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From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	Stable <stable@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2 v2] perf: Rebase max unprivileged mlock threshold on top of page size
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:33:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1301535209-9679-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1301496028.4859.183.camel@twins>

Ensure we allow 512 kiB + 1 page for user control without
assuming a 4096 page size.

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Stable <stable@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
---
 kernel/perf_event.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index c75925c..2616909 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ static struct srcu_struct pmus_srcu;
  */
 int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid __read_mostly = 1;
 
-/* Minimum for 128 pages + 1 for the user control page */
-int sysctl_perf_event_mlock __read_mostly = 516; /* 'free' kb per user */
+/* Minimum for 512 kiB + 1 user control page */
+int sysctl_perf_event_mlock __read_mostly = 512 + (PAGE_SIZE / 1024); /* 'free' kiB per user */
 
 /*
  * max perf event sample rate
-- 
1.7.3.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-31  1:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-23 18:29 [PATCH] perf: Better fit max unprivileged mlock pages for tools needs Frederic Weisbecker
2011-03-23 18:38 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2011-03-23 21:19 ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker
2011-03-25 10:32 ` [PATCH] " Peter Zijlstra
2011-03-25 14:50   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-03-25 15:05     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-03-30 14:04       ` [PATCH] perf: Rebase max unprivileged mlock threshold on top of page size Frederic Weisbecker
2011-03-30 14:40         ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-03-30 14:53           ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-03-31  1:33           ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message]
2011-03-31 12:41             ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker
2011-03-31  1:35           ` [PATCH 2/2] perf: Mmap 512 kiB by default Frederic Weisbecker
2011-03-31  8:09             ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-03-31 12:33               ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-03-31 12:41             ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: mmap " tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker

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