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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c88
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/include/sys/sysinfo.h26
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list2
4 files changed, 64 insertions, 59 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5b6550a0b0..eb731cc26c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2015-09-12 Rasmus Villemoes <rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
+
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c (__get_phys_pages):
+ Use sysinfo system call instead of parsing /proc/meminfo.
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c (__get_avphys_pages):
+ Likewise.
+
2015-09-11 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
[BZ #16985]
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c
index 410f1a975f..5bb5543840 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstats.c
@@ -278,81 +278,53 @@ __get_nprocs_conf (void)
}
weak_alias (__get_nprocs_conf, get_nprocs_conf)
-/* General function to get information about memory status from proc
- filesystem. */
+
+/* Compute (num*mem_unit)/pagesize, but avoid overflowing long int.
+ In practice, mem_unit is never bigger than the page size, so after
+ the first loop it is 1. [In the kernel, it is initialized to
+ PAGE_SIZE in mm/page_alloc.c:si_meminfo(), and then in
+ kernel.sys.c:do_sysinfo() it is set to 1 if unsigned long can
+ represent all the sizes measured in bytes]. */
static long int
-internal_function
-phys_pages_info (const char *format)
+sysinfo_mempages (unsigned long int num, unsigned int mem_unit)
{
- char buffer[8192];
- long int result = -1;
+ unsigned long int ps = __getpagesize ();
- /* If we haven't found an appropriate entry return 1. */
- FILE *fp = fopen ("/proc/meminfo", "rce");
- if (fp != NULL)
+ while (mem_unit > 1 && ps > 1)
{
- /* No threads use this stream. */
- __fsetlocking (fp, FSETLOCKING_BYCALLER);
-
- result = 0;
- /* Read all lines and count the lines starting with the
- string "processor". We don't have to fear extremely long
- lines since the kernel will not generate them. 8192
- bytes are really enough. */
- while (__fgets_unlocked (buffer, sizeof buffer, fp) != NULL)
- if (sscanf (buffer, format, &result) == 1)
- {
- result /= (__getpagesize () / 1024);
- break;
- }
-
- fclose (fp);
+ mem_unit >>= 1;
+ ps >>= 1;
}
-
- if (result == -1)
- /* We cannot get the needed value: signal an error. */
- __set_errno (ENOSYS);
-
- return result;
+ num *= mem_unit;
+ while (ps > 1)
+ {
+ ps >>= 1;
+ num >>= 1;
+ }
+ return num;
}
-
-/* Return the number of pages of physical memory in the system. There
- is currently (as of version 2.0.21) no system call to determine the
- number. It is planned for the 2.1.x series to add this, though.
-
- One possibility to implement it for systems using Linux 2.0 is to
- examine the pseudo file /proc/cpuinfo. Here we have one entry for
- each processor.
-
- But not all systems have support for the /proc filesystem. If it
- is not available we return -1 as an error signal. */
+/* Return the number of pages of total/available physical memory in
+ the system. This used to be done by parsing /proc/meminfo, but
+ that's unnecessarily expensive (and /proc is not always available).
+ The sysinfo syscall provides the same information, and has been
+ available at least since kernel 2.3.48. */
long int
__get_phys_pages (void)
{
- /* XXX Here will come a test for the new system call. */
+ struct sysinfo info;
- return phys_pages_info ("MemTotal: %ld kB");
+ __sysinfo (&info);
+ return sysinfo_mempages (info.totalram, info.mem_unit);
}
weak_alias (__get_phys_pages, get_phys_pages)
-
-/* Return the number of available pages of physical memory in the
- system. There is currently (as of version 2.0.21) no system call
- to determine the number. It is planned for the 2.1.x series to add
- this, though.
-
- One possibility to implement it for systems using Linux 2.0 is to
- examine the pseudo file /proc/cpuinfo. Here we have one entry for
- each processor.
-
- But not all systems have support for the /proc filesystem. If it
- is not available we return -1 as an error signal. */
long int
__get_avphys_pages (void)
{
- /* XXX Here will come a test for the new system call. */
+ struct sysinfo info;
- return phys_pages_info ("MemFree: %ld kB");
+ __sysinfo (&info);
+ return sysinfo_mempages (info.freeram, info.mem_unit);
}
weak_alias (__get_avphys_pages, get_avphys_pages)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/include/sys/sysinfo.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/include/sys/sysinfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45b7126b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/include/sys/sysinfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* Internal declarations for sys/sysinfo.h.
+ Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifndef _INCLUDE_SYS_SYSINFO_H
+#define _INCLUDE_SYS_SYSINFO_H 1
+
+#include_next <sys/sysinfo.h>
+
+extern __typeof (sysinfo) __sysinfo __THROW;
+
+#endif /* sys/sysinfo.h */
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
index ed5d38f622..62bb3cc36d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ setpgid - setpgid i:ii __setpgid setpgid
sigaltstack - sigaltstack i:PP __sigaltstack sigaltstack
splice EXTRA splice Ci:iPiPii splice
stime - stime i:p stime
-sysinfo EXTRA sysinfo i:p sysinfo
+sysinfo EXTRA sysinfo i:p __sysinfo sysinfo
swapon - swapon i:si __swapon swapon
swapoff - swapoff i:s __swapoff swapoff
tee EXTRA tee Ci:iiii tee