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authortodd stecher <todd.stecher@gmail.com>2009-02-17 16:16:35 -0800
committerSteven Danneman <steven.danneman@isilon.com>2009-02-18 18:08:32 -0800
commitc441f58dedc465f59060296815a0bc7f9aeb743f (patch)
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S3: Allow SMBD processes to survive in low memory condidtions
This commit adds a configure argument which allows for setting MADV_PROTECT in the madvise() API. With this enabled the kernel won't kill SMBD when it's running low on memory.
Diffstat (limited to 'source3')
-rw-r--r--source3/configure.in28
-rw-r--r--source3/include/includes.h4
-rw-r--r--source3/smbd/server.c7
3 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source3/configure.in b/source3/configure.in
index 691d0a80bc..57d475fcc5 100644
--- a/source3/configure.in
+++ b/source3/configure.in
@@ -4718,6 +4718,34 @@ SMB_LIBRARY(lua, 0)
SMB_LIBRARY(addns, 0, no, [undefined API])
+#################################################
+# check to see if we should set the protected madvise flag,
+# which will keep smbd alive in low memory conditions
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to protect smbd from being killed in low memory)
+AC_ARG_WITH(madvise-protect,
+[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-madvise-protect], [Include low memory madvise protection (default=no)])],
+[ case "$withval" in
+ yes)
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+ #include <sys/mman.h>
+ ],[
+ int a = MADV_PROTECT;
+ ],
+ [samba_cv_madvise_protect=yes],
+ [samba_cv_madvise_protect=no])
+ if test x"$samba_cv_madvise_protect" = x"yes"; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+ AC_DEFINE(WITH_MADVISE_PROTECTED,1,[Whether to include low memory protection support])
+ else
+ AC_MSG_ERROR(Low memory protection supporte requires availability of MADVISE_PROTECT flag.)
+ fi
+ ;;
+ *)
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+ ;;
+ esac ],
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+)
#################################################
# these tests are taken from the GNU fileutils package
diff --git a/source3/include/includes.h b/source3/include/includes.h
index a9f813b7f8..1906830d48 100644
--- a/source3/include/includes.h
+++ b/source3/include/includes.h
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ typedef int ber_int_t;
#include <aio.h>
#endif
+#ifdef WITH_MADVISE_PROTECTED
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#endif
+
/* Special macros that are no-ops except when run under Valgrind on
* x86. They've moved a little bit from valgrind 1.0.4 to 1.9.4 */
#if HAVE_VALGRIND_MEMCHECK_H
diff --git a/source3/smbd/server.c b/source3/smbd/server.c
index 075e44d319..76dab96ad9 100644
--- a/source3/smbd/server.c
+++ b/source3/smbd/server.c
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ static void smbd_accept_connection(struct tevent_context *ev,
/* Child code ... */
am_parent = 0;
+#ifdef WITH_MADVISE_PROTECTED
+ madvise(NULL,0,MADV_PROTECT);
+#endif
+
/* Stop zombies, the parent explicitly handles
* them, counting worker smbds. */
CatchChild();
@@ -1127,6 +1131,9 @@ extern void build_options(bool screen);
if (is_daemon && !interactive) {
DEBUG( 3, ( "Becoming a daemon.\n" ) );
become_daemon(Fork, no_process_group);
+#ifdef WITH_MADVISE_PROTECTED
+ madvise(NULL,0,MADV_PROTECT);
+#endif
}
#if HAVE_SETPGID