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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Xu Huijie <xuhuijie2@huawei.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, wuxu.wu@huawei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add kernel log when allocate a new virtual mapping failed because of overcommit
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 14:29:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YNxx0+A0F+PRoQcf@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210630074433.41992-1-xuhuijie2@huawei.com>

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 03:44:33PM +0800, Xu Huijie wrote:
> From: xuhuijie <xuhuijie2@huawei.com>
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index aa9de981b..f019fc6b2 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -1758,8 +1758,10 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>  	 */
>  	if (accountable_mapping(file, vm_flags)) {
>  		charged = len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> -		if (security_vm_enough_memory_mm(mm, charged))
> +		if (security_vm_enough_memory_mm(mm, charged)) {
> +			pr_err("Unable to allocate a new virtual mapping because of the overcommit\n");

No, we don't let unprivileged processes flood the kernel logs.  If this
is genuinely useful, something like pr_info_ratelimited() might be
appropriate.  It certainly doesn't rise to the level of "error".



      reply	other threads:[~2021-06-30 13:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-30  7:44 Xu Huijie
2021-06-30 13:29 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]

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