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Message-ID: <CAJuCfpGRresZRacCSDU=E+CNDkGfMwO2u-oTB_H30cASzFgNtA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:22:24 -0700
From:   Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] mm: handle userfaults under VMA lock

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 6:58 AM Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 12:18:00AM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > Enable handle_userfault to operate under VMA lock by releasing VMA lock
> > instead of mmap_lock and retrying. Note that FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT
> > should never be used when handling faults under per-VMA lock protection
> > because that would break the assumption that lock is dropped on retry.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
>
> Besides the NOWAIT typo all look sane.  Since there seems to need at least
> one more version I'll still comment on a few things..
>
> > ---
> >  fs/userfaultfd.c   | 39 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> >  include/linux/mm.h | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  mm/filemap.c       |  8 --------
> >  mm/memory.c        |  9 ---------
> >  4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
> > index 4e800bb7d2ab..d019e7df6f15 100644
> > --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
> > +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
> > @@ -277,17 +277,16 @@ static inline struct uffd_msg userfault_msg(unsigned long address,
> >   * hugepmd ranges.
> >   */
> >  static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> > -                                      struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > -                                      unsigned long address,
> > -                                      unsigned long flags,
> > -                                      unsigned long reason)
> > +                                           struct vm_fault *vmf,
> > +                                           unsigned long reason)
> >  {
> > +     struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
> >       pte_t *ptep, pte;
> >       bool ret = true;
> >
> > -     mmap_assert_locked(ctx->mm);
> > +     assert_fault_locked(ctx->mm, vmf);
>
> AFAIU ctx->mm must be the same as vma->vm_mm here, so maybe we can also
> drop *ctx here altogether if we've already dropped plenty.

Ack. I was not sure if the ctx->mm would always be the same as vmf->mm.

>
> >
> > -     ptep = hugetlb_walk(vma, address, vma_mmu_pagesize(vma));
> > +     ptep = hugetlb_walk(vma, vmf->address, vma_mmu_pagesize(vma));
> >       if (!ptep)
> >               goto out;
> >
> > @@ -308,10 +307,8 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> >  }
> >  #else
> >  static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> > -                                      struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > -                                      unsigned long address,
> > -                                      unsigned long flags,
> > -                                      unsigned long reason)
> > +                                           struct vm_fault *vmf,
> > +                                           unsigned long reason)
> >  {
> >       return false;   /* should never get here */
> >  }
> > @@ -325,11 +322,11 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> >   * threads.
> >   */
> >  static inline bool userfaultfd_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> > -                                      unsigned long address,
> > -                                      unsigned long flags,
> > +                                      struct vm_fault *vmf,
> >                                        unsigned long reason)
> >  {
> >       struct mm_struct *mm = ctx->mm;
> > +     unsigned long address = vmf->address;
> >       pgd_t *pgd;
> >       p4d_t *p4d;
> >       pud_t *pud;
> > @@ -337,7 +334,7 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> >       pte_t *pte;
> >       bool ret = true;
> >
> > -     mmap_assert_locked(mm);
> > +     assert_fault_locked(mm, vmf);
> >
> >       pgd = pgd_offset(mm, address);
> >       if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
> > @@ -445,7 +442,7 @@ vm_fault_t handle_userfault(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long reason)
> >        * Coredumping runs without mmap_lock so we can only check that
> >        * the mmap_lock is held, if PF_DUMPCORE was not set.
> >        */
> > -     mmap_assert_locked(mm);
> > +     assert_fault_locked(mm, vmf);
> >
> >       ctx = vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx;
> >       if (!ctx)
> > @@ -522,8 +519,11 @@ vm_fault_t handle_userfault(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long reason)
> >        * and wait.
> >        */
> >       ret = VM_FAULT_RETRY;
> > -     if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)
> > +     if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT) {
> > +             /* Per-VMA lock is expected to be dropped on VM_FAULT_RETRY */
> > +             BUG_ON(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT);
>
> Here is not the only place that we can have FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT.
> E.g. folio_lock_or_retry() can also get it, so check here may or may not
> help much.
>
> The other thing is please consider not using BUG_ON if possible.
> WARN_ON_ONCE() is IMHO always more preferred if the kernel can still try to
> run even if it triggers.

Ack.

>
> I'd rather drop this change, leaving space for future when vma lock may be
> supported in gup paths with NOWAIT, then here it'll work naturally, afaiu.
> If we really want a sanity check, maybe the best place is when entering
> handle_mm_fault(), to be explicit, sanitize_fault_flags().

That sounds like a good idea. Thanks!

