[PATCH] SHM_NORESERVE flags for shmget()

Add SHM_NORESERVE functionality similar to MAP_NORESERVE for shared memory segments. This is mainly to avoid abuse of OVERCOMMIT_ALWAYS and this flag is ignored for OVERCOMMIT_NEVER. Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <[email protected]> Cc: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
josf · Nov 7, 2005 · bf8f972 · bf8f972
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diff --git a/include/linux/shm.h b/include/linux/shm.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ struct shmid_kernel /* private to the kernel */
 #define	SHM_DEST	01000	/* segment will be destroyed on last detach */
 #define SHM_LOCKED      02000   /* segment will not be swapped */
 #define SHM_HUGETLB     04000   /* segment will use huge TLB pages */
+#define SHM_NORESERVE   010000  /* don't check for reservations */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
 long do_shmat(int shmid, char __user *shmaddr, int shmflg, unsigned long *addr);

diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -212,8 +212,16 @@ static int newseg (key_t key, int shmflg, size_t size)
 		file = hugetlb_zero_setup(size);
 		shp->mlock_user = current->user;
 	} else {
+		int acctflag = VM_ACCOUNT;
+		/*
+		 * Do not allow no accounting for OVERCOMMIT_NEVER, even
+	 	 * if it's asked for.
+		 */
+		if  ((shmflg & SHM_NORESERVE) &&
+				sysctl_overcommit_memory != OVERCOMMIT_NEVER)
+			acctflag = 0;
 		sprintf (name, "SYSV%08x", key);
-		file = shmem_file_setup(name, size, VM_ACCOUNT);
+		file = shmem_file_setup(name, size, acctflag);
 	}
 	error = PTR_ERR(file);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))