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
);