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Date:   Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:45:23 +1000
From:   Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
To:     "Wang, Haiyue" <haiyue.wang@...el.com>
Cc:     "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "david@...hat.com" <david@...hat.com>,
        "linmiaohe@...wei.com" <linmiaohe@...wei.com>,
        "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        "songmuchun@...edance.com" <songmuchun@...edance.com>,
        "naoya.horiguchi@...ux.dev" <naoya.horiguchi@...ux.dev>,
        "alex.sierra@....com" <alex.sierra@....com>,
        Felix Kuehling <Felix.Kuehling@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] mm: fix the handling Non-LRU pages returned by
 follow_page


"Wang, Haiyue" <haiyue.wang@...el.com> writes:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 08:01
>> To: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@...el.com>
>> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; akpm@...ux-foundation.org; david@...hat.com;
>> linmiaohe@...wei.com; Huang, Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>; songmuchun@...edance.com;
>> naoya.horiguchi@...ux.dev; alex.sierra@....com; Felix Kuehling <Felix.Kuehling@....com>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] mm: fix the handling Non-LRU pages returned by follow_page
>>
>>
>> Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@...el.com> writes:
>>
>> > The handling Non-LRU pages returned by follow_page() jumps directly, it
>> > doesn't call put_page() to handle the reference count, since 'FOLL_GET'
>> > flag for follow_page() has get_page() called. Fix the zone device page
>> > check by handling the page reference count correctly before returning.
>> >
>> > And as David reviewed, "device pages are never PageKsm pages". Drop this
>> > zone device page check for break_ksm().
>> >
>> > Fixes: 3218f8712d6b ("mm: handling Non-LRU pages returned by vm_normal_pages")
>> > Signed-off-by: Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@...el.com>
>> > ---
>> >  mm/huge_memory.c |  4 ++--
>> >  mm/ksm.c         | 12 +++++++++---
>> >  mm/migrate.c     | 10 +++++++---
>> >  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
>> > index 8a7c1b344abe..b2ba17c3dcd7 100644
>> > --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
>> > +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
>> > @@ -2963,10 +2963,10 @@ static int split_huge_pages_pid(int pid, unsigned long vaddr_start,
>> >  		/* FOLL_DUMP to ignore special (like zero) pages */
>> >  		page = follow_page(vma, addr, FOLL_GET | FOLL_DUMP);
>> >
>> > -		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page) || is_zone_device_page(page))
>> > +		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page))
>> >  			continue;
>> >
>> > -		if (!is_transparent_hugepage(page))
>> > +		if (is_zone_device_page(page) || !is_transparent_hugepage(page))
>> >  			goto next;
>> >
>> >  		total++;
>> > diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
>> > index 42ab153335a2..e26f57fc1f0e 100644
>> > --- a/mm/ksm.c
>> > +++ b/mm/ksm.c
>> > @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static int break_ksm(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
>> >  		cond_resched();
>> >  		page = follow_page(vma, addr,
>> >  				FOLL_GET | FOLL_MIGRATION | FOLL_REMOTE);
>> > -		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page) || is_zone_device_page(page))
>> > +		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page))
>> >  			break;
>> >  		if (PageKsm(page))
>> >  			ret = handle_mm_fault(vma, addr,
>> > @@ -560,12 +560,15 @@ static struct page *get_mergeable_page(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
>> >  		goto out;
>> >
>> >  	page = follow_page(vma, addr, FOLL_GET);
>> > -	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page) || is_zone_device_page(page))
>> > +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page))
>> >  		goto out;
>> > +	if (is_zone_device_page(page))
>>
>> Same as for break_ksm() I think we should be able to drop the
>> is_zone_device_page() check here because scan_get_next_rmap_item()
>> already filters out zone device pages.
>>
>
> The 'page' for scan_get_next_rmap_item() is from 'vma' which is NOT MERGEABLE:
> 	for (; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
> 		if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MERGEABLE))
> 			continue;
>
> The 'page' for get_mergeable_page() is from 'vma' which is MERGEABLE by 'find_mergeable_vma()'

Oh, ok. I'm actually not too familiar with KSM but I think I follow so
if you think we need to keep the check by all means do so.

