[RFC,2/4] fs/locks: Add CONFIG_FLOCK_ACCOUNTING

Commit Message

Josh Poimboeuf Jan. 17, 2024, 4:14 p.m. UTC

Allow flock cache accounting to be disabled at build time.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[e-mail]>
---
 fs/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++++++++
 fs/locks.c |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Patch

diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index a3159831ba98..591f54a03059 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -129,6 +129,21 @@  config FILE_LOCKING
           for filesystems like NFS and for the flock() system
           call. Disabling this option saves about 11k.
 
+config FLOCK_ACCOUNTING
+	bool "Enable kernel memory accounting for file locks" if EXPERT
+	depends on FILE_LOCKING
+	default y
+	help
+	  This option enables kernel memory accounting for file locks.  This
+	  prevents task groups from exceeding their memcg allocation limits.
+	  However, it may cause slowdowns in the flock() system call.
+
+	  Disabling this option is not recommended as it may allow a rogue task
+	  to DoS the system by forcing the kernel to allocate memory beyond the
+	  task group's memcg limits.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 source "fs/crypto/Kconfig"
 
 source "fs/verity/Kconfig"
diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 235ac56c557d..e2799a18c4e8 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -2905,7 +2905,7 @@  static int __init proc_locks_init(void)
 fs_initcall(proc_locks_init);
 #endif
 
-static bool flock_accounting __ro_after_init = true;
+static bool flock_accounting __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FLOCK_ACCOUNTING);
 
 static int __init flock_accounting_cmdline(char *str)
 {