linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Always sanity check anon

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Message-ID: <CAJuCfpEaVpuVUu0kwfpfBVQmOqbGwLkjKbXsiP=TxxmCTitukg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:41:55 -0700
From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>, 
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@...gle.com>, 
	Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Always sanity check anon_vma first for per-vma locks

On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 8:19 AM Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 09:53:29AM -0500, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > Unless vmf_anon_prepare() already explains why vma->anon_vma poses a
> > problem for per-vma locks, we should have an explanation there. This
> > comment would serve that purpose IMO.
>
> I'll do you one better; here's some nice kernel-doc for
> vmd_anon_prepare():
>
> commit f89a1cd17f13
> Author: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> Date:   Fri Apr 12 10:41:02 2024 -0400
>
>     mm: Delay the check for a NULL anon_vma
>
>     Instead of checking the anon_vma early in the fault path where all page
>     faults pay the cost, delay it until we know we're going to need the
>     anon_vma to be filled in.  This will have a slight negative effect on the
>     first fault in an anonymous VMA, but it shortens every other page fault.
>     It also makes the code slightly cleaner as the anon and file backed
>     fault handling look more similar.
>
>     Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>

The patch looks good to me but I would like to run benchmark tests to
see how it affects different workloads (both positive and negative
effects). I'll try to do that in this coming week and will report if I
find any considerable difference. For now:

Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>

Also we should ensure that this patch goes together with the next one
adjusting related code in uffd. It would be better to resend them as
one patchset to avoid confusion.

>
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index d8d2ed80b0bf..718f91f74a48 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -1057,11 +1057,13 @@ vm_fault_t do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>         gfp_t gfp;
>         struct folio *folio;
>         unsigned long haddr = vmf->address & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
> +       vm_fault_t ret;
>
>         if (!thp_vma_suitable_order(vma, haddr, PMD_ORDER))
>                 return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
> -       if (unlikely(anon_vma_prepare(vma)))
> -               return VM_FAULT_OOM;
> +       ret = vmf_anon_prepare(vmf);
> +       if (ret)
> +               return ret;
>         khugepaged_enter_vma(vma, vma->vm_flags);
>
>         if (!(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) &&
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 6e2fe960473d..46b509c3bbc1 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -3213,6 +3213,21 @@ static inline vm_fault_t vmf_can_call_fault(const struct vm_fault *vmf)
>         return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
>  }
>
> +/**
> + * vmf_anon_prepare - Prepare to handle an anonymous fault.
> + * @vmf: The vm_fault descriptor passed from the fault handler.
> + *
> + * When preparing to insert an anonymous page into a VMA from a
> + * fault handler, call this function rather than anon_vma_prepare().
> + * If this vma does not already have an associated anon_vma and we are
> + * only protected by the per-VMA lock, the caller must retry with the
> + * mmap_lock held.  __anon_vma_prepare() will look at adjacent VMAs to
> + * determine if this VMA can share its anon_vma, and that's not safe to
> + * do with only the per-VMA lock held for this VMA.
> + *
> + * Return: 0 if fault handling can proceed.  Any other value should be
> + * returned to the caller.
> + */
>  vm_fault_t vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  {
>         struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
> @@ -4437,8 +4452,9 @@ static vm_fault_t do_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>         }
>
>         /* Allocate our own private page. */
> -       if (unlikely(anon_vma_prepare(vma)))
> -               goto oom;
> +       ret = vmf_anon_prepare(vmf);
> +       if (ret)
> +               return ret;
>         /* Returns NULL on OOM or ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN) if we must retry the fault */
>         folio = alloc_anon_folio(vmf);
>         if (IS_ERR(folio))
> @@ -5821,15 +5837,6 @@ struct vm_area_struct *lock_vma_under_rcu(struct mm_struct *mm,
>         if (!vma_start_read(vma))
>                 goto inval;
>
> -       /*
> -        * find_mergeable_anon_vma uses adjacent vmas which are not locked.
> -        * This check must happen after vma_start_read(); otherwise, a
> -        * concurrent mremap() with MREMAP_DONTUNMAP could dissociate the VMA
> -        * from its anon_vma.
> -        */
> -       if (unlikely(vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !vma->anon_vma))
> -               goto inval_end_read;
> -
>         /* Check since vm_start/vm_end might change before we lock the VMA */
>         if (unlikely(address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end))
>                 goto inval_end_read;