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>
17 * page_counter_cancel - take pages out of the local counter
19 * @nr_pages: number of pages to cancel
21 void page_counter_cancel(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
25 new = atomic_long_sub_return(nr_pages, &counter->count);
26 /* More uncharges than charges? */
27 WARN_ON_ONCE(new < 0);
31 * page_counter_charge - hierarchically charge pages
33 * @nr_pages: number of pages to charge
35 * NOTE: This does not consider any configured counter limits.
37 void page_counter_charge(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
39 struct page_counter *c;
41 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent) {
44 new = atomic_long_add_return(nr_pages, &c->count);
46 * This is indeed racy, but we can live with some
47 * inaccuracy in the watermark.
49 if (new > c->watermark)
55 * page_counter_try_charge - try to hierarchically charge pages
57 * @nr_pages: number of pages to charge
58 * @fail: points first counter to hit its limit, if any
60 * Returns %true on success, or %false and @fail if the counter or one
61 * of its ancestors has hit its configured limit.
63 bool page_counter_try_charge(struct page_counter *counter,
64 unsigned long nr_pages,
65 struct page_counter **fail)
67 struct page_counter *c;
69 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent) {
72 * Charge speculatively to avoid an expensive CAS. If
73 * a bigger charge fails, it might falsely lock out a
74 * racing smaller charge and send it into reclaim
75 * early, but the error is limited to the difference
76 * between the two sizes, which is less than 2M/4M in
77 * case of a THP locking out a regular page charge.
79 * The atomic_long_add_return() implies a full memory
80 * barrier between incrementing the count and reading
81 * the limit. When racing with page_counter_limit(),
82 * we either see the new limit or the setter sees the
83 * counter has changed and retries.
85 new = atomic_long_add_return(nr_pages, &c->count);
87 atomic_long_sub(nr_pages, &c->count);
89 * This is racy, but we can live with some
90 * inaccuracy in the failcnt.
97 * Just like with failcnt, we can live with some
98 * inaccuracy in the watermark.
100 if (new > c->watermark)
106 for (c = counter; c != *fail; c = c->parent)
107 page_counter_cancel(c, nr_pages);
113 * page_counter_uncharge - hierarchically uncharge pages
115 * @nr_pages: number of pages to uncharge
117 void page_counter_uncharge(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
119 struct page_counter *c;
121 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent)
122 page_counter_cancel(c, nr_pages);
126 * page_counter_limit - limit the number of pages allowed
128 * @limit: limit to set
130 * Returns 0 on success, -EBUSY if the current number of pages on the
131 * counter already exceeds the specified limit.
133 * The caller must serialize invocations on the same counter.
135 int page_counter_limit(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long limit)
142 * Update the limit while making sure that it's not
143 * below the concurrently-changing counter value.
145 * The xchg implies two full memory barriers before
146 * and after, so the read-swap-read is ordered and
147 * ensures coherency with page_counter_try_charge():
148 * that function modifies the count before checking
149 * the limit, so if it sees the old limit, we see the
150 * modified counter and retry.
152 count = atomic_long_read(&counter->count);
157 old = xchg(&counter->limit, limit);
159 if (atomic_long_read(&counter->count) <= count)
162 counter->limit = old;
168 * page_counter_memparse - memparse() for page counter limits
169 * @buf: string to parse
170 * @max: string meaning maximum possible value
171 * @nr_pages: returns the result in number of pages
173 * Returns -EINVAL, or 0 and @nr_pages on success. @nr_pages will be
174 * limited to %PAGE_COUNTER_MAX.
176 int page_counter_memparse(const char *buf, const char *max,
177 unsigned long *nr_pages)
182 if (!strcmp(buf, max)) {
183 *nr_pages = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
187 bytes = memparse(buf, &end);
191 *nr_pages = min(bytes / PAGE_SIZE, (u64)PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);