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Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH 2/6] mm/gmem: add arch-independent abstraction to
 track address mapping status

Oops, that should be changed to the following:

/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
/*
 * Generalized Memory Management.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2023- Huawei, Inc.
 * Author: Weixi Zhu
 *
 */

Thanks for pointing it out.
-Weixi

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/6] mm/gmem: add arch-independent abstraction to track address mapping status


On 11/28/23 07:50, Weixi Zhu wrote:
> This patch adds an abstraction layer, struct vm_object, that maintains 
> per-process virtual-to-physical mapping status stored in struct gm_mapping.
> For example, a virtual page may be mapped to a CPU physical page or to 
> a device physical page. Struct vm_object effectively maintains an 
> arch-independent page table, which is defined as a "logical page table".
> While arch-dependent page table used by a real MMU is named a 
> "physical page table". The logical page table is useful if Linux core 
> MM is extended to handle a unified virtual address space with external 
> accelerators using customized MMUs.
>
> In this patch, struct vm_object utilizes a radix tree (xarray) to 
> track where a virtual page is mapped to. This adds extra memory 
> consumption from xarray, but provides a nice abstraction to isolate 
> mapping status from the machine-dependent layer (PTEs). Besides 
> supporting accelerators with external MMUs, struct vm_object is 
> planned to further union with i_pages in struct address_mapping for file-backed memory.
>
> The idea of struct vm_object is originated from FreeBSD VM design, 
> which provides a unified abstraction for anonymous memory, file-backed 
> memory, page cache and etc[1].
>
> Currently, Linux utilizes a set of hierarchical page walk functions to 
> abstract page table manipulations of different CPU architecture. The 
> problem happens when a device wants to reuse Linux MM code to manage 
> its page table -- the device page table may not be accessible to the CPU.
> Existing solution like Linux HMM utilizes the MMU notifier mechanisms 
> to invoke device-specific MMU functions, but relies on encoding the 
> mapping status on the CPU page table entries. This entangles 
> machine-independent code with machine-dependent code, and also brings unnecessary restrictions.
> The PTE size and format vary arch by arch, which harms the extensibility.
>
> [1] https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/vm-design/
>
> Signed-off-by: Weixi Zhu <weixi.zhu@...wei.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/gmem.h     | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   include/linux/mm_types.h |   4 +
>   mm/Makefile              |   2 +-
>   mm/vm_object.c           | 184 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   4 files changed, 309 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>   create mode 100644 mm/vm_object.c
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/gmem.h b/include/linux/gmem.h index 
> fff877873557..529ff6755a99 100644
> --- a/include/linux/gmem.h
> +++ b/include/linux/gmem.h
> @@ -9,11 +9,131 @@
>   #ifndef _GMEM_H
>   #define _GMEM_H
>   
> +#include <linux/mm_types.h>
> +
>   #ifdef CONFIG_GMEM
> +
> +#define GM_PAGE_CPU	0x10 /* Determines whether page is a pointer or a pfn number. */
> +#define GM_PAGE_DEVICE	0x20
> +#define GM_PAGE_NOMAP	0x40
> +#define GM_PAGE_WILLNEED	0x80
> +
> +#define GM_PAGE_TYPE_MASK	(GM_PAGE_CPU | GM_PAGE_DEVICE | GM_PAGE_NOMAP)
> +
> +struct gm_mapping {
> +	unsigned int flag;
> +
> +	union {
> +		struct page *page;	/* CPU node */
> +		struct gm_dev *dev;	/* hetero-node. TODO: support multiple devices */
> +		unsigned long pfn;
> +	};
> +
> +	struct mutex lock;
> +};
> +
> +static inline void gm_mapping_flags_set(struct gm_mapping 
> +*gm_mapping, int flags) {
> +	if (flags & GM_PAGE_TYPE_MASK)
> +		gm_mapping->flag &= ~GM_PAGE_TYPE_MASK;
> +
> +	gm_mapping->flag |= flags;
> +}
> +
> +static inline void gm_mapping_flags_clear(struct gm_mapping 
> +*gm_mapping, int flags) {
> +	gm_mapping->flag &= ~flags;
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool gm_mapping_cpu(struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping) {
> +	return !!(gm_mapping->flag & GM_PAGE_CPU); }
> +
