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+/*
+ * Lockless hierarchical page accounting & limiting
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc., Johannes Weiner
+ */
+
+#include <linux/page_counter.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+
+/**
+ * page_counter_cancel - take pages out of the local counter
+ * @counter: counter
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages to cancel
+ *
+ * Returns whether there are remaining pages in the counter.
+ */
+int page_counter_cancel(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+ long new;
+
+ new = atomic_long_sub_return(nr_pages, &counter->count);
+
+ /* More uncharges than charges? */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(new < 0);
+
+ return new > 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * page_counter_charge - hierarchically charge pages
+ * @counter: counter
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages to charge
+ *
+ * NOTE: This does not consider any configured counter limits.
+ */
+void page_counter_charge(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+ struct page_counter *c;
+
+ for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent) {
+ long new;
+
+ new = atomic_long_add_return(nr_pages, &c->count);
+ /*
+ * This is indeed racy, but we can live with some
+ * inaccuracy in the watermark.
+ */
+ if (new > c->watermark)
+ c->watermark = new;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * page_counter_try_charge - try to hierarchically charge pages
+ * @counter: counter
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages to charge
+ * @fail: points first counter to hit its limit, if any
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, or -ENOMEM and @fail if the counter or one of
+ * its ancestors has hit its configured limit.
+ */
+int page_counter_try_charge(struct page_counter *counter,
+ unsigned long nr_pages,
+ struct page_counter **fail)
+{
+ struct page_counter *c;
+
+ for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent) {
+ long new;
+ /*
+ * Charge speculatively to avoid an expensive CAS. If
+ * a bigger charge fails, it might falsely lock out a
+ * racing smaller charge and send it into reclaim
+ * early, but the error is limited to the difference
+ * between the two sizes, which is less than 2M/4M in
+ * case of a THP locking out a regular page charge.
+ *
+ * The atomic_long_add_return() implies a full memory
+ * barrier between incrementing the count and reading
+ * the limit. When racing with page_counter_limit(),
+ * we either see the new limit or the setter sees the
+ * counter has changed and retries.
+ */
+ new = atomic_long_add_return(nr_pages, &c->count);
+ if (new > c->limit) {
+ atomic_long_sub(nr_pages, &c->count);
+ /*
+ * This is racy, but we can live with some
+ * inaccuracy in the failcnt.
+ */
+ c->failcnt++;
+ *fail = c;
+ goto failed;
+ }
+ /*
+ * Just like with failcnt, we can live with some
+ * inaccuracy in the watermark.
+ */
+ if (new > c->watermark)
+ c->watermark = new;
+ }
+ return 0;
+
+failed:
+ for (c = counter; c != *fail; c = c->parent)
+ page_counter_cancel(c, nr_pages);
+
+ return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+/**
+ * page_counter_uncharge - hierarchically uncharge pages
+ * @counter: counter
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages to uncharge
+ *
+ * Returns whether there are remaining charges in @counter.
+ */
+int page_counter_uncharge(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+ struct page_counter *c;
+ int ret = 1;
+
+ for (c = counter; c; c = c->parent) {
+ int remainder;
+
+ remainder = page_counter_cancel(c, nr_pages);
+ if (c == counter && !remainder)
+ ret = 0;
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * page_counter_limit - limit the number of pages allowed
+ * @counter: counter
+ * @limit: limit to set
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -EBUSY if the current number of pages on the
+ * counter already exceeds the specified limit.
+ *
+ * The caller must serialize invocations on the same counter.
+ */
+int page_counter_limit(struct page_counter *counter, unsigned long limit)
+{
+ for (;;) {
+ unsigned long old;
+ long count;
+
+ /*
+ * Update the limit while making sure that it's not
+ * below the concurrently-changing counter value.
+ *
+ * The xchg implies two full memory barriers before
+ * and after, so the read-swap-read is ordered and
+ * ensures coherency with page_counter_try_charge():
+ * that function modifies the count before checking
+ * the limit, so if it sees the old limit, we see the
+ * modified counter and retry.
+ */
+ count = atomic_long_read(&counter->count);
+
+ if (count > limit)
+ return -EBUSY;
+
+ old = xchg(&counter->limit, limit);
+
+ if (atomic_long_read(&counter->count) <= count)
+ return 0;
+
+ counter->limit = old;
+ cond_resched();
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * page_counter_memparse - memparse() for page counter limits
+ * @buf: string to parse
+ * @nr_pages: returns the result in number of pages
+ *
+ * Returns -EINVAL, or 0 and @nr_pages on success. @nr_pages will be
+ * limited to %PAGE_COUNTER_MAX.
+ */
+int page_counter_memparse(const char *buf, unsigned long *nr_pages)
+{
+ char unlimited[] = "-1";
+ char *end;
+ u64 bytes;
+
+ if (!strncmp(buf, unlimited, sizeof(unlimited))) {
+ *nr_pages = PAGE_COUNTER_MAX;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ bytes = memparse(buf, &end);
+ if (*end != '\0')
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ *nr_pages = min(bytes / PAGE_SIZE, (u64)PAGE_COUNTER_MAX);
+
+ return 0;
+}