linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/3] mm: fault handler to replace nopage and populate

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Date:	Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:11:24 +0200
From:	Thomas Hellström <thomas@...gstengraphics.com>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] mm: fault handler to replace nopage and populate

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

>
>>>Could it be an option to make it safe for the fault handler to 
>>>temporarily drop the mmap_sem read lock given that some conditions TBD 
>>>are met?
>>>In that case it can retake the mmap_sem write lock, do the VMA flags 
>>>modifications, downgrade and do the pte modifications using a helper, or 
>>>even use remap_pfn_range() during the time the write lock is held?
>>>      
>>>
>>When you drop and retake the mmap_sem, you need to start again from
>>find_vma. At which point you technically probably want to start again
>>from the architecture specfic fault code. It sounds difficult but I
>>won't say it can't be done.
>>    
>>
>
>I can be done with returning NOPAGE_REFAULT but as you said, I don't
>think it's necessary.
>  
>
Still, even with NOPAGE_REFAULT or the equivalent with the new fault() code,
in the case we need to take this route, (and it looks like we won't have 
to),
I guess we still need to restart from find_vma() in the fault()/nopage() 
handler to make sure the VMA is still present. The object mutex need to 
be dropped as well to avoid deadlocks. Sounds complicated.

>Cheers,
>Ben.
>
>
>  
>
/Thomas

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