linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 3/3] mm/hugetlb: improve locking in dissolve_free_huge

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2016 19:28:11 +0200
From:   Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K . V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Rui Teng <rui.teng@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/3] mm/hugetlb: improve locking in dissolve_free_huge_pages()

For every pfn aligned to minimum_order, dissolve_free_huge_pages() will
call dissolve_free_huge_page() which takes the hugetlb spinlock, even if
the page is not huge at all or a hugepage that is in-use.

Improve this by doing the PageHuge() and page_count() checks already in
dissolve_free_huge_pages() before calling dissolve_free_huge_page(). In
dissolve_free_huge_page(), when holding the spinlock, those checks need
to be revalidated.

Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>
---
 mm/hugetlb.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 91ae1f5..770d83e 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1476,14 +1476,20 @@ static int dissolve_free_huge_page(struct page *page)
 int dissolve_free_huge_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
 	unsigned long pfn;
+	struct page *page;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (!hugepages_supported())
 		return rc;
 
-	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += 1 << minimum_order)
-		if (rc = dissolve_free_huge_page(pfn_to_page(pfn)))
-			break;
+	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += 1 << minimum_order) {
+		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
+		if (PageHuge(page) && !page_count(page)) {
+			rc = dissolve_free_huge_page(page);
+			if (rc)
+				break;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return rc;
 }
-- 
2.8.4