linux-kernel - [PATCH 18/26] mm/s390: Use general page fault accounting

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jun 2020 18:36:27 -0400
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 18/26] mm/s390: Use general page fault accounting

Use the general page fault accounting by passing regs into handle_mm_fault().
It naturally solve the issue of multiple page fault accounting when page fault
retry happened.

CC: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
CC: Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>
CC: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
CC: linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
---
 arch/s390/mm/fault.c | 16 +---------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
index ab6d7eedcfab..4d62ca7d3e09 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static inline vm_fault_t do_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, int access)
 	 * make sure we exit gracefully rather than endlessly redo
 	 * the fault.
 	 */
-	fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags, NULL);
+	fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags, regs);
 	if (fault_signal_pending(fault, regs)) {
 		fault = VM_FAULT_SIGNAL;
 		if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)
@@ -489,21 +489,7 @@ static inline vm_fault_t do_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, int access)
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR))
 		goto out_up;
 
-	/*
-	 * Major/minor page fault accounting is only done on the
-	 * initial attempt. If we go through a retry, it is extremely
-	 * likely that the page will be found in page cache at that point.
-	 */
 	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) {
-		if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) {
-			tsk->maj_flt++;
-			perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1,
-				      regs, address);
-		} else {
-			tsk->min_flt++;
-			perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1,
-				      regs, address);
-		}
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
 			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PGSTE) && gmap &&
 			    (flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)) {
-- 
2.26.2