linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 PATCH 2/2] mm: mmap: zap pages with read mmap

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Message-ID: <20180619100218.GN2458@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:02:18 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     mhocko@...nel.org, willy@...radead.org, ldufour@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...hat.com,
        namhyung@...nel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 PATCH 2/2] mm: mmap: zap pages with read mmap_sem for
 large mapping

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 07:34:16AM +0800, Yang Shi wrote:

> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index fc41c05..e84f80c 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -2686,6 +2686,141 @@ int split_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  	return __split_vma(mm, vma, addr, new_below);
>  }
>  
> +/* Consider PUD size or 1GB mapping as large mapping */
> +#ifdef HPAGE_PUD_SIZE
> +#define LARGE_MAP_THRESH	HPAGE_PUD_SIZE
> +#else
> +#define LARGE_MAP_THRESH	(1 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)
> +#endif
> +
> +/* Unmap large mapping early with acquiring read mmap_sem */
> +static int do_munmap_zap_early(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
> +			       size_t len, struct list_head *uf)
> +{
> +	unsigned long end = 0;
> +	struct vm_area_struct *vma = NULL, *prev, *last, *tmp;
> +	bool success = false;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	if ((offset_in_page(start)) || start > TASK_SIZE || len > TASK_SIZE - start)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	len = (PAGE_ALIGN(len));
> +	if (len == 0)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	/* Just deal with uf in regular path */
> +	if (unlikely(uf))
> +		goto regular_path;
> +
> +	if (len >= LARGE_MAP_THRESH) {
> +		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +		vma = find_vma(mm, start);
> +		if (!vma) {
> +			up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +
> +		prev = vma->vm_prev;
> +
> +		end = start + len;
> +		if (vma->vm_start > end) {
> +			up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +
> +		if (start > vma->vm_start) {
> +			int error;
> +
> +			if (end < vma->vm_end &&
> +			    mm->map_count > sysctl_max_map_count) {
> +				up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +				return -ENOMEM;
> +			}
> +
> +			error = __split_vma(mm, vma, start, 0);
> +			if (error) {
> +				up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +				return error;
> +			}
> +			prev = vma;
> +		}
> +
> +		last = find_vma(mm, end);
> +		if (last && end > last->vm_start) {
> +			int error = __split_vma(mm, last, end, 1);
> +
> +			if (error) {
> +				up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +				return error;
> +			}
> +		}
> +		vma = prev ? prev->vm_next : mm->mmap;

Hold up, two things: you having to copy most of do_munmap() didn't seem
to suggest a helper function? And second, since when are we allowed to
split VMAs under a read lock?