[PATCH v12 21/31] mm: Introduce find_vma_rcu()

[Laurent Dufour]

This allows to search for a VMA structure without holding the mmap_sem.

The search is repeated while the mm seqlock is changing and until we found
a valid VMA.

While under the RCU protection, a reference is taken on the VMA, so the
caller must call put_vma() once it not more need the VMA structure.

At the time a VMA is inserted in the MM RB tree, in vma_rb_insert(), a
reference is taken to the VMA by calling get_vma().

When removing a VMA from the MM RB tree, the VMA is not release immediately
but at the end of the RCU grace period through vm_rcu_put(). This ensures
that the VMA remains allocated until the end the RCU grace period.

Since the vm_file pointer, if valid, is released in put_vma(), there is no
guarantee that the file pointer will be valid on the returned VMA.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour at linux.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/mm_types.h |  1 +
 mm/internal.h            |  5 ++-
 mm/mmap.c                | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 6a6159e11a3f..9af6694cb95d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT
 	atomic_t vm_ref_count;
+	struct rcu_head vm_rcu;
 #endif
 	struct rb_node vm_rb;
 
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 302382bed406..1e368e4afe3c 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ static inline void put_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		__free_vma(vma);
 }
 
-#else
+extern struct vm_area_struct *find_vma_rcu(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					   unsigned long addr);
+
+#else /* CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT */
 
 static inline void get_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index c106440dcae7..34bf261dc2c8 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -179,6 +179,18 @@ static inline void mm_write_sequnlock(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	write_sequnlock(&mm->mm_seq);
 }
+
+static void __vm_rcu_put(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma = container_of(head, struct vm_area_struct,
+						  vm_rcu);
+	put_vma(vma);
+}
+static void vm_rcu_put(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	VM_BUG_ON_VMA(!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&vma->vm_rb), vma);
+	call_rcu(&vma->vm_rcu, __vm_rcu_put);
+}
 #else
 static inline void mm_write_seqlock(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
@@ -190,6 +202,8 @@ static inline void mm_write_sequnlock(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 void __free_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT))
+		VM_BUG_ON_VMA(!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&vma->vm_rb), vma);
 	mpol_put(vma_policy(vma));
 	vm_area_free(vma);
 }
@@ -197,11 +211,24 @@ void __free_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 /*
  * Close a vm structure and free it, returning the next.
  */
-static struct vm_area_struct *remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static struct vm_area_struct *__remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *next = vma->vm_next;
 
 	might_sleep();
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT) &&
+	    !RB_EMPTY_NODE(&vma->vm_rb)) {
+		/*
+		 * If the VMA is still linked in the RB tree, we must release
+		 * that reference by calling put_vma().
+		 * This should only happen when called from exit_mmap().
+		 * We forcely clear the node to satisfy the chec in
+		 * __free_vma(). This is safe since the RB tree is not walked
+		 * anymore.
+		 */
+		RB_CLEAR_NODE(&vma->vm_rb);
+		put_vma(vma);
+	}
 	if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->close)
 		vma->vm_ops->close(vma);
 	if (vma->vm_file)
@@ -211,6 +238,13 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return next;
 }
 
+static struct vm_area_struct *remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT))
+		VM_BUG_ON_VMA(!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&vma->vm_rb), vma);
+	return __remove_vma(vma);
+}
+
 static int do_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, unsigned long flags,
 		struct list_head *uf);
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(brk, unsigned long, brk)
@@ -475,7 +509,7 @@ static inline void vma_rb_insert(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	/* All rb_subtree_gap values must be consistent prior to insertion */
 	validate_mm_rb(root, NULL);
-
+	get_vma(vma);
 	rb_insert_augmented(&vma->vm_rb, root, &vma_gap_callbacks);
 }
 
@@ -491,6 +525,14 @@ static void __vma_rb_erase(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	mm_write_seqlock(mm);
 	rb_erase_augmented(&vma->vm_rb, root, &vma_gap_callbacks);
 	mm_write_sequnlock(mm);	/* wmb */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT
+	/*
+	 * Ensure the removal is complete before clearing the node.
+	 * Matched by vma_has_changed()/handle_speculative_fault().
+	 */
+	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&vma->vm_rb);
+	vm_rcu_put(vma);
+#endif
 }
 
 static __always_inline void vma_rb_erase_ignore(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -2331,6 +2373,34 @@ struct vm_area_struct *find_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_vma);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT
+/*
+ * Like find_vma() but under the protection of RCU and the mm sequence counter.
+ * The vma returned has to be relaesed by the caller through the call to
+ * put_vma()
+ */
+struct vm_area_struct *find_vma_rcu(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma = NULL;
+	unsigned int seq;
+
+	do {
+		if (vma)
+			put_vma(vma);
+
+		seq = read_seqbegin(&mm->mm_seq);
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
+		if (vma)
+			get_vma(vma);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	} while (read_seqretry(&mm->mm_seq, seq));
+
+	return vma;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Same as find_vma, but also return a pointer to the previous VMA in *pprev.
  */
@@ -3231,7 +3301,7 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	while (vma) {
 		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCOUNT)
 			nr_accounted += vma_pages(vma);
-		vma = remove_vma(vma);
+		vma = __remove_vma(vma);
 	}
 	vm_unacct_memory(nr_accounted);
 }
-- 
2.21.0