Well, Mark Hahn mailed me and brought up the point that there might be some
security issue for having the MAX_MAP_COUNT set lower than the full address
space (Although I don't see how you can do anything with more mappings if
RLIMIT_AS is set tight). He suggested something like this might be better
suited to /proc, like vm.overcommit_memory. So I went ahead and moved it to
/proc. I've attached a patch against 2.2.17 and 2.4.0test8. The default is
back to 65536.
--
Mike Perry
http://so.fscked.org
diff -ur linux-2.2.17/include/linux/sched.h linux/include/linux/sched.h
--- linux-2.2.17/include/linux/sched.h Sun Oct 1 00:05:42 2000
+++ linux/include/linux/sched.h Sun Oct 1 18:47:12 2000
@@ -166,9 +166,6 @@
NULL, NULL \
}
-/* Maximum number of active map areas. This is the number of pages that fit in
- * the address space */
-#define MAX_MAP_COUNT (ULONG_MAX >> PAGE_SHIFT)
/* Number of map areas at which the AVL tree is activated. This is arbitrary. */
#define AVL_MIN_MAP_COUNT 32
diff -ur linux-2.2.17/include/linux/sysctl.h linux/include/linux/sysctl.h
--- linux-2.2.17/include/linux/sysctl.h Wed Jun 7 16:26:44 2000
+++ linux/include/linux/sysctl.h Sun Oct 1 18:50:31 2000
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@
VM_PAGECACHE=7, /* struct: Set cache memory thresholds */
VM_PAGERDAEMON=8, /* struct: Control kswapd behaviour */
VM_PGT_CACHE=9, /* struct: Set page table cache parameters */
- VM_PAGE_CLUSTER=10 /* int: set number of pages to swap together */
+ VM_PAGE_CLUSTER=10, /* int: set number of pages to swap together */
+ VM_MAX_MAP_COUNT=11 /* int: max number mappings per process */
};
diff -ur linux-2.2.17/kernel/sysctl.c linux/kernel/sysctl.c
--- linux-2.2.17/kernel/sysctl.c Wed Jun 7 16:26:44 2000
+++ linux/kernel/sysctl.c Sun Oct 1 18:46:50 2000
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
extern int bdf_prm[], bdflush_min[], bdflush_max[];
extern char binfmt_java_interpreter[], binfmt_java_appletviewer[];
extern int sysctl_overcommit_memory;
+extern int sysctl_max_map_count;
extern int nr_queued_signals, max_queued_signals;
#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
@@ -252,6 +253,8 @@
&pgt_cache_water, 2*sizeof(int), 0600, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
{VM_PAGE_CLUSTER, "page-cluster",
&page_cluster, sizeof(int), 0600, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
+ {VM_MAX_MAP_COUNT, "max_map_count",
+ &sysctl_max_map_count, sizeof(int), 0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
{0}
};
diff -ur linux-2.2.17/mm/mmap.c linux/mm/mmap.c
--- linux-2.2.17/mm/mmap.c Wed Jun 7 16:26:44 2000
+++ linux/mm/mmap.c Sun Oct 1 18:51:23 2000
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
kmem_cache_t *vm_area_cachep;
int sysctl_overcommit_memory;
+int sysctl_max_map_count = 65536;
/* Check that a process has enough memory to allocate a
* new virtual mapping.
