[tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Introduce rlimit__bump_memlock() helper

From: tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed Jul 17 2019 - 18:49:56 EST


Commit-ID: 4975223b8156c14f0537dcde1554f050fb4d29bf
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/4975223b8156c14f0537dcde1554f050fb4d29bf
Author: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 14:49:26 -0300
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 14:59:11 -0300

perf tools: Introduce rlimit__bump_memlock() helper

Just like the BPF guys did when faced with failures with map creation,
etc, i.e. their solution is:

tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_rlimit.h

For perf use this function in 'perf test' and in 'perf trace'.

Make it bump to 4 times the current value, if it fails twice the current
value and if it still fails, warn that things like BPF map creation may
fail, to help in diagnosing the problem.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-muvqef2i7n6pzqbmu7tn2d2y@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/Build | 1 +
tools/perf/util/rlimit.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/rlimit.h | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index d7e3b008a613..14f812bb07a7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ perf-y += parse-events.o
perf-y += perf_regs.o
perf-y += path.o
perf-y += print_binary.o
+perf-y += rlimit.o
perf-y += argv_split.o
perf-y += rbtree.o
perf-y += libstring.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/rlimit.c b/tools/perf/util/rlimit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13521d392a22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/rlimit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 */
+
+#include "util/debug.h"
+#include "util/rlimit.h"
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
+/*
+ * Bump the memlock so that we can get bpf maps of a reasonable size,
+ * like the ones used with 'perf trace' and with 'perf test bpf',
+ * improve this to some specific request if needed.
+ */
+void rlimit__bump_memlock(void)
+{
+ struct rlimit rlim;
+
+ if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &rlim) == 0) {
+ rlim.rlim_cur *= 4;
+ rlim.rlim_max *= 4;
+
+ if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &rlim) < 0) {
+ rlim.rlim_cur /= 2;
+ rlim.rlim_max /= 2;
+
+ if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &rlim) < 0)
+ pr_debug("Couldn't bump rlimit(MEMLOCK), failures may take place when creating BPF maps, etc\n");
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/rlimit.h b/tools/perf/util/rlimit.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f59d8e710a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/rlimit.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef __PERF_RLIMIT_H_
+#define __PERF_RLIMIT_H_
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 */
+
+void rlimit__bump_memlock(void);
+#endif // __PERF_RLIMIT_H_