linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 09/28] gup: Turn hpage_pincount_add() into page_pincount

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 10 Jan 2022 04:23:47 +0000
From:   "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        William Kucharski <william.kucharski@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
Subject: [PATCH v2 09/28] gup: Turn hpage_pincount_add() into page_pincount_add()

Simplify try_grab_compound_head() and remove an unnecessary
VM_BUG_ON by handling pages both with and without a pincount field in
page_pincount_add().

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
---
 mm/gup.c | 33 +++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index dbb1b54d0def..3ed9907f3c8d 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -29,12 +29,23 @@ struct follow_page_context {
 	unsigned int page_mask;
 };
 
-static void hpage_pincount_add(struct page *page, int refs)
+/*
+ * When pinning a compound page of order > 1 (which is what
+ * hpage_pincount_available() checks for), use an exact count to track
+ * it, via page_pincount_add/_sub().
+ *
+ * However, be sure to *also* increment the normal page refcount field
+ * at least once, so that the page really is pinned.  That's why the
+ * refcount from the earlier try_get_compound_head() is left intact.
+ */
+static void page_pincount_add(struct page *page, int refs)
 {
-	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!hpage_pincount_available(page), page);
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page != compound_head(page), page);
 
-	atomic_add(refs, compound_pincount_ptr(page));
+	if (hpage_pincount_available(page))
+		atomic_add(refs, compound_pincount_ptr(page));
+	else
+		page_ref_add(page, refs * (GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS - 1));
 }
 
 static void hpage_pincount_sub(struct page *page, int refs)
@@ -150,21 +161,7 @@ struct page *try_grab_compound_head(struct page *page,
 		if (!page)
 			return NULL;
 
-		/*
-		 * When pinning a compound page of order > 1 (which is what
-		 * hpage_pincount_available() checks for), use an exact count to
-		 * track it, via hpage_pincount_add/_sub().
-		 *
-		 * However, be sure to *also* increment the normal page refcount
-		 * field at least once, so that the page really is pinned.
-		 * That's why the refcount from the earlier
-		 * try_get_compound_head() is left intact.
-		 */
-		if (hpage_pincount_available(page))
-			hpage_pincount_add(page, refs);
-		else
-			page_ref_add(page, refs * (GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS - 1));
-
+		page_pincount_add(page, refs);
 		mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_FOLL_PIN_ACQUIRED,
 				    refs);
 
-- 
2.33.0