linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] mm: Account anon mappings as RLIMIT

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Date:	Fri, 11 Dec 2015 23:59:52 +0300
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@...cle.com>,
	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>,
	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...tuozzo.com>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...tuozzo.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [RFC] mm: Account anon mappings as RLIMIT_DATA

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 12:55:51PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > +static inline int anon_accountable_mapping(struct file *file, vm_flags_t vm_flags)
> > +{
> > +       return !file &&
> > +               (vm_flags & (VM_GROWSDOWN | VM_GROWSUP |
> > +                            VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE)) == 0;
> > +}
> 
> You're duplicating that "is it an anon accountable mapping" logic. I
> think you should move the inline helper function up, and use it in
> vm_stat_account().
> 
> Other than that, I think the patch certainly looks clean and obvious
> enough. But I didn't actually try to *run* it, maybe it ends up not
> working due to something I don't see.

Thank for the note, Linus! I tried to play with it a little bit,
but I need to test it more first. I sent it simply to be sure
that i'm moving in right direction. Once I get reviewed all things
again and test it more deeply, I'll send a new patch.
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