1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 * Lockless hierarchical page accounting & limiting
5 * Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc., Johannes Weiner
8 #include <linux/page_counter.h>
9 #include <linux/atomic.h>
10 #include <linux/kernel.h>
11 #include <linux/string.h>
12 #include <linux/sched.h>
13 #include <linux/bug.h>
16 static void propagate_protected_usage(struct page_counter *c,
19 unsigned long protected, old_protected;
20 unsigned long low, min;
26 min = READ_ONCE(c->min);
27 if (min || atomic_long_read(&c->min_usage)) {
28 protected = min(usage, min);
29 old_protected = atomic_long_xchg(&c->min_usage, protected);
30 delta = protected - old_protected;
32 atomic_long_add(delta, &c->parent->children_min_usage);
35 low = READ_ONCE(c->low);
36 if (low || atomic_long_read(&c->low_usage)) {
37 protected = min(usage, low);
38 old_protected = atomic_long_xchg(&c->low_usage, protected);
39 delta = protected - old_protected;
41 atomic_long_add(delta, &c->parent->children_low_usage);
46 * page_counter_cancel - take pages out of the local counter
48 * @nr_pages: number of pages to cancel
50 void page_counter_cancel(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
54 new = atomic_long_sub_return(nr_pages, &counter->usage);
55 propagate_protected_usage(counter, new);
56 /* More uncharges than charges? */
57 WARN_ON_ONCE(new < 0);
61 * page_counter_charge - hierarchically charge pages
63 * @nr_pages: number of pages to charge
65 * NOTE: This does not consider any configured counter limits.
67 void page_counter_charge(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
69 struct page_counter *c;
71 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent) {
74 new = atomic_long_add_return(nr_pages, &c->usage);
75 propagate_protected_usage(counter, new);
77 * This is indeed racy, but we can live with some
78 * inaccuracy in the watermark.
80 if (new > c->watermark)
86 * page_counter_try_charge - try to hierarchically charge pages
88 * @nr_pages: number of pages to charge
89 * @fail: points first counter to hit its limit, if any
91 * Returns %true on success, or %false and @fail if the counter or one
92 * of its ancestors has hit its configured limit.
94 bool page_counter_try_charge(struct page_counter *counter,
95 unsigned long nr_pages,
96 struct page_counter **fail)
98 struct page_counter *c;
100 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent) {
103 * Charge speculatively to avoid an expensive CAS. If
104 * a bigger charge fails, it might falsely lock out a
105 * racing smaller charge and send it into reclaim
106 * early, but the error is limited to the difference
107 * between the two sizes, which is less than 2M/4M in
108 * case of a THP locking out a regular page charge.
110 * The atomic_long_add_return() implies a full memory
111 * barrier between incrementing the count and reading
112 * the limit. When racing with page_counter_limit(),
113 * we either see the new limit or the setter sees the
114 * counter has changed and retries.
116 new = atomic_long_add_return(nr_pages, &c->usage);
118 atomic_long_sub(nr_pages, &c->usage);
119 propagate_protected_usage(counter, new);
121 * This is racy, but we can live with some
122 * inaccuracy in the failcnt.
128 propagate_protected_usage(counter, new);
130 * Just like with failcnt, we can live with some
131 * inaccuracy in the watermark.
133 if (new > c->watermark)
139 for (c = counter; c != *fail; c = c->parent)
140 page_counter_cancel(c, nr_pages);
146 * page_counter_uncharge - hierarchically uncharge pages
148 * @nr_pages: number of pages to uncharge
150 void page_counter_uncharge(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
152 struct page_counter *c;
154 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent)
155 page_counter_cancel(c, nr_pages);
159 * page_counter_set_max - set the maximum number of pages allowed
161 * @nr_pages: limit to set
163 * Returns 0 on success, -EBUSY if the current number of pages on the
164 * counter already exceeds the specified limit.
166 * The caller must serialize invocations on the same counter.
168 int page_counter_set_max(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
175 * Update the limit while making sure that it's not
176 * below the concurrently-changing counter value.
178 * The xchg implies two full memory barriers before
179 * and after, so the read-swap-read is ordered and
180 * ensures coherency with page_counter_try_charge():
181 * that function modifies the count before checking
182 * the limit, so if it sees the old limit, we see the
183 * modified counter and retry.
185 usage = atomic_long_read(&counter->usage);
187 if (usage > nr_pages)
190 old = xchg(&counter->max, nr_pages);
192 if (atomic_long_read(&counter->usage) <= usage)
201 * page_counter_set_min - set the amount of protected memory
203 * @nr_pages: value to set
205 * The caller must serialize invocations on the same counter.
207 void page_counter_set_min(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
209 struct page_counter *c;
211 WRITE_ONCE(counter->min, nr_pages);
213 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent)
214 propagate_protected_usage(c, atomic_long_read(&c->usage));
218 * page_counter_set_low - set the amount of protected memory
220 * @nr_pages: value to set
222 * The caller must serialize invocations on the same counter.
224 void page_counter_set_low(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
226 struct page_counter *c;
228 WRITE_ONCE(counter->low, nr_pages);
230 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent)
231 propagate_protected_usage(c, atomic_long_read(&c->usage));
235 * page_counter_memparse - memparse() for page counter limits
236 * @buf: string to parse
237 * @max: string meaning maximum possible value
238 * @nr_pages: returns the result in number of pages
240 * Returns -EINVAL, or 0 and @nr_pages on success. @nr_pages will be
241 * limited to %PAGE_COUNTER_MAX.
243 int page_counter_memparse(const char *buf, const char *max,
244 unsigned long *nr_pages)
249 if (!strcmp(buf, max)) {
250 *nr_pages = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
254 bytes = memparse(buf, &end);
258 *nr_pages = min(bytes / PAGE_SIZE, (u64)PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);