> So they may be different, and the unstable_tree_search_insert() shows the logical:
>
>  'page' vs 'tree_page':
>
> 		tree_page = get_mergeable_page(tree_rmap_item);
> 		if (!tree_page)
> 			return NULL;
>
> 		/*
> 		 * Don't substitute a ksm page for a forked page.
> 		 */
> 		if (page == tree_page) {
> 			put_page(tree_page);
> 			return NULL;
> 		}
>
> 		ret = memcmp_pages(page, tree_page);
>
>
>> > +		goto out_putpage;
>> >  	if (PageAnon(page)) {
>> >  		flush_anon_page(vma, page, addr);
>> >  		flush_dcache_page(page);
>> >  	} else {
>> > +out_putpage:
>> >  		put_page(page);
>> >  out:
>> >  		page = NULL;
>> > @@ -2308,11 +2311,13 @@ static struct rmap_item *scan_get_next_rmap_item(struct page **page)
>> >  			if (ksm_test_exit(mm))
>> >  				break;
>> >  			*page = follow_page(vma, ksm_scan.address, FOLL_GET);
>> > -			if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(*page) || is_zone_device_page(*page)) {
>> > +			if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(*page)) {
>> >  				ksm_scan.address += PAGE_SIZE;
>> >  				cond_resched();
>> >  				continue;
>> >  			}
>> > +			if (is_zone_device_page(*page))
>> > +				goto next_page;
>> >  			if (PageAnon(*page)) {
>> >  				flush_anon_page(vma, *page, ksm_scan.address);
>> >  				flush_dcache_page(*page);
>> > @@ -2327,6 +2332,7 @@ static struct rmap_item *scan_get_next_rmap_item(struct page **page)
>> >  				mmap_read_unlock(mm);
>> >  				return rmap_item;
>> >  			}
>> > +next_page:
>> >  			put_page(*page);
>> >  			ksm_scan.address += PAGE_SIZE;
>> >  			cond_resched();
>> > diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
>> > index 581dfaad9257..fee12cd2f294 100644
>> > --- a/mm/migrate.c
>> > +++ b/mm/migrate.c
>> > @@ -1672,9 +1672,12 @@ static int add_page_for_migration(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
>> >  		goto out;
>> >
>> >  	err = -ENOENT;
>> > -	if (!page || is_zone_device_page(page))
>> > +	if (!page)
>> >  		goto out;
>> >
>> > +	if (is_zone_device_page(page))
>> > +		goto out_putpage;
>> > +
>> >  	err = 0;
>> >  	if (page_to_nid(page) == node)
>> >  		goto out_putpage;
>> > @@ -1868,8 +1871,9 @@ static void do_pages_stat_array(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long nr_pages,
>> >  		if (IS_ERR(page))
>> >  			goto set_status;
>> >
>> > -		if (page && !is_zone_device_page(page)) {
>> > -			err = page_to_nid(page);
>> > +		if (page) {
>> > +			err = !is_zone_device_page(page) ? page_to_nid(page)
>> > +							 : -ENOENT;
>>
>> Can we remove the multiple layers of conditionals here? Something like
>> this is cleaner and easier to understand IMHO:
>
> OK, I will try it in new patch.

Thanks.

>>
>> -               if (page && !is_zone_device_page(page)) {
>> -                       err = page_to_nid(page);
>> -                       if (foll_flags & FOLL_GET)
>> -                               put_page(page);
>> -               } else {
>> +               if (!page) {
>>                         err = -ENOENT;
>> +                       goto set_status;
>>                 }
>> +
>> +               if (is_zone_device_page(page))
>> +                       err = -ENOENT;
>> +               else
>> +                       err = page_to_nid_page(page);
>> +
>> +               if (foll_flags & FOLL_GET)
>> +                       put_page(page);
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>  - Alistair
>>
>> >  			if (foll_flags & FOLL_GET)
>> >  				put_page(page);
>> >  		} else {

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