Write amount of memory to accept into the new sysfs handle /sys/kernel/mm/page_alloc/accept_memory. Write 'all' to the handle to accept all memory in the system. It can be used to implement background memory accepting from userspace. It is also useful for debugging. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 509a93b7e5af..07e16e9b49c4 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -7343,6 +7343,45 @@ static bool __free_unaccepted(struct page *page) return true; } +static ssize_t accept_memory_store(struct kobject *kobj, + struct kobj_attribute *attr, + const char *buf, size_t count) +{ + unsigned long to_accept = 0; + struct zone *zone; + char *retptr; + + if (sysfs_streq(buf, "all")) { + to_accept = ULONG_MAX; + } else { + to_accept = memparse(buf, &retptr); + + /* Get rid of trailing whitespace, including '\n' */ + retptr = skip_spaces(retptr); + + if (*retptr != 0 || to_accept == 0) + return -EINVAL; + } + + for_each_populated_zone(zone) { + while (try_to_accept_memory_one(zone)) { + if (to_accept <= PAGE_SIZE << MAX_ORDER) + return count; + + to_accept -= PAGE_SIZE << MAX_ORDER; + } + } + + return count; +} + +static struct kobj_attribute accept_memory_attr = __ATTR_WO(accept_memory); + +static struct attribute *page_alloc_attr[] = { + &accept_memory_attr.attr, + NULL +}; + #else static bool page_contains_unaccepted(struct page *page, unsigned int order) @@ -7366,3 +7405,28 @@ static bool __free_unaccepted(struct page *page) } #endif /* CONFIG_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY */ + +static const struct attribute_group page_alloc_attr_group = { +#ifdef CONFIG_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY + .attrs = page_alloc_attr, +#endif +}; + +static int __init page_alloc_init_sysfs(void) +{ + struct kobject *page_alloc_kobj; + int err; + + page_alloc_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("page_alloc", mm_kobj); + if (!page_alloc_kobj) + return -ENOMEM; + + err = sysfs_create_group(page_alloc_kobj, &page_alloc_attr_group); + if (err) { + kobject_put(page_alloc_kobj); + return err; + } + + return 0; +} +late_initcall(page_alloc_init_sysfs); -- 2.39.2