summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/tools/perf
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/evlist.c20
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 7847f3885081..ac808680e61c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -893,10 +893,22 @@ out_unmap:
static size_t perf_evlist__mmap_size(unsigned long pages)
{
- /* 512 kiB: default amount of unprivileged mlocked memory */
- if (pages == UINT_MAX)
- pages = (512 * 1024) / page_size;
- else if (!is_power_of_2(pages))
+ if (pages == UINT_MAX) {
+ int max;
+
+ if (sysctl__read_int("kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb", &max) < 0) {
+ /*
+ * Pick a once upon a time good value, i.e. things look
+ * strange since we can't read a sysctl value, but lets not
+ * die yet...
+ */
+ max = 512;
+ } else {
+ max -= (page_size / 1024);
+ }
+
+ pages = (max * 1024) / page_size;
+ } else if (!is_power_of_2(pages))
return 0;
return (pages + 1) * page_size;
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud