Currently, alloc_anon_noexit() calls alloc_anon() which instantly frees
the allocated memory. alloc_anon_noexit() is usually used with
cg_run_nowait() to run a process in the background that allocates
memory. It makes sense for the background process to keep the memory
allocated and not instantly free it (otherwise there is no point of
running it in the background).
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220425190040.2475377-4-yosryahmed@google.com
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@google.com>
Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Chen Wandun <chenwandun@huawei.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: "Michal Koutn" <mkoutny@suse.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan.x@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
static int alloc_anon_noexit(const char *cgroup, void *arg)
{
int ppid = getppid();
+ size_t size = (unsigned long)arg;
+ char *buf, *ptr;
- if (alloc_anon(cgroup, arg))
- return -1;
+ buf = malloc(size);
+ for (ptr = buf; ptr < buf + size; ptr += PAGE_SIZE)
+ *ptr = 0;
while (getppid() == ppid)
sleep(1);
+ free(buf);
return 0;
}