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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:13:56 +0900
From: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To: linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, leonid.moiseichuk@...ia.com,
kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, penberg@...nel.org,
Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, mel@....ul.ie,
rientjes@...gle.com, KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Ronen Hod <rhod@...hat.com>, Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: [RFC 1/3] /dev/low_mem_notify
This patch makes new device file "/dev/low_mem_notify".
If application polls it, it can receive event when system
memory pressure happens.
This patch is based on KOSAKI and Marcelo's long time ago work.
http://lwn.net/Articles/268732/
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
---
drivers/char/mem.c | 7 ++++
include/linux/low_mem_notify.h | 6 ++++
mm/Kconfig | 7 ++++
mm/Makefile | 1 +
mm/low_mem_notify.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/linux/low_mem_notify.h
create mode 100644 mm/low_mem_notify.c
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index d6e9d08..72bc12b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
# include <linux/efi.h>
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOW_MEM_NOTIFY
+extern struct file_operations low_mem_notify_fops;
+#endif
+
static inline unsigned long size_inside_page(unsigned long start,
unsigned long size)
{
@@ -867,6 +871,9 @@ static const struct memdev {
#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
[12] = { "oldmem", 0, &oldmem_fops, NULL },
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOW_MEM_NOTIFY
+ [13] = { "low_mem_notify",0666, &low_mem_notify_fops, NULL},
+#endif
};
static int memory_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
diff --git a/include/linux/low_mem_notify.h b/include/linux/low_mem_notify.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc0fc89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/low_mem_notify.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_LOW_MEM_NOTIFY_H
+#define _LINUX_LOW_MEM_NOTIFY_H
+
+void low_memory_pressure(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index e338407..a2f48c6 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -379,3 +379,10 @@ config CLEANCACHE
in a negligible performance hit.
If unsure, say Y to enable cleancache
+
+config LOW_MEM_NOTIFY
+ bool "Enable low memory notification"
+ default n
+ help
+ If system suffer from low memory, kernel can notify it to user through
+ /dev/low_mem_notify.
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 50ec00e..7856357 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HWPOISON_INJECT) += hwpoison-inject.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK) += kmemleak.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST) += kmemleak-test.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CLEANCACHE) += cleancache.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_LOW_MEM_NOTIFY) += low_mem_notify.o
diff --git a/mm/low_mem_notify.c b/mm/low_mem_notify.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7432307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/low_mem_notify.c
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(low_mem_wait);
+static atomic_t nr_low_mem = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+struct low_mem_notify_file_info {
+ unsigned long last_proc_notify;
+};
+
+void low_memory_pressure(void)
+{
+ atomic_inc(&nr_low_mem);
+ wake_up(&low_mem_wait);
+}
+
+static int low_mem_notify_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ struct low_mem_notify_file_info *info;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ info = kmalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!info) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ file->private_data = info;
+out:
+ return err;
+}
+
+static int low_mem_notify_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ kfree(file->private_data);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned int low_mem_notify_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
+{
+ unsigned int ret = 0;
+
+ poll_wait(file, &low_mem_wait, wait);
+
+ if (atomic_read(&nr_low_mem) != 0) {
+ ret = POLLIN;
+ atomic_set(&nr_low_mem, 0);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+struct file_operations low_mem_notify_fops = {
+ .open = low_mem_notify_open,
+ .release = low_mem_notify_release,
+ .poll = low_mem_notify_poll,
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(low_mem_notify_fops);
--
1.7.7.5
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