linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/oom_kill: Ensure MMU notifier range_end() is paired with range

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Date:   Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:20:25 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/oom_kill: Ensure MMU notifier range_end() is paired
 with range_start()

On Wed 10-03-21 20:28:07, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 01:31:17PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Invoke the MMU notifier's .invalidate_range_end() callbacks even if one
> > of the .invalidate_range_start() callbacks failed.  If there are multiple
> > notifiers, the notifier that did not fail may have performed actions in
> > its ...start() that it expects to unwind via ...end().  Per the
> > mmu_notifier_ops documentation, ...start() and ...end() must be paired.
> 
> No this is not OK, if invalidate_start returns EBUSY invalidate_end
> should *not* be called.

Yes, this is what I remember when introducing nonblock interface. So I
agree with Jason this patch is not correct. The interface is subtle but
I remember we couldn't come up with something more robust and still
memory with notifiers to be reapable.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs