linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] mm/vmalloc: remove preempt

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Date:   Wed,  9 Oct 2019 18:49:34 +0200
From:   "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
        Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Oleksiy Avramchenko <oleksiy.avramchenko@...ymobile.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] mm/vmalloc: remove preempt_disable/enable when do preloading

Get rid of preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() when the
preload is done for splitting purpose. The reason is that
calling spin_lock() with disabled preemtion is forbidden in
CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT kernel.

Therefore, we do not guarantee that a CPU is preloaded, instead
we minimize the case when it is not with this change.

For example i run the special test case that follows the preload
pattern and path. 20 "unbind" threads run it and each does
1000000 allocations. Only 3.5 times among 1000000 a CPU was
not preloaded thus. So it can happen but the number is rather
negligible.

Fixes: 82dd23e84be3 ("mm/vmalloc.c: preload a CPU with one object for split purpose")
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@...il.com>
---
 mm/vmalloc.c | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index e92ff5f7dd8b..2ed6fef86950 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1078,9 +1078,12 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
 
 retry:
 	/*
-	 * Preload this CPU with one extra vmap_area object to ensure
-	 * that we have it available when fit type of free area is
-	 * NE_FIT_TYPE.
+	 * Preload this CPU with one extra vmap_area object. It is used
+	 * when fit type of free area is NE_FIT_TYPE. Please note, it
+	 * does not guarantee that an allocation occurs on a CPU that
+	 * is preloaded, instead we minimize the case when it is not.
+	 * It can happen because of migration, because there is a race
+	 * until the below spinlock is taken.
 	 *
 	 * The preload is done in non-atomic context, thus it allows us
 	 * to use more permissive allocation masks to be more stable under
@@ -1089,20 +1092,16 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
 	 * Even if it fails we do not really care about that. Just proceed
 	 * as it is. "overflow" path will refill the cache we allocate from.
 	 */
-	preempt_disable();
-	if (!__this_cpu_read(ne_fit_preload_node)) {
-		preempt_enable();
+	if (!this_cpu_read(ne_fit_preload_node)) {
 		pva = kmem_cache_alloc_node(vmap_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL, node);
-		preempt_disable();
 
-		if (__this_cpu_cmpxchg(ne_fit_preload_node, NULL, pva)) {
+		if (this_cpu_cmpxchg(ne_fit_preload_node, NULL, pva)) {
 			if (pva)
 				kmem_cache_free(vmap_area_cachep, pva);
 		}
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock);
-	preempt_enable();
 
 	/*
 	 * If an allocation fails, the "vend" address is
-- 
2.20.1