On 11/09/2015 07:27 PM, Eric B Munson wrote: > Update the mlock.2 man page with information on mlock2() and the new > mlockall() flag MCL_ONFAULT. Hello Eric, Thanks for the nicely written patch. I've applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@xxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --- > Changes from V3: > Add note about not having a glibc wrapper for mlock2 > > Changes from V2: > Update available from kernel version > > man2/mlock.2 | 114 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- > man2/mlock2.2 | 1 + > 2 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 man2/mlock2.2 > > diff --git a/man2/mlock.2 b/man2/mlock.2 > index 79c544d..0ad580c 100644 > --- a/man2/mlock.2 > +++ b/man2/mlock.2 > @@ -23,21 +23,23 @@ > .\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. > .\" %%%LICENSE_END > .\" > -.TH MLOCK 2 2015-07-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" > +.TH MLOCK 2 2015-08-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" > .SH NAME > -mlock, munlock, mlockall, munlockall \- lock and unlock memory > +mlock, mlock2, munlock, mlockall, munlockall \- lock and unlock memory > .SH SYNOPSIS > .nf > .B #include <sys/mman.h> > .sp > .BI "int mlock(const void *" addr ", size_t " len ); > +.BI "int mlock2(const void *" addr ", size_t " len ", int " flags ); > .BI "int munlock(const void *" addr ", size_t " len ); > .sp > .BI "int mlockall(int " flags ); > .B int munlockall(void); > .fi > .SH DESCRIPTION > -.BR mlock () > +.BR mlock (), > +.BR mlock2 (), > and > .BR mlockall () > respectively lock part or all of the calling process's virtual address > @@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ respectively unlocking part or all of the calling process's virtual > address space, so that pages in the specified virtual address range may > once more to be swapped out if required by the kernel memory manager. > Memory locking and unlocking are performed in units of whole pages. > -.SS mlock() and munlock() > +.SS mlock(), mlock2(), and munlock() > .BR mlock () > locks pages in the address range starting at > .I addr > @@ -62,6 +64,39 @@ All pages that contain a part of the specified address range are > guaranteed to be resident in RAM when the call returns successfully; > the pages are guaranteed to stay in RAM until later unlocked. > > +.BR mlock2 () > +also locks pages in the specified range starting at > +.I addr > +and continuing for > +.I len > +bytes. > +However, the state of the pages contained in that range after the call > +returns successfully will depend on the value in the > +.I flags > +argument. > + > +The > +.I flags > +argument can be either 0 or the following constant: > +.TP 1.2i > +.B MLOCK_ONFAULT > +Lock pages that are currently resident and mark the entire range to have > +pages locked when they are populated by the page fault. > +.PP > + > +If > +.I flags > +is 0, > +.BR mlock2 () > +will function exactly as > +.BR mlock () > +would. > + > +Note: Currently, there is not a glibc wrapper for > +.BR mlock2 () > +so it will need to be invoked using > +.BR syscall (2) > + > .BR munlock () > unlocks pages in the address range starting at > .I addr > @@ -93,9 +128,33 @@ the process. > .B MCL_FUTURE > Lock all pages which will become mapped into the address space of the > process in the future. > -These could be for instance new pages required > +These could be, for instance, new pages required > by a growing heap and stack as well as new memory-mapped files or > shared memory regions. > +.TP > +.BR MCL_ONFAULT " (since Linux 4.4)" > +Used together with > +.BR MCL_CURRENT , > +.BR MCL_FUTURE , > +or both. Mark all current (with > +.BR MCL_CURRENT ) > +or future (with > +.BR MCL_FUTURE ) > +mappings to lock pages when they are faulted in. When used with > +.BR MCL_CURRENT , > +all present pages are locked, but > +.BR mlockall () > +will not fault in non-present pages. When used with > +.BR MCL_FUTURE , > +all future mappings will be marked to lock pages when they are faulted > +in, but they will not be populated by the lock when the mapping is > +created. > +.B MCL_ONFAULT > +must be used with either > +.B MCL_CURRENT > +or > +.B MCL_FUTURE > +or both. > .PP > If > .B MCL_FUTURE > @@ -148,7 +207,8 @@ to perform the requested operation. > .\"SVr4 documents an additional EAGAIN error code. > .LP > For > -.BR mlock () > +.BR mlock (), > +.BR mlock2 (), > and > .BR munlock (): > .TP > @@ -157,9 +217,9 @@ Some or all of the specified address range could not be locked. > .TP > .B EINVAL > The result of the addition > -.IR start + len > +.IR addr + len > was less than > -.IR start > +.IR addr > (e.g., the addition may have resulted in an overflow). > .TP > .B EINVAL > @@ -181,12 +241,23 @@ mapping would result in three mappings: > two locked mappings at each end and an unlocked mapping in the middle.) > .LP > For > -.BR mlockall (): > +.BR mlock2 (): > .TP > .B EINVAL > Unknown \fIflags\fP were specified. > .LP > For > +.BR mlockall (): > +.TP > +.B EINVAL > +Unknown \fIflags\fP were specified or > +.B MCL_ONFAULT > +was specified without either > +.B MCL_FUTURE > +or > +.BR MCL_CURRENT . > +.LP > +For > .BR munlockall (): > .TP > .B EPERM > @@ -259,9 +330,11 @@ or when the process terminates. > The > .BR mlockall () > .B MCL_FUTURE > -setting is not inherited by a child created via > +and > +.B MCL_FUTURE | MCL_ONFAULT > +settings are not inherited by a child created via > .BR fork (2) > -and is cleared during an > +and are cleared during an > .BR execve (2). > > The memory lock on an address range is automatically removed > @@ -270,7 +343,8 @@ if the address range is unmapped via > > Memory locks do not stack, that is, pages which have been locked several times > by calls to > -.BR mlock () > +.BR mlock (), > +.BR mlock2 (), > or > .BR mlockall () > will be unlocked by a single call to > @@ -280,9 +354,19 @@ for the corresponding range or by > Pages which are mapped to several locations or by several processes stay > locked into RAM as long as they are locked at least at one location or by > at least one process. > + > +If a call to > +.BR mlockall () > +which uses the > +.B MCL_FUTURE > +flag is followed by another call that does not specify this flag, the > +changes made by the > +.B MCL_FUTURE > +call will be lost. > .SS Linux notes > Under Linux, > -.BR mlock () > +.BR mlock (), > +.BR mlock2 (), > and > .BR munlock () > automatically round > @@ -300,6 +384,7 @@ file shows how many kilobytes of memory the process with ID > .I PID > has locked using > .BR mlock (), > +.BR mlock2 (), > .BR mlockall (), > and > .BR mmap (2) > @@ -342,6 +427,9 @@ resource limit is encountered. > .\" http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113801392825023&w=2 > .\" "Rationale for RLIMIT_MEMLOCK" > .\" 23 Jan 2006 > +.SH VERSIONS > +.BR mlock2 (2) > +is available since Linux 4.4. > .SH SEE ALSO > .BR mmap (2), > .BR setrlimit (2), > diff --git a/man2/mlock2.2 b/man2/mlock2.2 > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..5e5b3c7 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/man2/mlock2.2 > @@ -0,0 +1 @@ > +.so man2/mlock.2 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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