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-rw-r--r--contrib/epee/src/mlocker.cpp15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/epee/src/mlocker.cpp b/contrib/epee/src/mlocker.cpp
index 807e60984..8e24e8438 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/src/mlocker.cpp
+++ b/contrib/epee/src/mlocker.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
#include "syncobj.h"
#include "mlocker.h"
+#include <atomic>
+
+// did an mlock operation previously fail? we only
+// want to log an error once and be done with it
+static std::atomic<bool> previously_failed{ false };
+
static size_t query_page_size()
{
#if defined HAVE_MLOCK
@@ -59,8 +65,8 @@ static void do_lock(void *ptr, size_t len)
{
#if defined HAVE_MLOCK
int ret = mlock(ptr, len);
- if (ret < 0)
- MERROR("Error locking page at " << ptr << ": " << strerror(errno));
+ if (ret < 0 && !previously_failed.exchange(true))
+ MERROR("Error locking page at " << ptr << ": " << strerror(errno) << ", subsequent mlock errors will be silenced");
#else
#warning Missing do_lock implementation
#endif
@@ -70,7 +76,10 @@ static void do_unlock(void *ptr, size_t len)
{
#if defined HAVE_MLOCK
int ret = munlock(ptr, len);
- if (ret < 0)
+ // check whether we previously failed, but don't set it, this is just
+ // to pacify the errors of mlock()ing failed, in which case unlocking
+ // is also not going to work of course
+ if (ret < 0 && !previously_failed.load())
MERROR("Error unlocking page at " << ptr << ": " << strerror(errno));
#else
#warning Missing implementation of page size detection