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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] ksm: React on changing "sleep_millisecs" parameter faster
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On 11.12.2018 14:13, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 01:26:59PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
>> ksm thread unconditionally sleeps in ksm_scan_thread()
>> after each iteration:
>>
>> schedule_timeout_interruptible(
>> msecs_to_jiffies(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs))
>>
>> The timeout is configured in /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/sleep_millisecs.
>>
>> In case of user writes a big value by a mistake, and the thread
>> enters into schedule_timeout_interruptible(), it's not possible
>> to cancel the sleep by writing a new smaler value; the thread
>> is just sleeping till timeout expires.
>>
>> The patch fixes the problem by waking the thread each time
>> after the value is updated.
>>
>> This also may be useful for debug purposes; and also for userspace
>> daemons, which change sleep_millisecs value in dependence of
>> system load.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
>>
>> v2: Use wait_event_interruptible_timeout() instead of unconditional
>> schedule_timeout().
> ...
>> @@ -2844,7 +2849,10 @@ static ssize_t sleep_millisecs_store(struct kobject *kobj,
>> if (err || msecs > UINT_MAX)
>> return -EINVAL;
>>
>> + mutex_lock(&ksm_thread_mutex);
>> ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs = msecs;
>> + mutex_unlock(&ksm_thread_mutex);
>> + wake_up_interruptible(&ksm_iter_wait);
>
> Btw, just thought -- if we start using this mutex here don't we
> open a window for force attack on the thread self execution,
> iow if there gonna be a million of writers do we have a guarantee
> thread ksm_scan_thread will grab the mutex earlier than writers
> (or somewhere inbetween)?

This file is permitted for global root only. I don't think there is
a problem.

If someone wants to make ksm helpless, a person may just write a big
"sleep_millisecs" value. KSM thread won't be executed almost all the time
in this case.

Kirill

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