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Donenfeld wrote: > Hi David, Linus, > > Below is what I understand the suggestions about the UX to be. The full > commit is in https://git.zx2c4.com/linux-rng/log/ but here's the part > we've been discussing. I've held off on David's suggestion changing > "DROPPABLE" to "VOLATILE" to give Linus some time to wake up on the west > coast and voice his preference for "DROPPABLE". But the rest is in > place. > > Jason > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mman.h b/include/uapi/linux/mman.h > index a246e11988d5..e89d00528f2f 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/mman.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/mman.h > @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ > #define MAP_SHARED 0x01 /* Share changes */ > #define MAP_PRIVATE 0x02 /* Changes are private */ > #define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0x03 /* share + validate extension flags */ > +#define MAP_DROPPABLE 0x08 /* Zero memory under memory pressure. */ > > /* > * Huge page size encoding when MAP_HUGETLB is specified, and a huge page > diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c > index a77893462b92..cba5bc652fc4 100644 > --- a/mm/madvise.c > +++ b/mm/madvise.c > @@ -1068,13 +1068,16 @@ static int madvise_vma_behavior(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > new_flags |= VM_WIPEONFORK; > break; > case MADV_KEEPONFORK: > + if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE) > + return -EINVAL; > new_flags &= ~VM_WIPEONFORK; > break; > case MADV_DONTDUMP: > new_flags |= VM_DONTDUMP; > break; > case MADV_DODUMP: > - if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && new_flags & VM_SPECIAL) > + if ((!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && new_flags & VM_SPECIAL) || > + (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)) > return -EINVAL; > new_flags &= ~VM_DONTDUMP; > break; > diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c > index 30b51cdea89d..b87b3d8cc9cc 100644 > --- a/mm/mlock.c > +++ b/mm/mlock.c > @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static int mlock_fixup(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma, > > if (newflags == oldflags || (oldflags & VM_SPECIAL) || > is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || vma == get_gate_vma(current->mm) || > - vma_is_dax(vma) || vma_is_secretmem(vma)) > + vma_is_dax(vma) || vma_is_secretmem(vma) || (oldflags & VM_DROPPABLE)) > /* don't set VM_LOCKED or VM_LOCKONFAULT and don't count */ > goto out; > > diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c > index 83b4682ec85c..b3d38179dd42 100644 > --- a/mm/mmap.c > +++ b/mm/mmap.c > @@ -1369,6 +1369,34 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, > pgoff = 0; > vm_flags |= VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE; > break; > + case MAP_DROPPABLE: > + /* > + * A locked or stack area makes no sense to be droppable. > + * > + * Also, since droppable pages can just go away at any time > + * it makes no sense to copy them on fork or dump them. > + * > + * And don't attempt to combine with hugetlb for now. > + */ > + if (flags & (MAP_LOCKED | MAP_HUGETLB)) > + return -EINVAL; > + if (vm_flags & (VM_GROWSDOWN | VM_GROWSUP)) > + return -EINVAL; > + > + vm_flags |= VM_DROPPABLE; > + > + /* > + * If the pages can be dropped, then it doesn't make > + * sense to reserve them. > + */ > + vm_flags |= VM_NORESERVE; That is certainly interesting. Nothing that we might not be able to reclaim these pages reliably in all cases: for example when long-term pinning them. In some environments (OVERCOMMIT_NEVER) MAP_NORESERE would never be effective. I wonder if we want to stick to the same behavior here ... but in theory I agree that we can set this here unconditionally, it's just the corner case of "there are ways to prohibit reclaim" that makes me wonder. BTW, I was just trying to understand how MADV_FREE + MAP_DROPPABLE would behave without any swap space around. Did you experiment with that? I'm reading can_reclaim_anon_pages(), and I'm wondering how good/reliable that works when there is no swap configured. Also, the comment in get_scan_count(): "If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon folios." makes me wonder if some work in that area is needed. -- Cheers, David / dhildenb