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Message-ID: <CAJuCfpEy9DBAEQw9H3CvF8MaX0NZTvY_+uCPiZqW+k0KjktECw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 3 May 2023 12:42:06 -0700
From:   Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
To:     Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, willy@...radead.org, hannes@...xchg.org,
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        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm: drop VMA lock before waiting for migration

On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 6:05 AM Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com> wrote:
>
>
> Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com> writes:
>
> > On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 6:26 AM 'Alistair Popple' via kernel-team
> > <kernel-team@...roid.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com> writes:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> > diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> >> > index 306a3d1a0fa6..b3b57c6da0e1 100644
> >> > --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> >> > +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> >> > @@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ typedef __bitwise unsigned int vm_fault_t;
> >> >   *                           fsync() to complete (for synchronous page faults
> >> >   *                           in DAX)
> >> >   * @VM_FAULT_COMPLETED:              ->fault completed, meanwhile mmap lock released
> >> > + * @VM_FAULT_VMA_UNLOCKED:   VMA lock was released
> >>
> >> A note here saying vmf->vma should no longer be accessed would be nice.
> >
> > Good idea. Will add in the next version. Thanks!
> >
> >>
> >> >   * @VM_FAULT_HINDEX_MASK:    mask HINDEX value
> >> >   *
> >> >   */
> >> > @@ -1047,6 +1048,7 @@ enum vm_fault_reason {
> >> >       VM_FAULT_DONE_COW       = (__force vm_fault_t)0x001000,
> >> >       VM_FAULT_NEEDDSYNC      = (__force vm_fault_t)0x002000,
> >> >       VM_FAULT_COMPLETED      = (__force vm_fault_t)0x004000,
> >> > +     VM_FAULT_VMA_UNLOCKED   = (__force vm_fault_t)0x008000,
> >> >       VM_FAULT_HINDEX_MASK    = (__force vm_fault_t)0x0f0000,
> >> >  };
> >> >
> >> > @@ -1070,7 +1072,9 @@ enum vm_fault_reason {
> >> >       { VM_FAULT_RETRY,               "RETRY" },      \
> >> >       { VM_FAULT_FALLBACK,            "FALLBACK" },   \
> >> >       { VM_FAULT_DONE_COW,            "DONE_COW" },   \
> >> > -     { VM_FAULT_NEEDDSYNC,           "NEEDDSYNC" }
> >> > +     { VM_FAULT_NEEDDSYNC,           "NEEDDSYNC" },  \
> >> > +     { VM_FAULT_COMPLETED,           "COMPLETED" },  \
> >>
> >> VM_FAULT_COMPLETED isn't used in this patch, guessing that's snuck in
> >> from one of the other patches in the series?
> >
> > I noticed that an entry for VM_FAULT_COMPLETED was missing and wanted
> > to fix that... Should I drop that?
>
> Oh ok. It would certainly be good to add but really it should be it's
> own patch.

Ack. Will split in the next version. Thanks!

>
> >>
> >> > +     { VM_FAULT_VMA_UNLOCKED,        "VMA_UNLOCKED" }
> >> >
> >> >  struct vm_special_mapping {
> >> >       const char *name;       /* The name, e.g. "[vdso]". */
> >> > diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> >> > index 41f45819a923..8222acf74fd3 100644
> >> > --- a/mm/memory.c
> >> > +++ b/mm/memory.c
> >> > @@ -3714,8 +3714,16 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> >> >       entry = pte_to_swp_entry(vmf->orig_pte);
> >> >       if (unlikely(non_swap_entry(entry))) {
> >> >               if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
> >> > -                     migration_entry_wait(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd,
> >> > -                                          vmf->address);
> >> > +                     /* Save mm in case VMA lock is dropped */
> >> > +                     struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
> >> > +
> >> > +                     if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK) {
> >> > +                             /* No need to hold VMA lock for migration */
> >> > +                             vma_end_read(vma);
> >> > +                             /* CAUTION! VMA can't be used after this */
> >> > +                             ret |= VM_FAULT_VMA_UNLOCKED;
> >> > +                     }
> >> > +                     migration_entry_wait(mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->address);
> >> >               } else if (is_device_exclusive_entry(entry)) {
> >> >                       vmf->page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(entry);
> >> >                       ret = remove_device_exclusive_entry(vmf);
> >>
> >> --
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