[PATCH 3/3] mm/vmalloc: fix vmalloc_to_page for huge vmap mappings

Anshuman Khandual anshuman.khandual at arm.com
Mon Jun 24 16:52:59 AEST 2019



On 06/23/2019 03:14 PM, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> vmalloc_to_page returns NULL for addresses mapped by larger pages[*].
> Whether or not a vmap is huge depends on the architecture details,
> alignments, boot options, etc., which the caller can not be expected
> to know. Therefore HUGE_VMAP is a regression for vmalloc_to_page.
> 
> This change teaches vmalloc_to_page about larger pages, and returns
> the struct page that corresponds to the offset within the large page.
> This makes the API agnostic to mapping implementation details.
> 
> [*] As explained by commit 029c54b095995 ("mm/vmalloc.c: huge-vmap:
>     fail gracefully on unexpected huge vmap mappings")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
> ---
>  include/asm-generic/4level-fixup.h |  1 +
>  include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h |  1 +
>  mm/vmalloc.c                       | 37 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/4level-fixup.h b/include/asm-generic/4level-fixup.h
> index e3667c9a33a5..3cc65a4dd093 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/4level-fixup.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/4level-fixup.h
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>  #define pud_none(pud)			0
>  #define pud_bad(pud)			0
>  #define pud_present(pud)		1
> +#define pud_large(pud)			0
>  #define pud_ERROR(pud)			do { } while (0)
>  #define pud_clear(pud)			pgd_clear(pud)
>  #define pud_val(pud)			pgd_val(pud)
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h b/include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h
> index bb6cb347018c..c4377db09a4f 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
>  #define p4d_none(p4d)			0
>  #define p4d_bad(p4d)			0
>  #define p4d_present(p4d)		1
> +#define p4d_large(p4d)			0
>  #define p4d_ERROR(p4d)			do { } while (0)
>  #define p4d_clear(p4d)			pgd_clear(p4d)
>  #define p4d_val(p4d)			pgd_val(p4d)
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 4c9e150e5ad3..4be98f700862 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>  #include <linux/rbtree_augmented.h>
>  
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> +#include <asm/pgtable.h>
>  #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
>  #include <asm/shmparam.h>
>  
> @@ -284,26 +285,36 @@ struct page *vmalloc_to_page(const void *vmalloc_addr)
>  
>  	if (pgd_none(*pgd))
>  		return NULL;
> +
>  	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
>  	if (p4d_none(*p4d))
>  		return NULL;
> -	pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_bad(*p4d)))
> +		return NULL;

The warning here is a required addition but it needs to be moved after p4d_large()
check. Please see the next comment below.

> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP
> +	if (p4d_large(*p4d))
> +		return p4d_page(*p4d) + ((addr & ~P4D_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +#endif
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Don't dereference bad PUD or PMD (below) entries. This will also
> -	 * identify huge mappings, which we may encounter on architectures
> -	 * that define CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP=y. Such regions will be
> -	 * identified as vmalloc addresses by is_vmalloc_addr(), but are
> -	 * not [unambiguously] associated with a struct page, so there is
> -	 * no correct value to return for them.
> -	 */
> -	WARN_ON_ONCE(pud_bad(*pud));
> -	if (pud_none(*pud) || pud_bad(*pud))
> +	pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
> +	if (pud_none(*pud))
> +		return NULL;
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pud_bad(*pud)))
>  		return NULL;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP
> +	if (pud_large(*pud))
> +		return pud_page(*pud) + ((addr & ~PUD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +#endif
> +

pud_bad() on arm64 returns true when the PUD does not point to a next page
table page implying the fact that it might be a large/huge entry. I am not
sure if the semantics holds good for other architectures too. But on arm64
if pud_large() is true, then pud_bad() will be true as well. So pud_bad()
check must happen after pud_large() check. So the sequence here should be

1. pud_none()	--> Nothing is in here, return NULL
2. pud_large()	--> Return offset page address from the huge page mapping
3. pud_bad()	--> Return NULL as there is no more page table level left

Checking pud_bad() first can return NULL for a valid huge mapping.

>  	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
> -	WARN_ON_ONCE(pmd_bad(*pmd));
> -	if (pmd_none(*pmd) || pmd_bad(*pmd))
> +	if (pmd_none(*pmd))
> +		return NULL;
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pmd_bad(*pmd)))
>  		return NULL;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP
> +	if (pmd_large(*pmd))
> +		return pmd_page(*pmd) + ((addr & ~PMD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +#endif

Ditto.

I see that your previous proposal had this right which got changed in this
manner after my comments. Sorry about it.

It was recently when I learned (correctly) that expected semantics of pxx_bad()
is that - It does not point to the next page table page.  Hence I wonder why is
this not renamed as pxx_table() instead to make it absolutely clear.


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