perf_counter: provide an mlock threshold
Provide a threshold to relax the mlock accounting, increasing usability.
Each counter gets perf_counter_mlock_kb for free.
[ Impact: allow more mmap buffering ]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090505155437.112113632@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 8203d70..3b05c2b 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -920,6 +920,14 @@
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
},
+ {
+ .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+ .procname = "perf_counter_mlock_kb",
+ .data = &sysctl_perf_counter_mlock,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(sysctl_perf_counter_mlock),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
+ },
#endif
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