[PATCH] perf: rework memory accounting in perf_mmap()

From: Song Liu
Date: Wed Sep 04 2019 - 17:46:33 EST


perf_mmap() always increases user->locked_vm. As a result, "extra" could
grow bigger than "user_extra", which doesn't make sense. Here is an
example case:

Note: Assume "user_lock_limit" is very small.
| # of perf_mmap calls |vma->vm_mm->pinned_vm|user->locked_vm|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | user_extra | user_extra |
| 2 | 3 * user_extra | 2 * user_extra|
| 3 | 6 * user_extra | 3 * user_extra|
| 4 | 10 * user_extra | 4 * user_extra|

Fix this by maintaining proper user_extra and extra.

Reported-by: Hechao Li <hechaol@xxxxxx>
Cc: Jie Meng <jmeng@xxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 0463c1151bae..a0120bdbce17 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5585,7 +5585,8 @@ static void perf_mmap_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
* undo the VM accounting.
*/

- atomic_long_sub((size >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 1, &mmap_user->locked_vm);
+ atomic_long_sub((size >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 1 - mmap_locked,
+ &mmap_user->locked_vm);
atomic64_sub(mmap_locked, &vma->vm_mm->pinned_vm);
free_uid(mmap_user);

@@ -5729,8 +5730,20 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)

user_locked = atomic_long_read(&user->locked_vm) + user_extra;

- if (user_locked > user_lock_limit)
+ if (user_locked <= user_lock_limit) {
+ /* charge all to locked_vm */
+ } else if (atomic_long_read(&user->locked_vm) >= user_lock_limit) {
+ /* charge all to pinned_vm */
+ extra = user_extra;
+ user_extra = 0;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * charge locked_vm until it hits user_lock_limit;
+ * charge the rest from pinned_vm
+ */
extra = user_locked - user_lock_limit;
+ user_extra -= extra;
+ }

lock_limit = rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK);
lock_limit >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
--
2.17.1