linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] mm: thp: check pmd migration entry in common path

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Message-ID: <20170621114920.mmbexy4dbgbb4juq@node.shutemov.name>
Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:49:20 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Zi Yan <zi.yan@...t.com>
Cc:     kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, minchan@...nel.org,
        vbabka@...e.cz, mgorman@...hsingularity.net, mhocko@...nel.org,
        khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, zi.yan@...rutgers.edu,
        dnellans@...dia.com, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] mm: thp: check pmd migration entry in common
 path

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 07:07:11PM -0400, Zi Yan wrote:
> @@ -1220,6 +1238,9 @@ int do_huge_pmd_wp_page(struct vm_fault *vmf, pmd_t orig_pmd)
>  	if (unlikely(!pmd_same(*vmf->pmd, orig_pmd)))
>  		goto out_unlock;
>  
> +	if (unlikely(!pmd_present(orig_pmd)))
> +		goto out_unlock;
> +

Hm. Shouldn't we wait for the page here?

>  	page = pmd_page(orig_pmd);
>  	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageCompound(page) || !PageHead(page), page);
>  	/*
> @@ -1556,6 +1577,12 @@ bool madvise_free_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  	if (is_huge_zero_pmd(orig_pmd))
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	if (unlikely(!pmd_present(orig_pmd))) {
> +		VM_BUG_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIGRATION) &&
> +				  !is_pmd_migration_entry(orig_pmd));
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
>  	page = pmd_page(orig_pmd);
>  	/*
>  	 * If other processes are mapping this page, we couldn't discard
> @@ -1770,6 +1797,23 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
>  	preserve_write = prot_numa && pmd_write(*pmd);
>  	ret = 1;
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION
> +	if (is_swap_pmd(*pmd)) {
> +		swp_entry_t entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(*pmd);
> +
> +		VM_BUG_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIGRATION) &&
> +				  !is_pmd_migration_entry(*pmd));
> +		if (is_write_migration_entry(entry)) {
> +			pmd_t newpmd;
> +
> +			make_migration_entry_read(&entry);
> +			newpmd = swp_entry_to_pmd(entry);
> +			set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmd, newpmd);

I was confused by this. Could you copy comment from change_pte_range()
here?

> +		}
> +		goto unlock;
> +	}
> +#endif
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Avoid trapping faults against the zero page. The read-only
>  	 * data is likely to be read-cached on the local CPU and

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov