linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC 11/13] mm: PRAM: allow to free persistent memory from userspace

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jul 2013 15:57:46 +0400
From:	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<linux-mm@...ck.org>, <criu@...nvz.org>, <devel@...nvz.org>,
	<xemul@...allels.com>, <khorenko@...allels.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 11/13] mm: PRAM: allow to free persistent memory from userspace

To free all space utilized for persistent memory, one can write 0 to
/sys/kernel/pram. This will destroy all PRAM nodes that are not
currently being read or written.
---
 mm/pram.c |   39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/pram.c b/mm/pram.c
index 3ad769b..43ad85f 100644
--- a/mm/pram.c
+++ b/mm/pram.c
@@ -697,6 +697,32 @@ static void pram_truncate_node(struct pram_node *node)
 
 }
 
+/*
+ * Free all nodes that are not under operation.
+ */
+static void pram_truncate(void)
+{
+	struct page *page, *tmp;
+	struct pram_node *node;
+	LIST_HEAD(dispose);
+
+	mutex_lock(&pram_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &pram_nodes, lru) {
+		node = page_address(page);
+		if (!(node->flags & PRAM_ACCMODE_MASK))
+			list_move(&page->lru, &dispose);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&pram_mutex);
+
+	while (!list_empty(&dispose)) {
+		page = list_first_entry(&dispose, struct page, lru);
+		list_del(&page->lru);
+		node = page_address(page);
+		pram_truncate_node(node);
+		pram_free_page(node);
+	}
+}
+
 static void pram_stream_init(struct pram_stream *ps,
 			     struct pram_node *node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
@@ -1189,8 +1215,19 @@ static ssize_t show_pram_sb_pfn(struct kobject *kobj,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%lx\n", pfn);
 }
 
+static ssize_t store_pram_sb_pfn(struct kobject *kobj,
+		struct kobj_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	int val;
+
+	if (kstrtoint(buf, 0, &val) || val)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	pram_truncate();
+	return count;
+}
+
 static struct kobj_attribute pram_sb_pfn_attr =
-	__ATTR(pram, 0444, show_pram_sb_pfn, NULL);
+	__ATTR(pram, 0644, show_pram_sb_pfn, store_pram_sb_pfn);
 
 static struct attribute *pram_attrs[] = {
 	&pram_sb_pfn_attr.attr,
-- 
1.7.10.4

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