This adds two new options to the prctl system call - enable ksm for all vmas of a process (if the vmas support it). - query if ksm has been enabled for a process.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch shr@devkernel.io --- include/uapi/linux/prctl.h | 2 ++ kernel/sys.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h index 1312a137f7fb..759b3f53e53f 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h @@ -290,4 +290,6 @@ struct prctl_mm_map { #define PR_SET_VMA 0x53564d41 # define PR_SET_VMA_ANON_NAME 0
+#define PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE 67 +#define PR_GET_MEMORY_MERGE 68 #endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */ diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c index b3cab94545ed..495bab3ed2ad 100644 --- a/kernel/sys.c +++ b/kernel/sys.c @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ #include <linux/highuid.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/kmod.h> +#include <linux/ksm.h> #include <linux/perf_event.h> #include <linux/resource.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> @@ -2659,6 +2660,34 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3, case PR_SET_VMA: error = prctl_set_vma(arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5); break; +#ifdef CONFIG_KSM + case PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE: + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) + return -EPERM; + + if (arg2) { + if (mmap_write_lock_killable(me->mm)) + return -EINTR; + + if (test_bit(MMF_VM_MERGEABLE, &me->mm->flags)) + error = -EINVAL; + else if (!test_bit(MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY, &me->mm->flags)) + error = __ksm_enter(me->mm, MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY); + mmap_write_unlock(me->mm); + } else { + __ksm_exit(me->mm, MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY); + } + break; + case PR_GET_MEMORY_MERGE: + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) + return -EPERM; + + if (arg2 || arg3 || arg4 || arg5) + return -EINVAL; + + error = !!test_bit(MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY, &me->mm->flags); + break; +#endif default: error = -EINVAL; break;