Re: [RFC PATCH] Add proc interface to set PF_MEMALLOC flags

[Kirill A. Shutemov]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 07:12:06AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> >> +static ssize_t memalloc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
> >> +			      size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> >> +{
> >> +	struct task_struct *task;
> >> +	char buffer[5];
> >> +	int rc = count;
> >> +
> >> +	memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
> >> +	if (count != sizeof(buffer) - 1)
> >> +		return -EINVAL;
> >> +
> >> +	if (copy_from_user(buffer, buf, count))
> 
> copy_from_user() / copy_to_user() might involve memory allocation
> via page fault which has to be done under the mask? Moreover, since
> just open()ing this file can involve memory allocation, do we forbid
> open("/proc/thread-self/memalloc") ?

Not saying that I'm okay with the approach in general, but I don't think
this a problem. The application has to set allocation policy before
inserting itself into IO or FS path.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov