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// This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#define BIG_FILE "./big_file"
#define PAGE_SHIFT 12
#define HPAGE_SHIFT 21
#define PAGE_SIZE (1 << PAGE_SHIFT)
#define HPAGE_SIZE (1 << HPAGE_SHIFT)
#define PAGEMAP_PRESENT(ent) (((ent) & (1ull << 63)) != 0)
#define PAGEMAP_PFN(ent) ((ent) & ((1ull << 55) - 1))
int pagemap_fd;
int64_t allocate_transhuge(void *ptr)
{
uint64_t ent[2];
/* drop pmd */
if (mmap(ptr, HPAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_FIXED | MAP_ANONYMOUS |
MAP_NORESERVE | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0) != ptr)
errx(2, "mmap transhuge");
if (madvise(ptr, HPAGE_SIZE, MADV_HUGEPAGE))
err(2, "MADV_HUGEPAGE");
/* allocate transparent huge page */
*(volatile void **)ptr = ptr;
if (pread(pagemap_fd, ent, sizeof(ent),
(uintptr_t) ptr >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 3)) != sizeof(ent))
err(2, "read pagemap");
if (PAGEMAP_PRESENT(ent[0]) && PAGEMAP_PRESENT(ent[1]) &&
PAGEMAP_PFN(ent[0]) + 1 == PAGEMAP_PFN(ent[1]) &&
!(PAGEMAP_PFN(ent[0]) & ((1 << (HPAGE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)) - 1)))
return PAGEMAP_PFN(ent[0]);
return -1;
}
int memory_pressure(size_t len){
size_t ram;
void *ptr, *p;
struct timespec a, b;
double s;
uint8_t *map;
size_t map_len;
ram = sysconf(_SC_PHYS_PAGES);
if (ram > SIZE_MAX / sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) / 4)
ram = SIZE_MAX / 4;
else
ram *= sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
warnx("allocate %zd transhuge pages, using %zd MiB virtual memory"
" and %zd MiB of ram", len >> HPAGE_SHIFT, len >> 20,
len >> (20 + HPAGE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT - 1));
pagemap_fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY);
if (pagemap_fd < 0)
err(2, "open pagemap");
len -= len % HPAGE_SIZE;
ptr = mmap(NULL, len + HPAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_NORESERVE | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
if (ptr == MAP_FAILED)
err(2, "initial mmap");
ptr += HPAGE_SIZE - (uintptr_t) ptr % HPAGE_SIZE;
if (madvise(ptr, len, MADV_HUGEPAGE))
err(2, "MADV_HUGEPAGE");
map_len = ram >> (HPAGE_SHIFT - 1);
map = malloc(map_len);
if (!map)
errx(2, "map malloc");
while (1) {
int nr_succeed = 0, nr_failed = 0, nr_pages = 0;
memset(map, 0, map_len);
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &a);
for (p = ptr; p < ptr + len; p += HPAGE_SIZE) {
int64_t pfn;
pfn = allocate_transhuge(p);
if (pfn < 0) {
nr_failed++;
} else {
size_t idx = pfn >> (HPAGE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT);
nr_succeed++;
if (idx >= map_len) {
map = realloc(map, idx + 1);
if (!map)
errx(2, "map realloc");
memset(map + map_len, 0,
idx + 1 - map_len);
map_len = idx + 1;
}
if (!map[idx])
nr_pages++;
map[idx] = 1;
}
/* split transhuge page, keep last page */
if (madvise(p, HPAGE_SIZE - PAGE_SIZE, MADV_DONTNEED))
err(2, "MADV_DONTNEED");
}
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &b);
s = b.tv_sec - a.tv_sec + (b.tv_nsec - a.tv_nsec) / 1000000000.;
warnx("%.3f s/loop, %.3f ms/page, %10.3f MiB/s\t"
"%4d succeed, %4d failed, %4d different pages",
s, s * 1000 / (len >> HPAGE_SHIFT), len / s / (1 << 20),
nr_succeed, nr_failed, nr_pages);
}
}
int fill_cache(unsigned long sz)
{
unlink(BIG_FILE);
int fd = open(BIG_FILE, O_CREAT | O_RDWR | O_EXCL);
if (fd == -1) {
perror("open");
return -1;
}
if (ftruncate(fd, sz)) {
perror("fallocate");
goto out;
}
char *m = mmap(NULL, sz, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
if (m == MAP_FAILED) {
perror("mmap");
goto out;
}
unsigned long os;
for (os = 0; os < sz; os += PAGE_SIZE) {
volatile char x;
(void)(x= m[os]);
}
munmap(m, sz);
return fd;
out:
close(fd);
return -1;
}
int main()
{
struct sysinfo si;
if (sysinfo(&si))
err(1, "sysinfo");
size_t free_bytes = si.freeram * si.mem_unit;
printf("Filling %zu MB free memory with cache\n", free_bytes >> 20);
int fd = fill_cache(free_bytes);
if (fd == -1)
goto out;
memory_pressure(free_bytes);
sleep(10);
out:
close(fd);
unlink(BIG_FILE);
return 0;
}
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