linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] mm/hugetlb: fix missing call to restore_reserve_on

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Date:   Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:21:51 -0700
From:   Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To:     Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, songmuchun@...edance.com,
        lukas.bulwahn@...il.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] mm/hugetlb: fix missing call to
 restore_reserve_on_error()

On 08/23/22 11:02, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> When huge_add_to_page_cache() fails, the page is freed directly without
> calling restore_reserve_on_error() to restore reserve for newly allocated
> pages not in page cache. Fix this by calling restore_reserve_on_error()
> when huge_add_to_page_cache fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
> ---
>  mm/hugetlb.c | 11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index d46dfe5ba62c..8e62da153c64 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -5576,7 +5576,6 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	if (idx >= size)
>  		goto out;
>  
> -retry:
>  	new_page = false;
>  	page = find_lock_page(mapping, idx);
>  	if (!page) {
> @@ -5616,9 +5615,15 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) {
>  			int err = huge_add_to_page_cache(page, mapping, idx);
>  			if (err) {
> +				/*
> +				 * err can't be -EEXIST which implies someone
> +				 * else consumed the reservation since hugetlb
> +				 * fault mutex is held when add a hugetlb page
> +				 * to the page cache. So it's safe to call
> +				 * restore_reserve_on_error() here.
> +				 */
> +				restore_reserve_on_error(h, vma, haddr, page);
>  				put_page(page);
> -				if (err == -EEXIST)
> -					goto retry;

Thanks for removing this check and adding the comment.

Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
-- 
Mike Kravetz

>  				goto out;
>  			}
>  			new_pagecache_page = true;
> -- 
> 2.23.0
>