linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dax: Split pmd map when fallback on COW

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Date:	Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:45:15 -0800
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
Cc:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dax: Split pmd map when fallback on COW

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com> wrote:
> An infinite loop of PMD faults was observed when attempted to
> mlock() a private read-only PMD mmap'd range of a DAX file.
>
> __dax_pmd_fault() simply returns with VM_FAULT_FALLBACK when
> falling back to PTE on COW.  However, __handle_mm_fault()
> returns without falling back to handle_pte_fault() because
> a PMD map is present in this case.
>
> Change __dax_pmd_fault() to split the PMD map, if present,
> before returning with VM_FAULT_FALLBACK.
>
> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>

I thought the patch from Ross already addressed the infinite loop:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/7653731/

> ---
>  fs/dax.c |    4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index 43671b6..3405583 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -546,8 +546,10 @@ int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
>                 return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
>
>         /* Fall back to PTEs if we're going to COW */
> -       if (write && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
> +       if (write && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) {
> +               split_huge_page_pmd(vma, address, pmd);
>                 return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
> +       }
>         /* If the PMD would extend outside the VMA */
>         if (pmd_addr < vma->vm_start)
>                 return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;

This is a nop if CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=n, so I don't think it's
a complete fix.
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