Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-09 Thread Mark F. Haigh
Chris Wright wrote: You missed one subtle point. That failure case actually unaccts 0 pages (note the use of charge). Not the nicest, but I believe correct. Right. I did miss that. Thanks for the explanations, Chris and Hugh, I appreciate it. Mark F. Haigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe

Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-09 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Chris Wright wrote: > * Hugh Dickins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > dup_mmap's charge starts out at 0 and gets added to each time around > > the loop through vmas; if security_vm_enough_memory fails at any point > > in that loop, we need to vm_unacct_memory the charge already

Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-09 Thread Chris Wright
* Hugh Dickins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > dup_mmap's charge starts out at 0 and gets added to each time around > the loop through vmas; if security_vm_enough_memory fails at any point > in that loop, we need to vm_unacct_memory the charge already accumulated. If that's the requirement, then

Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-09 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Chris Wright wrote: > * Mark F. Haigh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > If security_vm_enough_memory() fails there, then we vm_unacct_memory() > > that we never accounted (if security_vm_enough_memory() fails, no memory > > is accounted). > > You missed one subtle point.

Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-09 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Chris Wright wrote: * Mark F. Haigh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: If security_vm_enough_memory() fails there, then we vm_unacct_memory() that we never accounted (if security_vm_enough_memory() fails, no memory is accounted). You missed one subtle point. That failure

Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-09 Thread Chris Wright
* Hugh Dickins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: dup_mmap's charge starts out at 0 and gets added to each time around the loop through vmas; if security_vm_enough_memory fails at any point in that loop, we need to vm_unacct_memory the charge already accumulated. If that's the requirement, then it's

Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-09 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Chris Wright wrote: * Hugh Dickins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: dup_mmap's charge starts out at 0 and gets added to each time around the loop through vmas; if security_vm_enough_memory fails at any point in that loop, we need to vm_unacct_memory the charge already

Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-09 Thread Mark F. Haigh
Chris Wright wrote: snip You missed one subtle point. That failure case actually unaccts 0 pages (note the use of charge). Not the nicest, but I believe correct. Right. I did miss that. Thanks for the explanations, Chris and Hugh, I appreciate it. Mark F. Haigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To

Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-08 Thread Chris Wright
Hi Mark, * Mark F. Haigh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > [Aargh! Missing Signed-off-by.] > > Unless I'm missing something, in kernel/fork.c, dup_mmap(): > > if (security_vm_enough_memory(len)) > goto fail_nomem; > /* ... */ > fail_nomem: >

[PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-08 Thread Mark F. Haigh
[Aargh! Missing Signed-off-by.] Unless I'm missing something, in kernel/fork.c, dup_mmap(): if (security_vm_enough_memory(len)) goto fail_nomem; /* ... */ fail_nomem: retval = -ENOMEM; vm_unacct_memory(charge); /* ... */ If

[PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-08 Thread Mark F. Haigh
Unless I'm missing something, in kernel/fork.c, dup_mmap(): if (security_vm_enough_memory(len)) goto fail_nomem; /* ... */ fail_nomem: retval = -ENOMEM; vm_unacct_memory(charge); /* ... */ If security_vm_enough_memory() fails

[PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-08 Thread Mark F. Haigh
Unless I'm missing something, in kernel/fork.c, dup_mmap(): if (security_vm_enough_memory(len)) goto fail_nomem; /* ... */ fail_nomem: retval = -ENOMEM; vm_unacct_memory(charge); /* ... */ If security_vm_enough_memory() fails

[PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-08 Thread Mark F. Haigh
[Aargh! Missing Signed-off-by.] Unless I'm missing something, in kernel/fork.c, dup_mmap(): if (security_vm_enough_memory(len)) goto fail_nomem; /* ... */ fail_nomem: retval = -ENOMEM; vm_unacct_memory(charge); /* ... */ If

Re: [PATCH] kernel/fork.c: VM accounting bugfix (2.6.11-rc3-bk5)

2005-02-08 Thread Chris Wright
Hi Mark, * Mark F. Haigh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [Aargh! Missing Signed-off-by.] Unless I'm missing something, in kernel/fork.c, dup_mmap(): if (security_vm_enough_memory(len)) goto fail_nomem; /* ... */ fail_nomem: retval =