linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mlock: fix mlock count can not decrease in race condition

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Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 14:48:18 +0800
From:   Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@...wei.com>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <joern@...fs.org>, <mgorman@...e.de>, <walken@...gle.com>,
        <hughd@...gle.com>, <riel@...hat.com>, <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        <mhocko@...e.cz>, <qiuxishi@...wei.com>, <zhongjiang@...wei.com>,
        <guohanjun@...wei.com>, <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        <stable@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mlock: fix mlock count can not decrease in race
 condition

Hi Vlastimil,
Thanks for comment!

On 2017/5/25 14:32, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 05/25/2017 04:13 AM, Yisheng Xie wrote:
>> Kefeng reported that when run the follow test the mlock count
> 
>> in meminfo
>> cannot be decreased:
> 
> "increases permanently."?
Yes if I am not mis-understanding what your means.

> 
>>  [1] testcase
>>  linux:~ # cat test_mlockal
>>  grep Mlocked /proc/meminfo
>>   for j in `seq 0 10`
>>   do
>>  	for i in `seq 4 15`
>>  	do
>>  		./p_mlockall >> log &
>>  	done
>>  	sleep 0.2
>>  done
>>  # wait some time to let mlock counter decrease and 5s may not enough
>>  sleep 5
>>  grep Mlocked /proc/meminfo
>>
>>  linux:~ # cat p_mlockall.c
>>  #include <sys/mman.h>
>>  #include <stdlib.h>
>>  #include <stdio.h>
>>
>>  #define SPACE_LEN	4096
>>
>>  int main(int argc, char ** argv)
>>  {
>>  	int ret;
>>  	void *adr = malloc(SPACE_LEN);
>>  	if (!adr)
>>  		return -1;
>>
>>  	ret = mlockall(MCL_CURRENT | MCL_FUTURE);
>>  	printf("mlcokall ret = %d\n", ret);
>>
>>  	ret = munlockall();
>>  	printf("munlcokall ret = %d\n", ret);
>>
>>  	free(adr);
>>  	return 0;
>>  }
>>
>> When __munlock_pagevec, we ClearPageMlock but isolation_failed in race
>> condition, and we do not count these page into delta_munlocked, which cause
>> mlock counter incorrect for we had Clear the PageMlock and cannot count down
>> the number in the feture.
> 
> Can I suggest the following instead:
> 
> In __munlock_pagevec() we should decrement NR_MLOCK for each page where
> we clear the PageMlocked flag. Commit 1ebb7cc6a583 ("mm: munlock: batch
> NR_MLOCK zone state updates") has introduced a bug where we don't
> decrement NR_MLOCK for pages where we clear the flag, but fail to
> isolate them from the lru list (e.g. when the pages are on some other
> cpu's percpu pagevec). Since PageMlocked stays cleared, the NR_MLOCK
> accounting gets permanently disrupted by this.
That's much better and clear. Should I send another version ?

Thanks
Yisheng Xie

> 
>> Fix it by count the number of page whoes PageMlock flag is cleared.
>>
>> Fixes: 1ebb7cc6a583 (" mm: munlock: batch NR_MLOCK zone state updates")
>> Signed-off-by: Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@...wei.com>
>> Reported-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
>> Tested-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
>> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> 
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>> Cc: Joern Engel <joern@...fs.org>
>> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
>> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
>> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
>> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
>> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
>> Cc: Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>
>> CC: zhongjiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
>> Cc: Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>
>> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
>> ---
>> v2:
>>  - use delta_munlocked for it doesn't do the increment in fastpath - Vlastimil
>>
>> Hi Andrew:
>> Could you please help to fold this?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Yisheng Xie
>>
>>  mm/mlock.c | 5 +++--
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
>> index c483c5c..b562b55 100644
>> --- a/mm/mlock.c
>> +++ b/mm/mlock.c
>> @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static void __munlock_pagevec(struct pagevec *pvec, struct zone *zone)
>>  {
>>  	int i;
>>  	int nr = pagevec_count(pvec);
>> -	int delta_munlocked;
>> +	int delta_munlocked = -nr;
>>  	struct pagevec pvec_putback;
>>  	int pgrescued = 0;
>>  
>> @@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ static void __munlock_pagevec(struct pagevec *pvec, struct zone *zone)
>>  				continue;
>>  			else
>>  				__munlock_isolation_failed(page);
>> +		} else {
>> +			delta_munlocked++;
>>  		}
>>  
>>  		/*
>> @@ -315,7 +317,6 @@ static void __munlock_pagevec(struct pagevec *pvec, struct zone *zone)
>>  		pagevec_add(&pvec_putback, pvec->pages[i]);
>>  		pvec->pages[i] = NULL;
>>  	}
>> -	delta_munlocked = -nr + pagevec_count(&pvec_putback);
>>  	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_MLOCK, delta_munlocked);
>>  	spin_unlock_irq(zone_lru_lock(zone));
>>  
>>
> 
> 
> .
>