>
> >               goto out;
> > +     }
> >
> >       /* take the reference before dropping the mmap_lock */
> >       userfaultfd_ctx_get(ctx);
> > @@ -561,15 +561,12 @@ vm_fault_t handle_userfault(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long reason)
> >       spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->fault_pending_wqh.lock);
> >
> >       if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> > -             must_wait = userfaultfd_must_wait(ctx, vmf->address, vmf->flags,
> > -                                               reason);
> > +             must_wait = userfaultfd_must_wait(ctx, vmf, reason);
> >       else
> > -             must_wait = userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(ctx, vma,
> > -                                                    vmf->address,
> > -                                                    vmf->flags, reason);
> > +             must_wait = userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(ctx, vmf, reason);
> >       if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> >               hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(vma);
> > -     mmap_read_unlock(mm);
> > +     release_fault_lock(vmf);
> >
> >       if (likely(must_wait && !READ_ONCE(ctx->released))) {
> >               wake_up_poll(&ctx->fd_wqh, EPOLLIN);
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> > index fec149585985..70bb2f923e33 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> > @@ -705,6 +705,17 @@ static inline bool vma_try_start_write(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> >       return true;
> >  }
> >
> > +static inline void vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> > +{
> > +     int mm_lock_seq;
> > +
> > +     if (__is_vma_write_locked(vma, &mm_lock_seq))
> > +             return;
> > +
> > +     lockdep_assert_held(&vma->vm_lock->lock);
> > +     VM_BUG_ON_VMA(!rwsem_is_locked(&vma->vm_lock->lock), vma);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static inline void vma_assert_write_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> >  {
> >       int mm_lock_seq;
> > @@ -723,6 +734,23 @@ static inline void vma_mark_detached(struct vm_area_struct *vma, bool detached)
> >  struct vm_area_struct *lock_vma_under_rcu(struct mm_struct *mm,
> >                                         unsigned long address);
> >
> > +static inline
> > +void assert_fault_locked(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_fault *vmf)
> > +{
> > +     if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK)
> > +             vma_assert_locked(vmf->vma);
> > +     else
> > +             mmap_assert_locked(mm);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void release_fault_lock(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> > +{
> > +     if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK)
> > +             vma_end_read(vmf->vma);
> > +     else
> > +             mmap_read_unlock(vmf->vma->vm_mm);
> > +}
> > +
> >  #else /* CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK */
> >
> >  static inline void vma_init_lock(struct vm_area_struct *vma) {}
> > @@ -736,6 +764,17 @@ static inline void vma_assert_write_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma) {}
> >  static inline void vma_mark_detached(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> >                                    bool detached) {}
> >
> > +static inline
> > +void assert_fault_locked(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_fault *vmf)
> > +{
> > +     mmap_assert_locked(mm);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void release_fault_lock(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> > +{
> > +     mmap_read_unlock(vmf->vma->vm_mm);
> > +}
> > +
> >  #endif /* CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK */
> >
> >  /*
> > diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> > index 7ee078e1a0d2..d4d8f474e0c5 100644
> > --- a/mm/filemap.c
> > +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> > @@ -1699,14 +1699,6 @@ static int __folio_lock_async(struct folio *folio, struct wait_page_queue *wait)
> >       return ret;
> >  }
> >
> > -static void release_fault_lock(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> > -{
> > -     if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK)
> > -             vma_end_read(vmf->vma);
> > -     else
> > -             mmap_read_unlock(vmf->vma->vm_mm);
> > -}
>
> The movement is fine but may not be the cleanest.  It'll be nicer to me if
> it's put at the right place when introduced - after all in the same series.

Ack.

Thanks for the review!

>
> Thanks,
>
> > -
> >  /*
> >   * Return values:
> >   * 0 - folio is locked.
> > diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> > index 76c7907e7286..c6c759922f39 100644
> > --- a/mm/memory.c
> > +++ b/mm/memory.c
> > @@ -5294,15 +5294,6 @@ struct vm_area_struct *lock_vma_under_rcu(struct mm_struct *mm,
> >       if (!vma_start_read(vma))
> >               goto inval;
> >
> > -     /*
> > -      * Due to the possibility of userfault handler dropping mmap_lock, avoid
> > -      * it for now and fall back to page fault handling under mmap_lock.
> > -      */
> > -     if (userfaultfd_armed(vma)) {
> > -             vma_end_read(vma);
> > -             goto inval;
> > -     }
> > -
> >       /* Check since vm_start/vm_end might change before we lock the VMA */
> >       if (unlikely(address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end)) {
> >               vma_end_read(vma);
> > --
> > 2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog
> >
>
> --
> Peter Xu
>

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