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Date:	Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:25:06 +0800
From:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>
Cc:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>,
	Rohit Seth <rohitseth@...gle.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Török Edwin <edwintorok@...il.com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@...com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][1/2]page_fault retry with NOPAGE_RETRY

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:21:25AM +0800, Ying Han wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 04:02:35AM +0800, Ying Han wrote:
> >> support for FAULT_FLAG_RETRY with no user change:
> >
> > A better changelog is desired, otherwise:
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
> >
> >> Signed-off-by: Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>
> >>              Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
> >>
> >>  include/linux/fs.h  |    2 +-
> >>  include/linux/mm.h  |    2 +
> >>  mm/filemap.c        |   72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >>  mm/memory.c         |   33 +++++++++++++++++------
> >>
> >>
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> >> index 4a853ef..29c2c39 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> >> @@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ struct file_ra_state {
> >>                                          there are only # of pages ahead */
> >>
> >>       unsigned int ra_pages;          /* Maximum readahead window */
> >> -     int mmap_miss;                  /* Cache miss stat for mmap accesses */
> >> +     unsigned int mmap_miss;         /* Cache miss stat for mmap accesses */
> >>       loff_t prev_pos;                /* Cache last read() position */
> >>  };
> >>
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> >> index ffee2f7..5a134a9 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> >> @@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ extern pgprot_t protection_map[16];
> >>
> >>  #define FAULT_FLAG_WRITE     0x01    /* Fault was a write access */
> >>  #define FAULT_FLAG_NONLINEAR 0x02    /* Fault was via a nonlinear mapping */
> >> +#define FAULT_FLAG_RETRY     0x04    /* Retry major fault */
> >>
> >>
> >>  /*
> >> @@ -690,6 +691,7 @@ static inline int page_mapped(struct page *page)
> >>
> >>  #define VM_FAULT_MINOR       0 /* For backwards compat. Remove me quickly. */
> >>
> >> +#define VM_FAULT_RETRY       0x0010
> >>  #define VM_FAULT_OOM 0x0001
> >>  #define VM_FAULT_SIGBUS      0x0002
> >>  #define VM_FAULT_MAJOR       0x0004
> >
> > Why not append VM_FAULT_RETRY here, and indent the _OOM line?
> >
> >> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> >> index f3e5f89..6eb7c36 100644
> >> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> >> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> >> @@ -714,6 +714,58 @@ repeat:
> >>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_lock_page);
> >>
> >>  /**
> >> + * find_lock_page_retry - locate, pin and lock a pagecache page
> >> + * @mapping: the address_space to search
> >> + * @offset: the page index
> >> + * @vma: vma in which the fault was taken
> >> + * @ppage: zero if page not present, otherwise point to the page in pagecache
> >> + * @retry: 1 indicate caller tolerate a retry.
> >> + *
> >> + * If retry flag is on, and page is already locked by someone else, return
> >> + * a hint of retry and leave *ppage untouched.
> >> + *
> >> + * Return *ppage==NULL if page is not in pagecache. Otherwise return *ppage
> >> + * points to the page in the pagecache with ret=VM_FAULT_RETRY indicate a
> >> + * hint to caller for retry, or ret=0 which means page is succefully
> >> + * locked.
> >> + */
> >> +unsigned find_lock_page_retry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t offset,
> >> +                             struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page **ppage,
> >> +                             int retry)
> >> +{
> >> +     unsigned int ret = 0;
> >> +     struct page *page;
> >> +
> >> +repeat:
> >> +     page = find_get_page(mapping, offset);
> >> +     if (page) {
> >> +             if (!retry)
> >> +                     lock_page(page);
> >> +             else {
> >> +                     if (!trylock_page(page)) {
> >> +                             struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
> >> +
> >> +                             up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> >> +                             wait_on_page_locked(page);
> >> +                             down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> >> +
> >> +                             page_cache_release(page);
> >> +                             return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
> >> +                     }
> >> +             }
> >> +             if (unlikely(page->mapping != mapping)) {
> >> +                     unlock_page(page);
> >> +                     page_cache_release(page);
> >> +                     goto repeat;
> >> +             }
> >> +             VM_BUG_ON(page->index != offset);
> >> +     }
> >> +     *ppage = page;
> >> +     return ret;
> >> +}
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_lock_page_retry);
> >> +
> >> +/**
> >>   * find_or_create_page - locate or add a pagecache page
> >>   * @mapping: the page's address_space
> >>   * @index: the page's index into the mapping
> >> @@ -1444,6 +1496,8 @@ int filemap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_
> >>       pgoff_t size;
> >>       int did_readaround = 0;
> >>       int ret = 0;
> >> +     int retry_flag = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY;
> >> +     int retry_ret;
> >>
> >>       size = (i_size_read(inode) + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
> >>       if (vmf->pgoff >= size)
> >> @@ -1458,6 +1512,7 @@ int filemap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_
> >>        */
> >>  retry_find:
> >>       page = find_lock_page(mapping, vmf->pgoff);
> >> +
> >>       /*
> >>        * For sequential accesses, we use the generic readahead logic.
> >>        */
> >> @@ -1465,7 +1520,13 @@ retry_find:
> >>               if (!page) {
> >>                       page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping, ra, file,
> >>                                                          vmf->pgoff, 1);
> >> -                     page = find_lock_page(mapping, vmf->pgoff);
> >> +                     retry_ret = find_lock_page_retry(mapping, vmf->pgoff,
> >> +                                             vma, &page, retry_flag);
> >> +                     if (retry_ret == VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
> >> +                             /* counteract the followed retry hit */
> >> +                             ra->mmap_miss++;
> >
> > Please don't relocate the comment...because that will break my
> > following patches(mainly Linus' filemap cleanups), which will
> > _heavily_ rework these chunks anyway. And make a hard time for Andrew
> > to merge them.
> 
> then how you force the 80 character lines?

