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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 "Nothing" -> "I'll note that" :) -- Cheers, David / dhildenb