> +static inline bool gm_mapping_device(struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping) {
> +	return !!(gm_mapping->flag & GM_PAGE_DEVICE); }
> +
> +static inline bool gm_mapping_nomap(struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping) {
> +	return !!(gm_mapping->flag & GM_PAGE_NOMAP); }
> +
> +static inline bool gm_mapping_willneed(struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping) 
> +{
> +	return !!(gm_mapping->flag & GM_PAGE_WILLNEED); }
> +
>   /* h-NUMA topology */
>   void __init hnuma_init(void);
> +
> +/* vm object */
> +/*
> + * Each per-process vm_object tracks the mapping status of virtual 
> +pages from
> + * all VMAs mmap()-ed with MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_PEER_SHARED.
> + */
> +struct vm_object {
> +	spinlock_t lock;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * The logical_page_table is a container that holds the mapping
> +	 * information between a VA and a struct page.
> +	 */
> +	struct xarray *logical_page_table;
> +	atomic_t nr_pages;
> +};
> +
> +int __init vm_object_init(void);
> +struct vm_object *vm_object_create(struct mm_struct *mm); void 
> +vm_object_drop_locked(struct mm_struct *mm);
> +
> +struct gm_mapping *alloc_gm_mapping(void); void 
> +free_gm_mappings(struct vm_area_struct *vma); struct gm_mapping 
> +*vm_object_lookup(struct vm_object *obj, unsigned long va); void 
> +vm_object_mapping_create(struct vm_object *obj, unsigned long start); 
> +void unmap_gm_mappings_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
> +			     unsigned long end);
> +void munmap_in_peer_devices(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
> +			    unsigned long end);
>   #else
>   static inline void hnuma_init(void) {}
> +static inline void __init vm_object_init(void) { } static inline 
> +struct vm_object *vm_object_create(struct vm_area_struct *vma) {
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +static inline void vm_object_drop_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma) 
> +{ } static inline struct gm_mapping *alloc_gm_mapping(void) {
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +static inline void free_gm_mappings(struct vm_area_struct *vma) { } 
> +static inline struct gm_mapping *vm_object_lookup(struct vm_object *obj,
> +						  unsigned long va)
> +{
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +static inline void vm_object_mapping_create(struct vm_object *obj,
> +					    unsigned long start)
> +{
> +}
> +static inline void unmap_gm_mappings_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +					   unsigned long start,
> +					   unsigned long end)
> +{
> +}
> +static inline void munmap_in_peer_devices(struct mm_struct *mm,
> +					  unsigned long start,
> +					  unsigned long end)
> +{
> +}
>   #endif
>   
>   #endif /* _GMEM_H */
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h index 
> 957ce38768b2..4e50dc019d75 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
>   
>   struct address_space;
>   struct mem_cgroup;
> +struct vm_object;
>   
>   /*
>    * Each physical page in the system has a struct page associated 
> with @@ -974,6 +975,9 @@ struct mm_struct {
>   #endif
>   		} lru_gen;
>   #endif /* CONFIG_LRU_GEN */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_GMEM
> +		struct vm_object *vm_obj;
> +#endif
>   	} __randomize_layout;
>   
>   	/*
> diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile index 
> f48ea2eb4a44..d2dfab012c96 100644
> --- a/mm/Makefile
> +++ b/mm/Makefile
> @@ -138,4 +138,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IO_MAPPING) += io-mapping.o
>   obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE) += bootmem_info.o
>   obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IOREMAP) += ioremap.o
>   obj-$(CONFIG_SHRINKER_DEBUG) += shrinker_debug.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_GMEM) += gmem.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_GMEM) += gmem.o vm_object.o
> diff --git a/mm/vm_object.c b/mm/vm_object.c new file mode 100644 
> index 000000000000..4e76737e0ca1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/mm/vm_object.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/*
> + * arch/alpha/boot/bootp.c
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 1997 Jay Estabrook
> + *
> + * This file is used for creating a bootp file for the Linux/AXP 
> +kernel
> + *
> + * based significantly on the arch/alpha/boot/main.c of Linus 
> +Torvalds  */


