Executando o programa abaixo, descobri que o processo não precisa ser reiniciado. Ou seja, definir o max_map_count será efetivado para todos os processos imediatamente.
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#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/utsname.h>
#include <unistd.h>
const char* MAX_MAP_PROC_FILE = "/proc/sys/vm/max_map_count";
/* This is a filter to exclude map entries which aren't accounted
* for in the vm_area_struct's map_count.
*/
static bool filter_map(const char *line)
{
char buf[BUFSIZ];
int ret;
ret = sscanf(line, "%*p-%*p %*4s %*p %*2d:%*2d %*d %s", buf);
if (ret != 1)
return false;
#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__x86__)
/* On x86, there's an old compat vsyscall page */
if (!strcmp(buf, "[vsyscall]"))
return true;
#elif defined(__ia64__)
/* On ia64, the vdso is not a proper mapping */
if (!strcmp(buf, "[vdso]"))
return true;
#elif defined(__arm__)
/* Skip it when run it in aarch64 */
if ((!strcmp(un.machine, "aarch64"))
|| (!strcmp(un.machine, "aarch64_be")))
return false;
/* Older arm kernels didn't label their vdso maps */
if (!strncmp(line, "ffff0000-ffff1000", 17))
return true;
#endif
return false;
}
static long count_maps(pid_t pid)
{
FILE *fp;
size_t len;
char *line = NULL;
char maps_proc_name[BUFSIZ];
long map_count = 0;
snprintf(maps_proc_name, BUFSIZ, "/proc/%d/maps", pid);
fp = fopen(maps_proc_name, "r");
if (fp == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not open proc file: %s\n", maps_proc_name);
exit(1);
}
while (getline(&line, &len, fp) != -1) {
/* exclude vdso and vsyscall */
if (filter_map(line))
continue;
map_count++;
}
fclose(fp);
return map_count;
}
static void update_max_map()
{
FILE *fp = fopen(MAX_MAP_PROC_FILE, "w");
if (fp == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not open proc file: %s\n", MAX_MAP_PROC_FILE);
exit(1);
}
fprintf(fp, "%d", 655300);
fclose(fp);
}
static void map_and_print_count()
{
int num_lines = 0;
while (mmap(NULL, 1, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) != MAP_FAILED)
{
}
printf("mmap failed with errno: %s\n", strerror(errno));
num_lines = count_maps(getpid());
printf("number of lines: %d\n", num_lines);
}
int
main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
int num_lines = 0;
num_lines = count_maps(getpid());
printf("number of lines to start: %d\n", num_lines);
map_and_print_count();
update_max_map();
map_and_print_count();
return 0;
}
Em execução, a seguinte saída é exibida:
# gcc -Wall -o max_map_count max_map_count.c && ./max_map_count
number of lines to start: 16
mmap failed with errno: Cannot allocate memory
number of lines: 65531
mmap failed with errno: Cannot allocate memory
number of lines: 655301
Observe que o processo, depois de atualizar o max_map_count, agora conseguiu pegar o número especificado de mapas enquanto o processo estava sendo executado.