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@
return -EINVAL;
/* Too many mappings? */
- if (mm->map_count > MAX_MAP_COUNT)
+ if (mm->map_count > sysctl_max_map_count)
return -ENOMEM;
/* mlock MCL_FUTURE? */
@@ -632,7 +633,7 @@
/* If we'll make "hole", check the vm areas limit */
if ((mpnt->vm_start < addr && mpnt->vm_end > addr+len)
- && mm->map_count >= MAX_MAP_COUNT)
+ && mm->map_count >= sysctl_max_map_count)
return -ENOMEM;
/*
diff -ur linux-2.4.0test8/include/linux/sched.h linux/include/linux/sched.h
--- linux-2.4.0test8/include/linux/sched.h Sun Oct 1 22:28:08 2000
+++ linux/include/linux/sched.h Sun Oct 1 22:50:33 2000
@@ -187,9 +187,6 @@
{ NULL, } \
}
-/* Maximum number of active map areas.. This is a random (large) number */
-#define MAX_MAP_COUNT (65536)
-
/* Number of map areas at which the AVL tree is activated. This is arbitrary. */
#define AVL_MIN_MAP_COUNT 32
diff -ur linux-2.4.0test8/include/linux/sysctl.h linux/include/linux/sysctl.h
--- linux-2.4.0test8/include/linux/sysctl.h Sun Oct 1 22:28:00 2000
+++ linux/include/linux/sysctl.h Sun Oct 1 20:44:58 2000
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@
VM_PAGECACHE=7, /* struct: Set cache memory thresholds */
VM_PAGERDAEMON=8, /* struct: Control kswapd behaviour */
VM_PGT_CACHE=9, /* struct: Set page table cache parameters */
- VM_PAGE_CLUSTER=10 /* int: set number of pages to swap together */
+ VM_PAGE_CLUSTER=10, /* int: set number of pages to swap together */
+ VM_MAX_MAP_COUNT=11 /* int: max number mappings per process */
};
diff -ur linux-2.4.0test8/kernel/sysctl.c linux/kernel/sysctl.c
--- linux-2.4.0test8/kernel/sysctl.c Sun Oct 1 22:27:43 2000
+++ linux/kernel/sysctl.c Sun Oct 1 20:33:51 2000
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
extern int panic_timeout;
extern int console_loglevel, C_A_D;
extern int bdf_prm[], bdflush_min[], bdflush_max[];
+extern int sysctl_max_map_count;
extern int sysctl_overcommit_memory;
extern int max_threads;
extern int nr_queued_signals, max_queued_signals;
@@ -251,7 +252,9 @@
&pgt_cache_water, 2*sizeof(int), 0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
{VM_PAGE_CLUSTER, "page-cluster",
&page_cluster, sizeof(int), 0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
- {0}
+ {VM_MAX_MAP_COUNT, "max_map_count", &sysctl_max_map_count,
+ sizeof(sysctl_max_map_count), 0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec},
+ {0}
};
static ctl_table proc_table[] = {
diff -ur linux-2.4.0test8/mm/filemap.c linux/mm/filemap.c
--- linux-2.4.0test8/mm/filemap.c Sun Oct 1 22:28:09 2000
+++ linux/mm/filemap.c Sun Oct 1 20:51:13 2000
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
#include <linux/highmem.h>
+extern int sysctl_max_map_count;
+
/*
* Shared mappings implemented 30.11.1994. It's not fully working yet,
* though.
@@ -1920,7 +1922,7 @@
int error = 0;
/* This caps the number of vma's this process can own */
- if (vma->vm_mm->map_count > MAX_MAP_COUNT)
+ if (vma->vm_mm->map_count > sysctl_max_map_count)
return -ENOMEM;
if (start == vma->vm_start) {
diff -ur linux-2.4.0test8/mm/mmap.c linux/mm/mmap.c
--- linux-2.4.0test8/mm/mmap.c Sun Oct 1 22:28:09 2000
+++ linux/mm/mmap.c Sun Oct 1 20:48:39 2000
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
};
int sysctl_overcommit_memory;
+int sysctl_max_map_count = 65536;
/* Check that a process has enough memory to allocate a
* new virtual mapping.
@@ -180,7 +181,8 @@
return -EINVAL;
/* Too many mappings? */
- if (mm->map_count > MAX_MAP_COUNT)
+
+ if (mm->map_count > sysctl_max_map_count)
return -ENOMEM;
/* mlock MCL_FUTURE? */
@@ -657,7 +659,7 @@
/* If we'll make "hole", check the vm areas limit */
if ((mpnt->vm_start < addr && mpnt->vm_end > addr+len)
- && mm->map_count >= MAX_MAP_COUNT)
+ && mm->map_count >= sysctl_max_map_count)
return -ENOMEM;
/*
@@ -778,7 +780,7 @@
> current->rlim[RLIMIT_AS].rlim_cur)
return -ENOMEM;
- if (mm->map_count > MAX_MAP_COUNT)
+ if (mm->map_count > sysctl_max_map_count)
return -ENOMEM;
if (!vm_enough_memory(len >> PAGE_SHIFT))
