Re: [PATCHv9 04/14] mm/page_alloc: Add sysfs handle to accept accept_memory

From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv9 04/14] mm/page_alloc: Add sysfs handle to accept accept_memory
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 15:43:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4c319a60-c1fb-fe43-65be-9729f0261dab@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230330114956.20342-5-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>

On 3/30/23 13:49, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> 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@linux.intel.com>

Somewhat similarly to patch 3, I'd think we don't need this patch in
mainline without clear usecases first, although it's good to post for
testing/debugging.

> ---
>  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);