linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/26] mm: gup: allow VM_FAULT

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Date:   Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:06:55 -0500
From:   Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Maya Gokhale <gokhale2@...l.gov>,
        Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...tuozzo.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Martin Cracauer <cracauer@...s.org>, Shaohua Li <shli@...com>,
        Marty McFadden <mcfadden8@...l.gov>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Denis Plotnikov <dplotnikov@...tuozzo.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        "Dr . David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/26] mm: gup: allow VM_FAULT_RETRY for multiple times

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 10:56:11AM +0800, Peter Xu wrote:
> This is the gup counterpart of the change that allows the VM_FAULT_RETRY
> to happen for more than once.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>

> ---
>  mm/gup.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index fa75a03204c1..ba387aec0d80 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -528,7 +528,10 @@ static int faultin_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  	if (*flags & FOLL_NOWAIT)
>  		fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT;
>  	if (*flags & FOLL_TRIED) {
> -		VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(fault_flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY);
> +		/*
> +		 * Note: FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY and FAULT_FLAG_TRIED
> +		 * can co-exist
> +		 */
>  		fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_TRIED;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -943,17 +946,23 @@ static __always_inline long __get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk,
>  		/* VM_FAULT_RETRY triggered, so seek to the faulting offset */
>  		pages += ret;
>  		start += ret << PAGE_SHIFT;
> +		lock_dropped = true;
>  
> +retry:
>  		/*
>  		 * Repeat on the address that fired VM_FAULT_RETRY
> -		 * without FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY but with
> +		 * with both FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY and
>  		 * FAULT_FLAG_TRIED.
>  		 */
>  		*locked = 1;
> -		lock_dropped = true;
>  		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>  		ret = __get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, 1, flags | FOLL_TRIED,
> -				       pages, NULL, NULL);
> +				       pages, NULL, locked);
> +		if (!*locked) {
> +			/* Continue to retry until we succeeded */
> +			BUG_ON(ret != 0);
> +			goto retry;
> +		}
>  		if (ret != 1) {
>  			BUG_ON(ret > 1);
>  			if (!pages_done)
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>