@@ -45,18 +45,48 @@ static long kvmppc_stt_npages(unsigned long window_size)
 		     * sizeof(u64), PAGE_SIZE) / PAGE_SIZE;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Checks ulimit in order not to let the user space to pin all
+ * available memory for TCE tables.
+ */
+static long kvmppc_account_memlimit(long npages)
+{
+	unsigned long ret = 0, locked, lock_limit;
+
+	if (!current->mm)
+		return -ESRCH; /* process exited */
+
+	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	locked = current->mm->locked_vm + npages;
+	lock_limit = rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	if (locked > lock_limit && !capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK)) {
+		pr_warn("RLIMIT_MEMLOCK (%ld) exceeded\n",
+				rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK));
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	} else {
+		current->mm->locked_vm += npages;
+	}
+	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void release_spapr_tce_table(struct kvmppc_spapr_tce_table *stt)
 {
 	struct kvm *kvm = stt->kvm;
 	int i;
+	long npages = kvmppc_stt_npages(stt->window_size);
 
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	list_del(&stt->list);
-	for (i = 0; i < kvmppc_stt_npages(stt->window_size); i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
 		__free_page(stt->pages[i]);
+
 	kfree(stt);
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
+	kvmppc_account_memlimit(-(npages + 1));
+
 	kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
 }
 

@@ -112,6 +142,9 @@ long kvm_vm_ioctl_create_spapr_tce(struct kvm *kvm,
 	}
 
 	npages = kvmppc_stt_npages(args->window_size);
+	ret = kvmppc_account_memlimit(npages + 1);
+	if (ret)
+		goto fail;
 
 	stt = kzalloc(sizeof(*stt) + npages * sizeof(struct page *),
 		      GFP_KERNEL);