4 * Copyright (C) 1999 Linus Torvalds
5 * Copyright (C) 2002 Christoph Hellwig
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;
23 if (start != vma->vm_start) {
24 error = split_vma(mm, vma, start, 1);
29 if (end != vma->vm_end) {
30 error = split_vma(mm, vma, end, 0);
36 * vm_flags is protected by the mmap_sem held in write mode.
38 VM_ClearReadHint(vma);
42 vma->vm_flags |= VM_SEQ_READ;
45 vma->vm_flags |= VM_RAND_READ;
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;
68 start = ((start - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + vma->vm_pgoff;
69 if (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));
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))
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);
110 zap_page_range(vma, start, end - start, NULL);
114 static long madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct * vma, unsigned long start,
115 unsigned long end, int behavior)
121 case MADV_SEQUENTIAL:
123 error = madvise_behavior(vma, start, end, behavior);
127 error = madvise_willneed(vma, start, end);
131 error = madvise_dontneed(vma, start, end);
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.
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
162 * MADV_DONTNEED - the application is finished with the given range,
163 * so the kernel can free resources associated with it.
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)
179 struct vm_area_struct * vma;
180 int unmapped_error = 0;
184 down_write(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
186 if (start & ~PAGE_MASK)
188 len = (len_in + ~PAGE_MASK) & PAGE_MASK;
190 /* Check to see whether len was rounded up from small -ve to zero */
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);
208 /* Still start < end. */
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) {
222 error = madvise_vma(vma, start, end,
227 error = unmapped_error;
231 /* Here vma->vm_start <= start < vma->vm_end < end. */
232 error = madvise_vma(vma, start, vma->vm_end, behavior);
240 up_write(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);