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Kernel: Start implementing purgeable memory support

It's now possible to get purgeable memory by using mmap(MAP_PURGEABLE).
Purgeable memory has a "volatile" flag that can be set using madvise():

- madvise(..., MADV_SET_VOLATILE)
- madvise(..., MADV_SET_NONVOLATILE)

When in the "volatile" state, the kernel may take away the underlying
physical memory pages at any time, without notifying the owner.
This gives you a guilt discount when caching very large things. :^)

Setting a purgeable region to non-volatile will return whether or not
the memory has been taken away by the kernel while being volatile.
Basically, if madvise(..., MADV_SET_NONVOLATILE) returns 1, that means
the memory was purged while volatile, and whatever was in that piece
of memory needs to be reconstructed before use.
This commit is contained in:
Andreas Kling 2019-12-09 19:12:38 +01:00
parent 7248c34e35
commit dbb644f20c
13 changed files with 196 additions and 9 deletions

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@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ public:
int sys$munmap(void*, size_t size);
int sys$set_mmap_name(void*, size_t, const char*);
int sys$mprotect(void*, size_t, int prot);
int sys$madvise(void*, size_t, int advice);
int sys$purge();
int sys$select(const Syscall::SC_select_params*);
int sys$poll(pollfd*, int nfds, int timeout);
ssize_t sys$get_dir_entries(int fd, void*, ssize_t);
@ -266,6 +268,8 @@ public:
size_t amount_virtual() const;
size_t amount_resident() const;
size_t amount_shared() const;
size_t amount_purgeable_volatile() const;
size_t amount_purgeable_nonvolatile() const;
Process* fork(RegisterDump&);
int exec(String path, Vector<String> arguments, Vector<String> environment);