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Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2022 10:40:10 +0100
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
"Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>,
Donald Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
Liang Zhang <zhangliang5@...wei.com>,
Pedro Gomes <pedrodemargomes@...il.com>,
Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 12/17] mm: remember exclusively mapped anonymous pages
with PG_anon_exclusive
On 06.12.22 10:37, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> On 2022/12/6 16:43, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi David, sorry for the late respond and a possible inconsequential question. :)
>>
>> Better late than never! Thanks for the review, independently at which time it happens :)
>>
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
>>>> index 7a71ed679853..5add8bbd47cd 100644
>>>> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
>>>> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
>>>> @@ -4772,7 +4772,7 @@ int copy_hugetlb_page_range(struct mm_struct *dst, struct mm_struct *src,
>>>> is_hugetlb_entry_hwpoisoned(entry))) {
>>>> swp_entry_t swp_entry = pte_to_swp_entry(entry);
>>>> - if (is_writable_migration_entry(swp_entry) && cow) {
>>>> + if (!is_readable_migration_entry(swp_entry) && cow) {
>>>> /*
>>>> * COW mappings require pages in both
>>>> * parent and child to be set to read.
>>>> @@ -5172,6 +5172,8 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_cow(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>>> set_huge_ptep_writable(vma, haddr, ptep);
>>>> return 0;
>>>> }
>>>> + VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageAnon(old_page) && PageAnonExclusive(old_page),
>>>> + old_page);
>>>> /*
>>>> * If the process that created a MAP_PRIVATE mapping is about to
>>>> @@ -6169,12 +6171,17 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>>> }
>>>> if (unlikely(is_hugetlb_entry_migration(pte))) {
>>>> swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(pte);
>>>> + struct page *page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(entry);
>>>> - if (is_writable_migration_entry(entry)) {
>>>> + if (!is_readable_migration_entry(entry)) {
>>>
>>> In hugetlb_change_protection(), is_writable_migration_entry() is changed to !is_readable_migration_entry(),
>>> but
>>>
>>>> pte_t newpte;
>>>> - entry = make_readable_migration_entry(
>>>> - swp_offset(entry));
>>>> + if (PageAnon(page))
>>>> + entry = make_readable_exclusive_migration_entry(
>>>> + swp_offset(entry));
>>>> + else
>>>> + entry = make_readable_migration_entry(
>>>> + swp_offset(entry));
>>>> newpte = swp_entry_to_pte(entry);
>>>> set_huge_swap_pte_at(mm, address, ptep,
>>>> newpte, huge_page_size(h));
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
>>>> index b69ce7a7b2b7..56060acdabd3 100644
>>>> --- a/mm/mprotect.c
>>>> +++ b/mm/mprotect.c
>>>> @@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
>>>> pages++;
>>>> } else if (is_swap_pte(oldpte)) {
>>>> swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(oldpte);
>>>> + struct page *page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(entry);
>>>> pte_t newpte;
>>>> if (is_writable_migration_entry(entry)) {
>>>
>>> In change_pte_range(), is_writable_migration_entry() is not changed to !is_readable_migration_entry().
>>
>> Yes, and also in change_huge_pmd(), is_writable_migration_entry() stays unchanged.
>>
>>> Is this done intentionally? Could you tell me why there's such a difference? I'm confused. It's very
>>> kind of you if you can answer my puzzle.
>>
>> For change protection, the only relevant part is to convert writable -> readable or writable -> readable_exclusive.
>>
>> If an entry is already readable or readable_exclusive, there is nothing to do. The only issues would be when turning a readable one into a readable_exclusive one or a readable_exclusive one into a readable one.
>>
>>
>> In hugetlb_change_protection(), the "!is_readable_migration_entry" could in fact be turned into a "is_writable_migration_entry()". Right now, it would convert writable -> readable or writable -> readable_exclusive AND readable -> readable AND readable_exclusive -> readable_exclusive, which isn't necessary but also shouldn't hurt either.
>
> Many thanks for your explanation. It's really helpful. :)
>
>>
>>
>> So yeah, it's not consistent but shouldn't be problematic. Do you see an issue with that?
>
> No, I don't see any issue with that. I just wonder whether we can change "!is_readable_migration_entry" to "is_writable_migration_entry()" to make code
> more consistent and avoid possible future puzzle. Also we can further remove this harmless unnecessary migration entry conversion. But this should
> be a separate cleanup patch anyway.
Want to send a patch? :)
Thanks!
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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