procfs 0.17.0

Interface to the linux procfs pseudo-filesystem
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//! Memory management tuning buffer and cache management
//!
//! The files in this directory can be used to tune
//! the operation of the virtual memory (VM) subsystem of the Linux kernel
//! and the write out of dirty data to disk.

use std::fmt;
use std::str;

use crate::{read_value, write_value, ProcResult};

/// The amount of free memory in the system that should be reserved for users with the capability cap_sys_admin.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```
/// use procfs::sys::vm::admin_reserve_kbytes;
///
/// assert_ne!(admin_reserve_kbytes().unwrap(), 0);
/// ```
pub fn admin_reserve_kbytes() -> ProcResult<usize> {
    read_value("/proc/sys/vm/admin_reserve_kbytes")
}

/// Set the amount of free memory in the system that should be reserved for users with the capability cap_sys_admin.
pub fn set_admin_reserve_kbytes(kbytes: usize) -> ProcResult<()> {
    write_value("/proc/sys/vm/admin_reserve_kbytes", kbytes)
}

/// Force all zones are compacted such that free memory is available in contiguous blocks where possible.
///
/// This can be important for example in the allocation of huge pages
/// although processes will also directly compact memory as required.
///
/// Present only if the kernel was configured with CONFIG_COMPACTION.
pub fn compact_memory() -> ProcResult<()> {
    write_value("/proc/sys/vm/compact_memory", 1)
}

/// drop clean caches, dentries, and inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum DropCache {
    /// default
    Default = 0,
    /// free pagecache
    PageCache = 1,
    /// free dentries and inodes
    Inodes = 2,
    /// free pagecache, dentries and inodes
    All = 3,
    /// disable
    Disable = 4,
}

impl fmt::Display for DropCache {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        write!(
            f,
            "{}",
            match self {
                DropCache::Default => 0,
                DropCache::PageCache => 1,
                DropCache::Inodes => 2,
                DropCache::All => 3,
                DropCache::Disable => 4,
            }
        )
    }
}

impl str::FromStr for DropCache {
    type Err = &'static str;

    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
        s.parse().map_err(|_| "Fail to parse drop cache").and_then(|n| match n {
            0 => Ok(DropCache::Default),
            1 => Ok(DropCache::PageCache),
            2 => Ok(DropCache::Inodes),
            3 => Ok(DropCache::All),
            4 => Ok(DropCache::Disable),
            _ => Err("Unknown drop cache value"),
        })
    }
}

/// Causes the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries, and inodes from memory,
/// causing that memory to become free.
///
/// This can be useful for memory management testing and performing reproducible filesystem benchmarks.
/// Because writing to this file causes the benefits of caching to be lost,
/// it can degrade overall system performance.
pub fn drop_caches(drop: DropCache) -> ProcResult<()> {
    write_value("/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches", drop)
}

/// The maximum number of memory map areas a process may have.
///
/// Memory map areas are used as a side-effect of calling malloc,
/// directly by mmap, mprotect, and madvise, and also when loading shared libraries.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```
/// use procfs::sys::vm::max_map_count;
///
/// assert_ne!(max_map_count().unwrap(), 0);
/// ```
pub fn max_map_count() -> ProcResult<u64> {
    read_value("/proc/sys/vm/max_map_count")
}

/// Set the maximum number of memory map areas a process may have.
///
/// Memory map areas are used as a side-effect of calling malloc,
/// directly by mmap, mprotect, and madvise, and also when loading shared libraries.
pub fn set_max_map_count(count: u64) -> ProcResult<()> {
    write_value("/proc/sys/vm/max_map_count", count)
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use std::str::FromStr;

    #[test]
    fn test() {
        use std::path::Path;
        if Path::new("/proc/sys/vm/admin_reserve_kbytes").exists() {
            admin_reserve_kbytes().unwrap();
        }
        if Path::new("/proc/sys/vm/max_map_count").exists() {
            max_map_count().unwrap();
        }

        for v in 0..5 {
            let s = format!("{}", v);
            let dc = DropCache::from_str(&s).unwrap();
            assert_eq!(format!("{}", dc), s);
        }
    }
}