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1 /*
2 * linux/mm/madvise.c
4 * Copyright (C) 1999 Linus Torvalds
5 * Copyright (C) 2002 Christoph Hellwig
6 */
8 #include <linux/mman.h>
9 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
10 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
11 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
14 * We can potentially split a vm area into separate
15 * areas, each area with its own behavior.
17 static long madvise_behavior(struct vm_area_struct * vma, unsigned long start,
18 unsigned long end, int behavior)
20 struct mm_struct * mm = vma->vm_mm;
21 int error = 0;
23 if (start != vma->vm_start) {
24 error = split_vma(mm, vma, start, 1);
25 if (error)
26 goto out;
29 if (end != vma->vm_end) {
30 error = split_vma(mm, vma, end, 0);
31 if (error)
32 goto out;
36 * vm_flags is protected by the mmap_sem held in write mode.
38 VM_ClearReadHint(vma);
40 switch (behavior) {
41 case MADV_SEQUENTIAL:
42 vma->vm_flags |= VM_SEQ_READ;
43 break;
44 case MADV_RANDOM:
45 vma->vm_flags |= VM_RAND_READ;
46 break;
47 default:
48 break;
51 out:
52 if (error == -ENOMEM)
53 error = -EAGAIN;
54 return error;
58 * Schedule all required I/O operations. Do not wait for completion.
60 static long madvise_willneed(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
61 unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
63 struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
65 if (!file)
66 return -EBADF;
68 start = ((start - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + vma->vm_pgoff;
69 if (end > vma->vm_end)
70 end = vma->vm_end;
71 end = ((end - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + vma->vm_pgoff;
73 force_page_cache_readahead(file->f_mapping,
74 file, start, max_sane_readahead(end - start));
75 return 0;
79 * Application no longer needs these pages. If the pages are dirty,
80 * it's OK to just throw them away. The app will be more careful about
81 * data it wants to keep. Be sure to free swap resources too. The
82 * zap_page_range call sets things up for refill_inactive to actually free
83 * these pages later if no one else has touched them in the meantime,
84 * although we could add these pages to a global reuse list for
85 * refill_inactive to pick up before reclaiming other pages.
87 * NB: This interface discards data rather than pushes it out to swap,
88 * as some implementations do. This has performance implications for
89 * applications like large transactional databases which want to discard
90 * pages in anonymous maps after committing to backing store the data
91 * that was kept in them. There is no reason to write this data out to
92 * the swap area if the application is discarding it.
94 * An interface that causes the system to free clean pages and flush
95 * dirty pages is already available as msync(MS_INVALIDATE).
97 static long madvise_dontneed(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
98 unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
100 if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) || is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
101 return -EINVAL;
103 if (unlikely(vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR)) {
104 struct zap_details details = {
105 .nonlinear_vma = vma,
106 .last_index = ULONG_MAX,
108 zap_page_range(vma, start, end - start, &details);
109 } else
110 zap_page_range(vma, start, end - start, NULL);
111 return 0;
114 static long madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct * vma, unsigned long start,
115 unsigned long end, int behavior)
117 long error = -EBADF;
119 switch (behavior) {
120 case MADV_NORMAL:
121 case MADV_SEQUENTIAL:
122 case MADV_RANDOM:
123 error = madvise_behavior(vma, start, end, behavior);
124 break;
126 case MADV_WILLNEED:
127 error = madvise_willneed(vma, start, end);
128 break;
130 case MADV_DONTNEED:
131 error = madvise_dontneed(vma, start, end);
132 break;
134 default:
135 error = -EINVAL;
136 break;
139 return error;
143 * The madvise(2) system call.
145 * Applications can use madvise() to advise the kernel how it should
146 * handle paging I/O in this VM area. The idea is to help the kernel
147 * use appropriate read-ahead and caching techniques. The information
148 * provided is advisory only, and can be safely disregarded by the
149 * kernel without affecting the correct operation of the application.
151 * behavior values:
152 * MADV_NORMAL - the default behavior is to read clusters. This
153 * results in some read-ahead and read-behind.
154 * MADV_RANDOM - the system should read the minimum amount of data
155 * on any access, since it is unlikely that the appli-
156 * cation will need more than what it asks for.
157 * MADV_SEQUENTIAL - pages in the given range will probably be accessed
158 * once, so they can be aggressively read ahead, and
159 * can be freed soon after they are accessed.
160 * MADV_WILLNEED - the application is notifying the system to read
161 * some pages ahead.
162 * MADV_DONTNEED - the application is finished with the given range,
163 * so the kernel can free resources associated with it.
165 * return values:
166 * zero - success
167 * -EINVAL - start + len < 0, start is not page-aligned,
168 * "behavior" is not a valid value, or application
169 * is attempting to release locked or shared pages.
170 * -ENOMEM - addresses in the specified range are not currently
171 * mapped, or are outside the AS of the process.
172 * -EIO - an I/O error occurred while paging in data.
173 * -EBADF - map exists, but area maps something that isn't a file.
174 * -EAGAIN - a kernel resource was temporarily unavailable.
176 asmlinkage long sys_madvise(unsigned long start, size_t len_in, int behavior)
178 unsigned long end;
179 struct vm_area_struct * vma;
180 int unmapped_error = 0;
181 int error = -EINVAL;
182 size_t len;
184 down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
186 if (start & ~PAGE_MASK)
187 goto out;
188 len = (len_in + ~PAGE_MASK) & PAGE_MASK;
190 /* Check to see whether len was rounded up from small -ve to zero */
191 if (len_in && !len)
192 goto out;
194 end = start + len;
195 if (end < start)
196 goto out;
198 error = 0;
199 if (end == start)
200 goto out;
203 * If the interval [start,end) covers some unmapped address
204 * ranges, just ignore them, but return -ENOMEM at the end.
206 vma = find_vma(current->mm, start);
207 for (;;) {
208 /* Still start < end. */
209 error = -ENOMEM;
210 if (!vma)
211 goto out;
213 /* Here start < vma->vm_end. */
214 if (start < vma->vm_start) {
215 unmapped_error = -ENOMEM;
216 start = vma->vm_start;
219 /* Here vma->vm_start <= start < vma->vm_end. */
220 if (end <= vma->vm_end) {
221 if (start < end) {
222 error = madvise_vma(vma, start, end,
223 behavior);
224 if (error)
225 goto out;
227 error = unmapped_error;
228 goto out;
231 /* Here vma->vm_start <= start < vma->vm_end < end. */
232 error = madvise_vma(vma, start, vma->vm_end, behavior);
233 if (error)
234 goto out;
235 start = vma->vm_end;
236 vma = vma->vm_next;
239 out:
240 up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
241 return error;