The above line will be removed by my following patch, and...

> >
> >> +                             return retry_ret;
> >> +                     }
> >
> >>                       if (!page)
> >>                               goto no_cached_page;
> >>               }
> >> @@ -1504,7 +1565,14 @@ retry_find:
> >>                               start = vmf->pgoff - ra_pages / 2;
> >>                       do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, file, start, ra_pages);
> >>               }
> >> -             page = find_lock_page(mapping, vmf->pgoff);
> >> +retry_find_retry:
> >> +             retry_ret = find_lock_page_retry(mapping, vmf->pgoff,
> >> +                             vma, &page, retry_flag);
> >> +             if (retry_ret == VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
> >> +                     /* counteract the followed retry hit */
> >> +                     ra->mmap_miss++;
> >

...this line can have the comment within 80 column, and will be kept
by my patch.

Thanks,
Fengguang


> > ditto
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Fengguang
> >
> >> +                     return retry_ret;
> >> +             }
> >>               if (!page)
> >>                       goto no_cached_page;
> >>       }
> >> @@ -1548,7 +1616,7 @@ no_cached_page:
> >>        * meantime, we'll just come back here and read it again.
> >>        */
> >>       if (error >= 0)
> >> -             goto retry_find;
> >> +             goto retry_find_retry;
> >>
> >>       /*
> >>        * An error return from page_cache_read can result if the
> >> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> >> index 164951c..5e215c9 100644
> >> --- a/mm/memory.c
> >> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> >> @@ -2467,6 +2467,13 @@ static int __do_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_a
> >>       vmf.page = NULL;
> >>
> >>       ret = vma->vm_ops->fault(vma, &vmf);
> >> +
> >> +     /* page may be available, but we have to restart the process
> >> +      * because mmap_sem was dropped during the ->fault
> >> +      */
> >> +     if (ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY)
> >> +             return ret;
> >> +
> >>       if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)))
> >>               return ret;
> >>
> >> @@ -2611,8 +2618,10 @@ static int do_linear_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct
> >>  {
> >>       pgoff_t pgoff = (((address & PAGE_MASK)
> >>                       - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + vma->vm_pgoff;
> >> -     unsigned int flags = (write_access ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
> >> +     int write = write_access & ~FAULT_FLAG_RETRY;
> >> +     unsigned int flags = (write ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
> >>
> >> +     flags |= (write_access & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY);
> >>       pte_unmap(page_table);
> >>       return __do_fault(mm, vma, address, pmd, pgoff, flags, orig_pte);
> >>  }
> >> @@ -2726,26 +2735,32 @@ int handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_ar
> >>       pud_t *pud;
> >>       pmd_t *pmd;
> >>       pte_t *pte;
> >> +     int ret;
> >>
> >>       __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
> >>
> >> -     count_vm_event(PGFAULT);
> >> -
> >> -     if (unlikely(is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)))
> >> -             return hugetlb_fault(mm, vma, address, write_access);
> >> +     if (unlikely(is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))) {
> >> +             ret = hugetlb_fault(mm, vma, address, write_access);
> >> +             goto out;
> >> +     }
> >>
> >> +     ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
> >>       pgd = pgd_offset(mm, address);
> >>       pud = pud_alloc(mm, pgd, address);
> >>       if (!pud)
> >> -             return VM_FAULT_OOM;
> >> +             goto out;
> >>       pmd = pmd_alloc(mm, pud, address);
> >>       if (!pmd)
> >> -             return VM_FAULT_OOM;
> >> +             goto out;
> >>       pte = pte_alloc_map(mm, pmd, address);
> >>       if (!pte)
> >> -             return VM_FAULT_OOM;
> >> +             goto out;
> >>
> >> -     return handle_pte_fault(mm, vma, address, pte, pmd, write_access);
> >> +     ret = handle_pte_fault(mm, vma, address, pte, pmd, write_access);
> >> +out:
> >> +     if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY))
> >> +             count_vm_event(PGFAULT);
> >> +     return ret;
> >>  }
> >>
> >>  #ifndef __PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED
> >
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