linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 0/3] per-vma locks in userfaultfd

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Date: Thu,  8 Feb 2024 13:22:01 -0800
From: Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@...gle.com>
To: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: lokeshgidra@...gle.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...r.kernel.org, surenb@...gle.com, 
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	Liam.Howlett@...cle.com
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/3] per-vma locks in userfaultfd

Performing userfaultfd operations (like copy/move etc.) in critical
section of mmap_lock (read-mode) causes significant contention on the
lock when operations requiring the lock in write-mode are taking place
concurrently. We can use per-vma locks instead to significantly reduce
the contention issue.

Android runtime's Garbage Collector uses userfaultfd for concurrent
compaction. mmap-lock contention during compaction potentially causes
jittery experience for the user. During one such reproducible scenario,
we observed the following improvements with this patch-set:

- Wall clock time of compaction phase came down from ~3s to <500ms
- Uninterruptible sleep time (across all threads in the process) was
  ~10ms (none in mmap_lock) during compaction, instead of >20s

Changes since v3 [3]:
- Rename function names to clearly reflect which lock is being taken,
  per Liam Howlett.
- Have separate functions and abstractions in mm/userfaultfd.c to avoid
  confusion around which lock is being acquired/released, per Liam Howlett.
- Prepare anon_vma for all private vmas, anonymous or file-backed,
  per Jann Horn.

Changes since v2 [2]:
- Implement and use lock_vma() which uses mmap_lock critical section
  to lock the VMA using per-vma lock if lock_vma_under_rcu() fails,
  per Liam R. Howlett. This helps simplify the code and also avoids
  performing the entire userfaultfd operation under mmap_lock.

Changes since v1 [1]:
- rebase patches on 'mm-unstable' branch

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240126182647.2748949-1-lokeshgidra@google.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240129193512.123145-1-lokeshgidra@google.com/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240206010919.1109005-1-lokeshgidra@google.com/

Lokesh Gidra (3):
  userfaultfd: move userfaultfd_ctx struct to header file
  userfaultfd: protect mmap_changing with rw_sem in userfaulfd_ctx
  userfaultfd: use per-vma locks in userfaultfd operations

 fs/userfaultfd.c              |  86 ++-----
 include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h |  75 ++++--
 mm/userfaultfd.c              | 414 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 3 files changed, 384 insertions(+), 191 deletions(-)

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