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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/nommu.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/nommu.c | 30 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c index 58e4a0a5125..fbe3e2f317e 100644 --- a/mm/nommu.c +++ b/mm/nommu.c @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int sysctl_overcommit_ratio = 50; /* default is 50% */ int sysctl_max_map_count = DEFAULT_MAX_MAP_COUNT; int sysctl_nr_trim_pages = CONFIG_NOMMU_INITIAL_TRIM_EXCESS; unsigned long sysctl_user_reserve_kbytes __read_mostly = 1UL << 17; /* 128MB */ +unsigned long sysctl_admin_reserve_kbytes __read_mostly = 1UL << 13; /* 8MB */ int heap_stack_gap = 0; atomic_long_t mmap_pages_allocated; @@ -1939,10 +1940,10 @@ int __vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages, int cap_sys_admin) free -= totalreserve_pages; /* - * Leave the last 3% for root + * Reserve some for root */ if (!cap_sys_admin) - free -= free / 32; + free -= sysctl_admin_reserve_kbytes >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10); if (free > pages) return 0; @@ -1952,10 +1953,10 @@ int __vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages, int cap_sys_admin) allowed = totalram_pages * sysctl_overcommit_ratio / 100; /* - * Leave the last 3% for root + * Reserve some 3% for root */ if (!cap_sys_admin) - allowed -= allowed / 32; + allowed -= sysctl_admin_reserve_kbytes >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10); allowed += total_swap_pages; /* @@ -2147,3 +2148,24 @@ static int __meminit init_user_reserve(void) return 0; } module_init(init_user_reserve) + +/* + * Initialise sysctl_admin_reserve_kbytes. + * + * The purpose of sysctl_admin_reserve_kbytes is to allow the sys admin + * to log in and kill a memory hogging process. + * + * Systems with more than 256MB will reserve 8MB, enough to recover + * with sshd, bash, and top in OVERCOMMIT_GUESS. Smaller systems will + * only reserve 3% of free pages by default. + */ +static int __meminit init_admin_reserve(void) +{ + unsigned long free_kbytes; + + free_kbytes = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10); + + sysctl_admin_reserve_kbytes = min(free_kbytes / 32, 1UL << 13); + return 0; +} +module_init(init_admin_reserve) |