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-rw-r--r--vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c22
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c
index 76dc52bb5..b6ba11b5d 100644
--- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c
+++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(vswitchd);
+/* --mlockall: If set, locks all process memory into physical RAM, preventing
+ * the kernel from paging any of its memory to disk. */
+static bool want_mlockall;
+
static unixctl_cb_func ovs_vswitchd_exit;
static char *parse_options(int argc, char *argv[], char **unixctl_path);
@@ -79,6 +83,16 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
daemonize_start();
+ if (want_mlockall) {
+#ifdef HAVE_MLOCKALL
+ if (mlockall(MCL_CURRENT | MCL_FUTURE)) {
+ VLOG_ERR("mlockall failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+#else
+ VLOG_ERR("mlockall not supported on this system");
+#endif
+ }
+
retval = unixctl_server_create(unixctl_path, &unixctl);
if (retval) {
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -163,13 +177,7 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[], char **unixctl_pathp)
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
case OPT_MLOCKALL:
-#ifdef HAVE_MLOCKALL
- if (mlockall(MCL_CURRENT | MCL_FUTURE)) {
- VLOG_ERR("mlockall failed: %s", strerror(errno));
- }
-#else
- VLOG_ERR("mlockall not supported on this system");
-#endif
+ want_mlockall = true;
break;
case OPT_UNIXCTL: