[PATCH 1/2] mm/mmu_notifier: avoid double notification when it is useless v2
Balbir Singh
bsingharora at gmail.com
Thu Oct 19 14:04:26 AEDT 2017
On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 23:10:02 -0400
jglisse at redhat.com wrote:
> From: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse at redhat.com>
>
> + /*
> + * No need to call mmu_notifier_invalidate_range() as we are
> + * downgrading page table protection not changing it to point
> + * to a new page.
> + *
> + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt
> + */
> if (pmdp) {
> #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX_PMD
> pmd_t pmd;
> @@ -628,7 +635,6 @@ static void dax_mapping_entry_mkclean(struct address_space *mapping,
> pmd = pmd_wrprotect(pmd);
> pmd = pmd_mkclean(pmd);
> set_pmd_at(vma->vm_mm, address, pmdp, pmd);
> - mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(vma->vm_mm, start, end);
Could the secondary TLB still see the mapping as dirty and propagate the dirty bit back?
> unlock_pmd:
> spin_unlock(ptl);
> #endif
> @@ -643,7 +649,6 @@ static void dax_mapping_entry_mkclean(struct address_space *mapping,
> pte = pte_wrprotect(pte);
> pte = pte_mkclean(pte);
> set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep, pte);
> - mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(vma->vm_mm, start, end);
Ditto
> unlock_pte:
> pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> index 6866e8126982..49c925c96b8a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> @@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ struct mmu_notifier_ops {
> * shared page-tables, it not necessary to implement the
> * invalidate_range_start()/end() notifiers, as
> * invalidate_range() alread catches the points in time when an
> - * external TLB range needs to be flushed.
> + * external TLB range needs to be flushed. For more in depth
> + * discussion on this see Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt
> *
> * The invalidate_range() function is called under the ptl
> * spin-lock and not allowed to sleep.
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index c037d3d34950..ff5bc647b51d 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -1186,8 +1186,15 @@ static int do_huge_pmd_wp_page_fallback(struct vm_fault *vmf, pmd_t orig_pmd,
> goto out_free_pages;
> VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHead(page), page);
>
> + /*
> + * Leave pmd empty until pte is filled note we must notify here as
> + * concurrent CPU thread might write to new page before the call to
> + * mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end() happens which can lead to a
> + * device seeing memory write in different order than CPU.
> + *
> + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt
> + */
> pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, vmf->pmd);
> - /* leave pmd empty until pte is filled */
>
> pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd);
> pmd_populate(vma->vm_mm, &_pmd, pgtable);
> @@ -2026,8 +2033,15 @@ static void __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> pmd_t _pmd;
> int i;
>
> - /* leave pmd empty until pte is filled */
> - pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, pmd);
> + /*
> + * Leave pmd empty until pte is filled note that it is fine to delay
> + * notification until mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end() as we are
> + * replacing a zero pmd write protected page with a zero pte write
> + * protected page.
> + *
> + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt
> + */
> + pmdp_huge_clear_flush(vma, haddr, pmd);
Shouldn't the secondary TLB know if the page size changed?
>
> pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(mm, pmd);
> pmd_populate(mm, &_pmd, pgtable);
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 1768efa4c501..63a63f1b536c 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -3254,9 +3254,14 @@ int copy_hugetlb_page_range(struct mm_struct *dst, struct mm_struct *src,
> set_huge_swap_pte_at(dst, addr, dst_pte, entry, sz);
> } else {
> if (cow) {
> + /*
> + * No need to notify as we are downgrading page
> + * table protection not changing it to point
> + * to a new page.
> + *
> + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt
> + */
> huge_ptep_set_wrprotect(src, addr, src_pte);
OK.. so we could get write faults on write accesses from the device.
> - mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(src, mmun_start,
> - mmun_end);
> }
> entry = huge_ptep_get(src_pte);
> ptepage = pte_page(entry);
> @@ -4288,7 +4293,12 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> * and that page table be reused and filled with junk.
> */
> flush_hugetlb_tlb_range(vma, start, end);
> - mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(mm, start, end);
> + /*
> + * No need to call mmu_notifier_invalidate_range() we are downgrading
> + * page table protection not changing it to point to a new page.
> + *
> + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt
> + */
> i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
> mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, start, end);
>
> diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
> index 6cb60f46cce5..be8f4576f842 100644
> --- a/mm/ksm.c
> +++ b/mm/ksm.c
> @@ -1052,8 +1052,13 @@ static int write_protect_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
> * So we clear the pte and flush the tlb before the check
> * this assure us that no O_DIRECT can happen after the check
> * or in the middle of the check.
