSYS)
+ return ret;
/* getting an ENOSYS error indicates that direct mmap isn't
* possible (as opposed to tried but failed) so we'll try to
@@ -1051,23 +1063,25 @@ static int do_mmap_private(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (!pages)
goto enomem;
- /* we allocated a power-of-2 sized page set, so we need to trim off the
- * excess */
total = 1 << order;
atomic_add(total, &mmap_pages_allocated);
point = rlen >> PAGE_SHIFT;
- while (total > point) {
- order = ilog2(total - point);
- n = 1 << order;
- kdebug("shave %lu/%lu @%lu", n, total - point, total);
- atomic_sub(n, &mmap_pages_allocated);
- total -= n;
- set_page_refcounted(pages + total);
- __free_pages(pages + total, order);
+
+ /* we allocated a power-of-2 sized page set, so we may want to trim off
+ * the excess */
+ if (sysctl_nr_trim_pages && total - point >= sysctl_nr_trim_pages) {
+ while (total > point) {
+ order = ilog2(total - point);
+ n = 1 << order;
+ kdebug("shave %lu/%lu @%lu", n, total - point, total);
+ atomic_sub(n, &mmap_pages_allocated);
+ total -= n;
+ set_page_refcounted(pages + total);
+ __free_pages(pages + total, order);
+ }
}
- total = rlen >> PAGE_SHIFT;
for (point = 1; point < total; point++)
set_page_refcounted(&pages[point]);
@@ -1075,6 +1089,7 @@ static int do_mmap_private(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
region->vm_flags = vma->vm_flags |= VM_MAPPED_COPY;
region->vm_start = (unsigned long) base;
region->vm_end = region->vm_start + rlen;
+ region->vm_top = region->vm_start + (total << PAGE_SHIFT);
vma->vm_start = region->vm_start;
vma->vm_end = region->vm_start + len;
@@ -1110,6 +1125,7 @@ error_free:
free_page_series(region->vm_start, region->vm_end);
region->vm_start = vma->vm_start = 0;
region->vm_end = vma->vm_end = 0;
+ region->vm_top = 0;
return ret;
enomem:
@@ -1401,7 +1417,7 @@ int split_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
npages = (addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
if (new_below) {
- region->vm_end = new->vm_end = addr;
+ region->vm_top = region->vm_end = new->vm_end = addr;
} else {
region->vm_start = new->vm_start = addr;
region->vm_pgoff = new->vm_pgoff += npages;
@@ -1418,6 +1434,7 @@ int split_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
vma->vm_region->vm_pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff += npages;
} else {
vma->vm_region->vm_end = vma->vm_end = addr;
+ vma->vm_region->vm_top = addr;
}
add_nommu_region(vma->vm_region);
add_nommu_region(new->vm_region);
@@ -1454,10 +1471,12 @@ static int shrink_vma(struct mm_struct *mm,
down_write(&nommu_region_sem);
delete_nommu_region(region);
- if (from > region->vm_start)
- region->vm_end = from;
- else
+ if (from > region->vm_start) {
+ to = region->vm_top;
+ region->vm_top = region->vm_end = from;
+ } else {
region->vm_start = to;
+ }
add_nommu_region(region);
up_write(&nommu_region_sem);