linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] mm: add mlock_future

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Date:	Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:50:36 -0700
From:	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>, aswin@...com,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] mm: add mlock_future_check helper

Both do_brk and do_mmap_pgoff verify that we actually
capable of locking future pages if the corresponding
VM_LOCKED flags are used. Encapsulate this logic into
a single mlock_future_check() helper function.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
---
 mm/mmap.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 9d54851..6a7824d 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1192,6 +1192,24 @@ static inline unsigned long round_hint_to_min(unsigned long hint)
 	return hint;
 }
 
+static inline int mlock_future_check(struct mm_struct *mm,
+				     unsigned long flags,
+				     unsigned long len)
+{
+	unsigned long locked, lock_limit;
+
+	/*  mlock MCL_FUTURE? */
+	if (flags & VM_LOCKED) {
+		locked = len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+		locked += mm->locked_vm;
+		lock_limit = rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK);
+		lock_limit >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
+		if (locked > lock_limit && !capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
+			return -EAGAIN;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * The caller must hold down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem).
  */
@@ -1253,16 +1271,8 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 		if (!can_do_mlock())
 			return -EPERM;
 
-	/* mlock MCL_FUTURE? */
-	if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
-		unsigned long locked, lock_limit;
-		locked = len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		locked += mm->locked_vm;
-		lock_limit = rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK);
-		lock_limit >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
-		if (locked > lock_limit && !capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
-			return -EAGAIN;
-	}
+	if (mlock_future_check(mm, vm_flags, len))
+		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	if (file) {
 		struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
@@ -2593,18 +2603,9 @@ static unsigned long do_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 	if (error & ~PAGE_MASK)
 		return error;
 
-	/*
-	 * mlock MCL_FUTURE?
-	 */
-	if (mm->def_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
-		unsigned long locked, lock_limit;
-		locked = len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		locked += mm->locked_vm;
-		lock_limit = rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK);
-		lock_limit >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
-		if (locked > lock_limit && !capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
-			return -EAGAIN;
-	}
+	error = mlock_future_check(mm, mm->def_flags, len);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 
 	/*
 	 * mm->mmap_sem is required to protect against another thread
-- 
1.8.1.4

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