On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 15:59 +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote: > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 06:38:49PM +0800, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 16:27 +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote: > > > plain text document attachment (bdi-debug-dump-sum.patch) > > > CC: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > mm/backing-dev.c | 4 ++-- > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > --- linux.orig/mm/backing-dev.c 2009-11-18 16:25:28.000000000 +0800 > > > +++ linux/mm/backing-dev.c 2009-11-18 16:26:10.000000000 +0800 > > > @@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct s > > > "wb_mask: %8lx\n" > > > "wb_list: %8u\n" > > > "wb_cnt: %8u\n", > > > - (unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK)), > > > - (unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE)), > > > + (unsigned long) K(bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK)), > > > + (unsigned long) K(bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE)), > > > K(bdi_thresh), K(dirty_thresh), > > > K(background_thresh), nr_wb, nr_dirty, nr_io, nr_more_io, > > > !list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list), bdi->state, bdi->wb_mask, > > > > > > > Is this really important? This patch is basically a local DoS for large > > machines. > > I did this patch after seeing inaccurate exported numbers, > it may be confusing.. > > > Imagine someone doing: > > > > while :; do cat /debug/bdi/*/stats; done > > > > on a 512 cpu box. > > Yes there will be overheads. However it's always possible to > create local DoS with some other kind of busy loop? Preferably not of the kind that renders your box unusable, esp by unpriv users. But yes there are probably a few local DoS' around, but I don't think that warrants adding another one. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
