[PATCH v3 002/002] mm: replace hardcoded 3% with admin_reserve_pagesknob
From: Andrew Shewmaker
Date: Fri Mar 01 2013 - 18:43:48 EST
Add an admin_reserve_pages knob to allow admins of large memory
systems running with overcommit disabled to change the hardcoded
memory reserve to something other than 3%.
admin_reserve_pages is initialized to min(3%, k) as Alan suggested.
k=2000 pages should allow the admin to spawn new sshd, bash, and top
to recover if necessary.
This affects OVERCOMMIT_GUESS and OVERCOMMIT_NEVER modes.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Shewmaker <agshew@xxxxxxxxx>
---
I changed the name of the knob from "rootuser" to "admin"
because it better matches the cap_sys_admin conditional.
Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 16 +++++++++++++++
include/linux/mm.h | 2 ++
kernel/sysctl.c | 8 ++++++++
mm/mmap.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
4 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index 078701f..2827800 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ files can be found in mm/swap.c.
Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
+- admin_reserve_pages
- block_dump
- compact_memory
- dirty_background_bytes
@@ -628,6 +629,21 @@ the high water marks for each per cpu page list.
==============================================================
+admin_reserve_pages
+
+The number of free pages in the system that should be reserved for users
+with the capability cap_sys_admin. The default value is the smaller of 3%
+of free pages or 2000 pages (8MB with 4k pages). 8MB should provide
+enough for the admin to log in and kill a process if necessary.
+
+Systems running with overcommit disabled should consider increasing this
+to account for the full Virtual Memory Size of programs used to recover
+a system.
+
+Changing this takes effect whenever an application requests memory.
+
+==============================================================
+
stat_interval
The time interval between which vm statistics are updated. The default
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 66e2f7c..fba5f9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1677,6 +1677,8 @@ int in_gate_area_no_mm(unsigned long addr);
int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
+int admin_reserve_pages_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
+ void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrink,
unsigned long nr_pages_scanned,
unsigned long lru_pages);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index c88878d..33f99f6 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
/* External variables not in a header file. */
extern int sysctl_overcommit_memory;
extern int sysctl_overcommit_ratio;
+extern int sysctl_admin_reserve_pages;
extern int max_threads;
extern int suid_dumpable;
#ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
@@ -1413,6 +1414,13 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
.extra2 = &one,
},
#endif
+ {
+ .procname = "admin_reserve_pages",
+ .data = &sysctl_admin_reserve_pages,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(sysctl_admin_reserve_pages),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = admin_reserve_pages_sysctl_handler,
+ },
{ }
};
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 6134b1d..e7e8889 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include <linux/khugepaged.h>
#include <linux/uprobes.h>
#include <linux/rbtree_augmented.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_get_page_prot);
int sysctl_overcommit_memory __read_mostly = OVERCOMMIT_GUESS; /* heuristic overcommit */
int sysctl_overcommit_ratio __read_mostly = 50; /* default is 50% */
int sysctl_max_map_count __read_mostly = DEFAULT_MAX_MAP_COUNT;
+int sysctl_admin_reserve_pages __read_mostly = 4096;
/*
* Make sure vm_committed_as in one cacheline and not cacheline shared with
* other variables. It can be updated by several CPUs frequently.
@@ -162,10 +164,10 @@ int __vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages, int cap_sys_admin)
free -= totalreserve_pages;
/*
- * Leave the last 3% for root
+ * Reserve some 3% for root
*/
if (!cap_sys_admin)
- free -= free / 32;
+ free -= sysctl_admin_reserve_pages;
if (free > pages)
return 0;
@@ -176,10 +178,10 @@ int __vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages, int cap_sys_admin)
allowed = (totalram_pages - hugetlb_total_pages())
* sysctl_overcommit_ratio / 100;
/*
- * Leave the last 3% for root
+ * Reserve some for root
*/
if (!cap_sys_admin)
- allowed -= allowed / 32;
+ allowed -= sysctl_admin_reserve_pages;
allowed += total_swap_pages;
/* Don't let a single process grow too big:
@@ -3053,3 +3055,43 @@ void __init mmap_init(void)
ret = percpu_counter_init(&vm_committed_as, 0);
VM_BUG_ON(ret);
}
+
+/*
+ * Initialise sysctl_admin_reserve_pages.
+ *
+ * The purpose of sysctl_admin_reserve_pages is to allow the sys admin
+ * to log in and kill a memory hogging process.
+ *
+ * The sum RSS of sshd, bash, and top is about 8MB on x86_64,
+ * so 2000 pages should be enough. However, systems with
+ * less than 256MB will only reserve 3% of free pages by default.
+ */
+int __meminit init_admin_reserve(void)
+{
+ unsigned long free;
+
+ free = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES);
+
+ sysctl_admin_reserve_pages = min(free / 32, 2000UL);
+ return 0;
+}
+module_init(init_admin_reserve)
+
+/*
+ * admin_reserve_pages_sysctl_handler - just a wrapper around proc_dointvec_minmax() so
+ * that we can cap the number of pages to the current number of free pages.
+ */
+int admin_reserve_pages_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ unsigned long free;
+
+ proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+
+ if (write) {
+ free = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES);
+ if (sysctl_admin_reserve_pages > free)
+ sysctl_admin_reserve_pages = free;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
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