linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 1/8] ipc/mqueue: cleanup definition names and locations

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Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:14:52 +0000
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
To:	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	kosaki.motohiro@...il.com
Subject: Re: [Patch 1/8] ipc/mqueue: cleanup definition names and locations

Quoting Doug Ledford (dledford@...hat.com):
> The various defines for minimums and maximums of the sysctl controllable
> mqueue values are scattered amongst different files and named
> inconsistently.  Move them all into ipc_namespace.h and make them have
> consistent names.  Additionally, make the number of queues per namespace
> also have a minimum and maximum and use the same sysctl function as the
> other two settable variables.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>

I can't speak as to whether anyone would have a problem as a result of
the newly introduced min/max for # msg_queues, but other than that

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>

> ---
>  include/linux/ipc_namespace.h |    5 +++++
>  ipc/mq_sysctl.c               |   31 ++++++++-----------------------
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
> index 8a297a5..1372b56 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
> @@ -91,10 +91,15 @@ static inline void shm_destroy_orphaned(struct ipc_namespace *ns) {}
>  #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE
>  extern int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
>  /* default values */
> +#define MIN_QUEUESMAX  1
>  #define DFLT_QUEUESMAX 256     /* max number of message queues */
> +#define HARD_QUEUESMAX 1024
> +#define MIN_MSGMAX     1
>  #define DFLT_MSGMAX    10      /* max number of messages in each queue */
>  #define HARD_MSGMAX    (32768*sizeof(void *)/4)
> +#define MIN_MSGSIZEMAX  128
>  #define DFLT_MSGSIZEMAX 8192   /* max message size */
> +#define HARD_MSGSIZEMAX (8192*128)
>  #else
>  static inline int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns) { return 0; }
>  #endif
> diff --git a/ipc/mq_sysctl.c b/ipc/mq_sysctl.c
> index 0c09366..e22336a 100644
> --- a/ipc/mq_sysctl.c
> +++ b/ipc/mq_sysctl.c
> @@ -13,15 +13,6 @@
>  #include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
>  #include <linux/sysctl.h>
>  
> -/*
> - * Define the ranges various user-specified maximum values can
> - * be set to.
> - */
> -#define MIN_MSGMAX	1		/* min value for msg_max */
> -#define MAX_MSGMAX	HARD_MSGMAX	/* max value for msg_max */
> -#define MIN_MSGSIZEMAX	128		/* min value for msgsize_max */
> -#define MAX_MSGSIZEMAX	(8192*128)	/* max value for msgsize_max */
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
>  static void *get_mq(ctl_table *table)
>  {
> @@ -31,16 +22,6 @@ static void *get_mq(ctl_table *table)
>  	return which;
>  }
>  
> -static int proc_mq_dointvec(ctl_table *table, int write,
> -	void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> -{
> -	struct ctl_table mq_table;
> -	memcpy(&mq_table, table, sizeof(mq_table));
> -	mq_table.data = get_mq(table);
> -
> -	return proc_dointvec(&mq_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> -}
> -
>  static int proc_mq_dointvec_minmax(ctl_table *table, int write,
>  	void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
>  {
> @@ -52,15 +33,17 @@ static int proc_mq_dointvec_minmax(ctl_table *table, int write,
>  					lenp, ppos);
>  }
>  #else
> -#define proc_mq_dointvec NULL
>  #define proc_mq_dointvec_minmax NULL
>  #endif
>  
> +static int msg_queues_limit_min = MIN_QUEUESMAX;
> +static int msg_queues_limit_max = HARD_QUEUESMAX;
> +
>  static int msg_max_limit_min = MIN_MSGMAX;
> -static int msg_max_limit_max = MAX_MSGMAX;
> +static int msg_max_limit_max = HARD_MSGMAX;
>  
>  static int msg_maxsize_limit_min = MIN_MSGSIZEMAX;
> -static int msg_maxsize_limit_max = MAX_MSGSIZEMAX;
> +static int msg_maxsize_limit_max = HARD_MSGSIZEMAX;
>  
>  static ctl_table mq_sysctls[] = {
>  	{
> @@ -68,7 +51,9 @@ static ctl_table mq_sysctls[] = {
>  		.data		= &init_ipc_ns.mq_queues_max,
>  		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
>  		.mode		= 0644,
> -		.proc_handler	= proc_mq_dointvec,
> +		.proc_handler	= proc_mq_dointvec_minmax,
> +		.extra1		= &msg_queues_limit_min,
> +		.extra2		= &msg_queues_limit_max,
>  	},
>  	{
>  		.procname	= "msg_max",
> -- 
> 1.7.7.6
> 
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