linux-kernel - Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v17 6/6] virtio-balloon: VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE

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Date:   Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:35:03 +0800
From:   Wei Wang <wei.w.wang@...el.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:     aarcange@...hat.com, virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org,
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Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v17 6/6] virtio-balloon: VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_VQ

On 11/16/2017 09:27 PM, Wei Wang wrote:
> On 11/16/2017 04:32 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 04:13:06PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
>>> Negotiation of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_VQ feature indicates the
>>> support of reporting hints of guest free pages to the host via
>>> virtio-balloon. The host requests the guest to report the free pages by
>>> sending commands via the virtio-balloon configuration registers.
>>>
>>> When the guest starts to report, the first element added to the free 
>>> page
>>> vq is a sequence id of the start reporting command. The id is given by
>>> the host, and it indicates whether the following free pages correspond
>>> to the command. For example, the host may stop the report and start 
>>> again
>>> with a new command id. The obsolete pages for the previous start 
>>> command
>>> can be detected by the id dismatching on the host. The id is added 
>>> to the
>>> vq using an output buffer, and the free pages are added to the vq using
>>> input buffer.
>>>
>>> Here are some explainations about the added configuration registers:
>>> - host2guest_cmd: a register used by the host to send commands to the
>>> guest.
>>> - guest2host_cmd: written by the guest to ACK to the host about the
>>> commands that have been received. The host will clear the corresponding
>>> bits on the host2guest_cmd register. The guest also uses this register
>>> to send commands to the host (e.g. when finish free page reporting).
>>> - free_page_cmd_id: the sequence id of the free page report command
>>> given by the host.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <wei.w.wang@...el.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Liang Li <liang.z.li@...el.com>
>>> Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
>>> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> +
>>> +static void report_free_page(struct work_struct *work)
>>> +{
>>> +    struct virtio_balloon *vb;
>>> +
>>> +    vb = container_of(work, struct virtio_balloon, 
>>> report_free_page_work);
>>> +    report_free_page_cmd_id(vb);
>>> +    walk_free_mem_block(vb, 0, &virtio_balloon_send_free_pages);
>>> +    /*
>>> +     * The last few free page blocks that were added may not reach the
>>> +     * batch size, but need a kick to notify the device to handle 
>>> them.
>>> +     */
>>> +    virtqueue_kick(vb->free_page_vq);
>>> +    report_free_page_end(vb);
>>> +}
>>> +
>> I think there's an issue here: if pages are poisoned and hypervisor
>> subsequently drops them, testing them after allocation will
>> trigger a false positive.
>>
>> The specific configuration:
>>
>> PAGE_POISONING on
>> PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY off
>> PAGE_POISONING_ZERO off
>>
>>
>> Solutions:
>> 1. disable the feature in that configuration
>>     suggested as an initial step
>
> Thanks for the finding.
> Similar to this option: I'm thinking could we make 
> walk_free_mem_block() simply return if that option is on?
> That is, at the beginning of the function:
>     if (!page_poisoning_enabled())
>                 return;
>


Thought about it more, I think it would be better to put this logic to 
virtio_balloon:

         send_free_page_cmd_id(vb, &vb->start_cmd_id);
         if (page_poisoning_enabled() &&
             !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY))
                 walk_free_mem_block(vb, 0, 
&virtio_balloon_send_free_pages);
         send_free_page_cmd_id(vb, &vb->stop_cmd_id);


walk_free_mem_block() should be a more generic API, and this potential 
page poisoning issue is specific to live migration which is only one use 
case of this function, so I think it is better to handle it in the 
special use case itself.

Best,
Wei