> + *
> + * No need to notify as we are downgrading page table to read
> + * only not changing it to point to a new page.
> + *
> + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt
> */
> - entry = ptep_clear_flush_notify(vma, pvmw.address, pvmw.pte);
> + entry = ptep_clear_flush(vma, pvmw.address, pvmw.pte);
> /*
> * Check that no O_DIRECT or similar I/O is in progress on the
> * page
> @@ -1136,7 +1141,13 @@ static int replace_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
> }
>
> flush_cache_page(vma, addr, pte_pfn(*ptep));
> - ptep_clear_flush_notify(vma, addr, ptep);
> + /*
> + * No need to notify as we are replacing a read only page with another
> + * read only page with the same content.
> + *
> + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt
> + */
> + ptep_clear_flush(vma, addr, ptep);
> set_pte_at_notify(mm, addr, ptep, newpte);
>
> page_remove_rmap(page, false);
> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index 061826278520..6b5a0f219ac0 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -937,10 +937,15 @@ static bool page_mkclean_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> #endif
> }
>
> - if (ret) {
> - mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(vma->vm_mm, cstart, cend);
> + /*
> + * No need to call mmu_notifier_invalidate_range() as we are
> + * downgrading page table protection not changing it to point
> + * to a new page.
> + *
> + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt
> + */
> + if (ret)
> (*cleaned)++;
> - }
> }
>
> mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(vma->vm_mm, start, end);
> @@ -1424,6 +1429,10 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> if (pte_soft_dirty(pteval))
> swp_pte = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(swp_pte);
> set_pte_at(mm, pvmw.address, pvmw.pte, swp_pte);
> + /*
> + * No need to invalidate here it will synchronize on
> + * against the special swap migration pte.
> + */
> goto discard;
> }
>
> @@ -1481,6 +1490,9 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> * will take care of the rest.
> */
> dec_mm_counter(mm, mm_counter(page));
> + /* We have to invalidate as we cleared the pte */
> + mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(mm, address,
> + address + PAGE_SIZE);
> } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIGRATION) &&
> (flags & (TTU_MIGRATION|TTU_SPLIT_FREEZE))) {
> swp_entry_t entry;
> @@ -1496,6 +1508,10 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> if (pte_soft_dirty(pteval))
> swp_pte = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(swp_pte);
> set_pte_at(mm, address, pvmw.pte, swp_pte);
> + /*
> + * No need to invalidate here it will synchronize on
> + * against the special swap migration pte.
> + */
> } else if (PageAnon(page)) {
> swp_entry_t entry = { .val = page_private(subpage) };
> pte_t swp_pte;
> @@ -1507,6 +1523,8 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
> ret = false;
> /* We have to invalidate as we cleared the pte */
> + mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(mm, address,
> + address + PAGE_SIZE);
> page_vma_mapped_walk_done(&pvmw);
> break;
> }
> @@ -1514,6 +1532,9 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> /* MADV_FREE page check */
> if (!PageSwapBacked(page)) {
> if (!PageDirty(page)) {
> + /* Invalidate as we cleared the pte */
> + mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(mm,
> + address, address + PAGE_SIZE);
> dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
> goto discard;
> }
> @@ -1547,13 +1568,39 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> if (pte_soft_dirty(pteval))
> swp_pte = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(swp_pte);
> set_pte_at(mm, address, pvmw.pte, swp_pte);
> - } else
> + /* Invalidate as we cleared the pte */
> + mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(mm, address,
> + address + PAGE_SIZE);
> + } else {
> + /*
> + * We should not need to notify here as we reach this
> + * case only from freeze_page() itself only call from
> + * split_huge_page_to_list() so everything below must
> + * be true:
> + * - page is not anonymous
> + * - page is locked
> + *
> + * So as it is a locked file back page thus it can not
> + * be remove from the page cache and replace by a new
> + * page before mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end so no
> + * concurrent thread might update its page table to
> + * point at new page while a device still is using this
> + * page.
> + *
> + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt
> + */
> dec_mm_counter(mm, mm_counter_file(page));
> + }
> discard:
> + /*
> + * No need to call mmu_notifier_invalidate_range() it has be
> + * done above for all cases requiring it to happen under page
> + * table lock before mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end()
> + *
> + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt
> + */
> page_remove_rmap(subpage, PageHuge(page));
> put_page(page);
> - mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(mm, address,
> - address + PAGE_SIZE);
> }
>
> mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(vma->vm_mm, start, end);
Looking at the patchset, I understand the efficiency, but I am concerned
with correctness.
Balbir Singh.
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