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 /* More uncharges than charges? */
56 if (WARN_ONCE(new < 0, "page_counter underflow: %ld nr_pages=%lu\n",
59 atomic_long_set(&counter->usage, new);
61 propagate_protected_usage(counter, new);
65 * page_counter_charge - hierarchically charge pages
67 * @nr_pages: number of pages to charge
69 * NOTE: This does not consider any configured counter limits.
71 void page_counter_charge(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
73 struct page_counter *c;
75 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent) {
78 new = atomic_long_add_return(nr_pages, &c->usage);
79 propagate_protected_usage(c, new);
81 * This is indeed racy, but we can live with some
82 * inaccuracy in the watermark.
84 if (new > READ_ONCE(c->watermark))
85 WRITE_ONCE(c->watermark, new);
90 * page_counter_try_charge - try to hierarchically charge pages
92 * @nr_pages: number of pages to charge
93 * @fail: points first counter to hit its limit, if any
95 * Returns %true on success, or %false and @fail if the counter or one
96 * of its ancestors has hit its configured limit.
98 bool page_counter_try_charge(struct page_counter *counter,
99 unsigned long nr_pages,
100 struct page_counter **fail)
102 struct page_counter *c;
104 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent) {
107 * Charge speculatively to avoid an expensive CAS. If
108 * a bigger charge fails, it might falsely lock out a
109 * racing smaller charge and send it into reclaim
110 * early, but the error is limited to the difference
111 * between the two sizes, which is less than 2M/4M in
112 * case of a THP locking out a regular page charge.
114 * The atomic_long_add_return() implies a full memory
115 * barrier between incrementing the count and reading
116 * the limit. When racing with page_counter_set_max(),
117 * we either see the new limit or the setter sees the
118 * counter has changed and retries.
120 new = atomic_long_add_return(nr_pages, &c->usage);
122 atomic_long_sub(nr_pages, &c->usage);
124 * This is racy, but we can live with some
125 * inaccuracy in the failcnt which is only used
128 data_race(c->failcnt++);
132 propagate_protected_usage(c, new);
134 * Just like with failcnt, we can live with some
135 * inaccuracy in the watermark.
137 if (new > READ_ONCE(c->watermark))
138 WRITE_ONCE(c->watermark, new);
143 for (c = counter; c != *fail; c = c->parent)
144 page_counter_cancel(c, nr_pages);
150 * page_counter_uncharge - hierarchically uncharge pages
152 * @nr_pages: number of pages to uncharge
154 void page_counter_uncharge(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
156 struct page_counter *c;
158 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent)
159 page_counter_cancel(c, nr_pages);
163 * page_counter_set_max - set the maximum number of pages allowed
165 * @nr_pages: limit to set
167 * Returns 0 on success, -EBUSY if the current number of pages on the
168 * counter already exceeds the specified limit.
170 * The caller must serialize invocations on the same counter.
172 int page_counter_set_max(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
179 * Update the limit while making sure that it's not
180 * below the concurrently-changing counter value.
182 * The xchg implies two full memory barriers before
183 * and after, so the read-swap-read is ordered and
184 * ensures coherency with page_counter_try_charge():
185 * that function modifies the count before checking
186 * the limit, so if it sees the old limit, we see the
187 * modified counter and retry.
189 usage = page_counter_read(counter);
191 if (usage > nr_pages)
194 old = xchg(&counter->max, nr_pages);
196 if (page_counter_read(counter) <= usage)
205 * page_counter_set_min - set the amount of protected memory
207 * @nr_pages: value to set
209 * The caller must serialize invocations on the same counter.
211 void page_counter_set_min(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
213 struct page_counter *c;
215 WRITE_ONCE(counter->min, nr_pages);
217 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent)
218 propagate_protected_usage(c, atomic_long_read(&c->usage));
222 * page_counter_set_low - set the amount of protected memory
224 * @nr_pages: value to set
226 * The caller must serialize invocations on the same counter.
228 void page_counter_set_low(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
230 struct page_counter *c;
232 WRITE_ONCE(counter->low, nr_pages);
234 for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent)
235 propagate_protected_usage(c, atomic_long_read(&c->usage));
239 * page_counter_memparse - memparse() for page counter limits
240 * @buf: string to parse
241 * @max: string meaning maximum possible value
242 * @nr_pages: returns the result in number of pages
244 * Returns -EINVAL, or 0 and @nr_pages on success. @nr_pages will be
245 * limited to %PAGE_COUNTER_MAX.
247 int page_counter_memparse(const char *buf, const char *max,
248 unsigned long *nr_pages)
253 if (!strcmp(buf, max)) {
254 *nr_pages = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
258 bytes = memparse(buf, &end);
262 *nr_pages = min(bytes / PAGE_SIZE, (u64)PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);