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-rw-r--r--mm/Kconfig28
-rw-r--r--mm/nommu.c2
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 57971d2ab848..c2b57d81e153 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -225,3 +225,31 @@ config HAVE_MLOCKED_PAGE_BIT
config MMU_NOTIFIER
bool
+
+config NOMMU_INITIAL_TRIM_EXCESS
+ int "Turn on mmap() excess space trimming before booting"
+ depends on !MMU
+ default 1
+ help
+ The NOMMU mmap() frequently needs to allocate large contiguous chunks
+ of memory on which to store mappings, but it can only ask the system
+ allocator for chunks in 2^N*PAGE_SIZE amounts - which is frequently
+ more than it requires. To deal with this, mmap() is able to trim off
+ the excess and return it to the allocator.
+
+ If trimming is enabled, the excess is trimmed off and returned to the
+ system allocator, which can cause extra fragmentation, particularly
+ if there are a lot of transient processes.
+
+ If trimming is disabled, the excess is kept, but not used, which for
+ long-term mappings means that the space is wasted.
+
+ Trimming can be dynamically controlled through a sysctl option
+ (/proc/sys/vm/nr_trim_pages) which specifies the minimum number of
+ excess pages there must be before trimming should occur, or zero if
+ no trimming is to occur.
+
+ This option specifies the initial value of this option. The default
+ of 1 says that all excess pages should be trimmed.
+
+ See Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt for more information.
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 809998aa7b50..67cd1a487ee6 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ struct percpu_counter vm_committed_as;
int sysctl_overcommit_memory = OVERCOMMIT_GUESS; /* heuristic overcommit */
int sysctl_overcommit_ratio = 50; /* default is 50% */
int sysctl_max_map_count = DEFAULT_MAX_MAP_COUNT;
-int sysctl_nr_trim_pages = 1; /* page trimming behaviour */
+int sysctl_nr_trim_pages = CONFIG_NOMMU_INITIAL_TRIM_EXCESS;
int heap_stack_gap = 0;
atomic_long_t mmap_pages_allocated;