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Message-ID: <604427e00904090921y365d01bfsf650fec7a9d5e55e@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 9 Apr 2009 09:21:25 -0700
From:	Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.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 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?
>
>> +                             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++;
>
> 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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