Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] mm, proc: Implement /proc/<pid>/totmaps

[Robert Foss]

Hey Oleg!

Thanks for the feedback, I'll keep it in mind, but currently it looks 
like the patch is on ice for non-implementation related reasons.


Rob.

> > @@ -2854,6 +2854,7 @@ static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
> >  	REG("clear_refs", S_IWUSR, proc_clear_refs_operations),
> >  	REG("smaps",      S_IRUGO, proc_pid_smaps_operations),
> >  	REG("pagemap",    S_IRUSR, proc_pagemap_operations),
> > +	REG("totmaps",    S_IRUGO, proc_totmaps_operations),
>
> I must have missed something, but I fail to understand why this patch
> is so complicated.
>
> Just use ONE("totmaps", S_IRUGO, proc_totmaps_operations) ?
>
> > +static int totmaps_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
> > +{
> > +	struct proc_maps_private *priv = m->private;
> > +	struct mm_struct *mm = priv->mm;
> > +	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> > +	struct mem_size_stats mss_sum;
> > +
> > +	memset(&mss_sum, 0, sizeof(mss_sum));
> > +	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> > +	hold_task_mempolicy(priv);
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> why?
>
> > +	for (vma = mm->mmap; vma != priv->tail_vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
>
> Hmm. the usage of ->tail_vma looks just wrong. I guess the code should
> work because it is NULL but still.
>
> > +		struct mem_size_stats mss;
> > +		struct mm_walk smaps_walk = {
> > +			.pmd_entry = smaps_pte_range,
> > +			.mm = vma->vm_mm,
> > +			.private = &mss,
> > +		};
> > +
> > +		if (vma->vm_mm && !is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)) {
> > +			memset(&mss, 0, sizeof(mss));
> > +			walk_page_vma(vma, &smaps_walk);
> > +			add_smaps_sum(&mss, &mss_sum);
> > +		}
> > +	}
>
> Why? I mean, why not walk_page_range() ? You do not need this for-each-vma
> loop at all? At least if you change this patch to use the ONE() helper, and
> everything else looks unneeded in this case.
>
> Oleg.