i believe you have made a mistake here. you will likely want to correct the information in this comment.

> +#include <linux/mm.h>
> +#include <linux/gmem.h>
> +
> +/*
> + * Sine VM_OBJECT maintains the logical page table under each VMA, 
> +and each VMA
> + * points to a VM_OBJECT. Ultimately VM_OBJECTs must be maintained as 
> +long as VMA
> + * gets changed: merge, split, adjust  */ static struct kmem_cache 
> +*vm_object_cachep; static struct kmem_cache *gm_mapping_cachep;
> +
> +static inline void release_gm_mapping(struct gm_mapping *mapping) {
> +	kmem_cache_free(gm_mapping_cachep, mapping); }
> +
> +static inline struct gm_mapping *lookup_gm_mapping(struct vm_object *obj,
> +						   unsigned long pindex)
> +{
> +	return xa_load(obj->logical_page_table, pindex); }
> +
> +int __init vm_object_init(void)
> +{
> +	vm_object_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(vm_object, 0);
> +	if (!vm_object_cachep)
> +		goto out;
> +
> +	gm_mapping_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(gm_mapping, 0);
> +	if (!gm_mapping_cachep)
> +		goto free_vm_object;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +free_vm_object:
> +	kmem_cache_destroy(vm_object_cachep);
> +out:
> +	return -ENOMEM;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Create a VM_OBJECT and attach it to a mm_struct
> + * This should be called when a task_struct is created.
> + */
> +struct vm_object *vm_object_create(struct mm_struct *mm) {
> +	struct vm_object *obj = kmem_cache_alloc(vm_object_cachep, 
> +GFP_KERNEL);
> +
> +	if (!obj)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	spin_lock_init(&obj->lock);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * The logical page table maps va >> PAGE_SHIFT
> +	 * to pointers of struct gm_mapping.
> +	 */
> +	obj->logical_page_table = kmalloc(sizeof(struct xarray), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!obj->logical_page_table) {
> +		kmem_cache_free(vm_object_cachep, obj);
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
> +	xa_init(obj->logical_page_table);
> +	atomic_set(&obj->nr_pages, 0);
> +
> +	return obj;
> +}
> +
> +/* This should be called when a mm no longer refers to a VM_OBJECT */ 
> +void vm_object_drop_locked(struct mm_struct *mm) {
> +	struct vm_object *obj = mm->vm_obj;
> +
> +	if (!obj)
> +		return;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * We must enter this with VMA write-locked, which is unfortunately a
> +	 * giant lock.
> +	 */
> +	mmap_assert_write_locked(mm);
> +	mm->vm_obj = NULL;
> +
> +	xa_destroy(obj->logical_page_table);
> +	kfree(obj->logical_page_table);
> +	kmem_cache_free(vm_object_cachep, obj); }
> +
> +/*
> + * Given a VA, the page_index is computed by
> + * page_index = address >> PAGE_SHIFT  */ struct gm_mapping 
> +*vm_object_lookup(struct vm_object *obj, unsigned long va) {
> +	return lookup_gm_mapping(obj, va >> PAGE_SHIFT); } 
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vm_object_lookup);
> +
> +void vm_object_mapping_create(struct vm_object *obj, unsigned long 
> +start) {
> +
> +	unsigned long index = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> +	struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping;
> +
> +	if (!obj)
> +		return;
> +
> +	gm_mapping = alloc_gm_mapping();
> +	if (!gm_mapping)
> +		return;
> +
> +	__xa_store(obj->logical_page_table, index, gm_mapping, GFP_KERNEL); 
> +}
> +
> +/* gm_mapping will not be release dynamically */ struct gm_mapping 
> +*alloc_gm_mapping(void) {
> +	struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping = kmem_cache_zalloc(gm_mapping_cachep, 
> +GFP_KERNEL);
> +
> +	if (!gm_mapping)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	gm_mapping_flags_set(gm_mapping, GM_PAGE_NOMAP);
> +	mutex_init(&gm_mapping->lock);
> +
> +	return gm_mapping;
> +}
> +
> +/* This should be called when a PEER_SHAERD vma is freed */ void 
> +free_gm_mappings(struct vm_area_struct *vma) {
> +	struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping;
> +	struct vm_object *obj;
> +
> +	obj = vma->vm_mm->vm_obj;
> +	if (!obj)
> +		return;
> +
> +	XA_STATE(xas, obj->logical_page_table, vma->vm_start >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +
> +	xa_lock(obj->logical_page_table);
> +		xas_for_each(&xas, gm_mapping, vma->vm_end >> PAGE_SHIFT) {
> +		release_gm_mapping(gm_mapping);
> +		xas_store(&xas, NULL);
> +	}
> +	xa_unlock(obj->logical_page_table);
> +}
> +
> +void unmap_gm_mappings_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
> +			    unsigned long end)
> +{
> +	struct xarray *logical_page_table;
> +	struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping;
> +	struct page *page = NULL;
> +
> +	if (!vma->vm_mm->vm_obj)
> +		return;
> +
> +	logical_page_table = vma->vm_mm->vm_obj->logical_page_table;
> +	if (!logical_page_table)
> +		return;
> +
> +	XA_STATE(xas, logical_page_table, start >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +
> +	xa_lock(logical_page_table);
> +	xas_for_each(&xas, gm_mapping, end >> PAGE_SHIFT) {
> +		page = gm_mapping->page;
> +		if (page && (page_ref_count(page) != 0)) {
> +			put_page(page);
> +			gm_mapping->page = NULL;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	xa_unlock(logical_page_table);
> +}

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