[PATCH] mm: compaction: limit illegal input parameters of compact_memory interface

From: ye.xingchen
Date: Thu Mar 02 2023 - 19:44:58 EST


From: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Available only when CONFIG_COMPACTION is set. When 1 is written to
the file, all zones are compacted such that free memory is available
in contiguous blocks where possible.
But echo others-parameter > compact_memory, this function will be
triggered by writing parameters to the interface.

Applied this patch,
sh/$ echo 1.1 > /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory
sh/$ sh: write error: Invalid argument
The start and end time of printing triggering compact_memory.

Signed-off-by: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ye Xingchen <ye.xingchen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/compaction.h | 1 +
kernel/sysctl.c | 4 +++-
mm/compaction.c | 12 +++++++++++-
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
index 52a9ff65faee..caa24e33eeb1 100644
--- a/include/linux/compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static inline unsigned long compact_gap(unsigned int order)
}

#ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
+extern int sysctl_compact_memory;
extern unsigned int sysctl_compaction_proactiveness;
extern int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 1c240d2c99bc..39eff48ada08 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2192,10 +2192,12 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
{
.procname = "compact_memory",
- .data = NULL,
+ .data = &sysctl_compact_memory,
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0200,
.proc_handler = sysctl_compaction_handler,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE,
+ .extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
},
{
.procname = "compaction_proactiveness",
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 5a9501e0ae01..2c9ecc4b9d23 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -2763,6 +2763,8 @@ int compaction_proactiveness_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
return 0;
}

+/* The written value is actually unused, all memory is compacted */
+int sysctl_compact_memory;
/*
* This is the entry point for compacting all nodes via
* /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory
@@ -2770,8 +2772,16 @@ int compaction_proactiveness_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
{
- if (write)
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ if (write) {
+ pr_info("compact_nodes start\n");
compact_nodes();
+ pr_info("compact_nodes end\n");
+ }

return 0;
}
--
2.25.1