linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/memcg: use get_page() for device private pages in mc_handle_swap

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Date:   Sun, 23 Jul 2023 09:16:28 +0800
From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
CC:     <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        <mhocko@...nel.org>, <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        <shakeelb@...gle.com>, <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/memcg: use get_page() for device private pages in
 mc_handle_swap_pte()

On 2023/7/17 10:28, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> On 2023/7/15 11:56, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 11:28:02AM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>>> When page table locked is held, the page can't be freed from under us.
>>
>> But the page isn't mapped into the page table ... there's a swap entry
>> in the page table, so I don't think your logic holds.
>>
> 
> IIUC, device_private_entry will hold one page refcnt when it's set to page table.

Take remove_migration_pte() as example, it will hold extra one page refcnt when set device private entry:
  remove_migration_pte()
    ...
    folio_get(folio);
    ...
    if (unlikely(is_device_private_page(new))) {
      make_[writable|readable]_device_private_entry();
    }
    ...
    set_pte_at

> And there's similar code in do_swap_page():
> 
>   vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>     if (unlikely(non_swap_entry(entry))) {
>       if (is_device_private_entry(entry))
>         /*
>          * Get a page reference while we know the page can't be
>          * freed.
>          */
>         get_page(vmf->page);
>         pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
>         ret = vmf->page->pgmap->ops->migrate_to_ram(vmf);
>         put_page(vmf->page);
>     ...
> 
> If my logic doesn't hold, do_swap_page() will need to fix the code. Or am I miss something?

Can I have your opinion?

Thanks.