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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 23:34:48 +0800
From: Levi Zim <rsworktech@...look.com>
To: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>
Cc: cyy@...self.name, alexghiti@...osinc.com,
Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, aou@...s.berkeley.edu,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] riscv: mm: Use hint address in mmap if available
On 2024-03-22 22:06, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:28:06 PST (-0800), Charlie Jenkins wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 11:59:43PM +0800, Yangyu Chen wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2024-01-31 at 22:41 +0800, Yangyu Chen wrote:
>>> > On Tue, 2024-01-30 at 17:07 -0800, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
>>> > > On riscv it is guaranteed that the address returned by mmap is less
>>> > > than
>>> > > the hint address. Allow mmap to return an address all the way up to
>>> > > addr, if provided, rather than just up to the lower address space.
>>> > > > > This provides a performance benefit as well, allowing mmap
>>> to exit
>>> > > after
>>> > > checking that the address is in range rather than searching for a
>>> > > valid
>>> > > address.
>>> > > > > It is possible to provide an address that uses at most the same
>>> > > number
>>> > > of bits, however it is significantly more computationally expensive
>>> > > to
>>> > > provide that number rather than setting the max to be the hint
>>> > > address.
>>> > > There is the instruction clz/clzw in Zbb that returns the highest
>>> > > set
>>> > > bit
>>> > > which could be used to performantly implement this, but it would
>>> > > still
>>> > > be slower than the current implementation. At worst case, half of
>>> > > the
>>> > > address would not be able to be allocated when a hint address is
>>> > > provided.
>>> > > > > Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>
>>> > > ---
>>> > > arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h | 27 +++++++++++---------------
>>> > > -
>>> > > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>> > > > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
>>> > > b/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
>>> > > index f19f861cda54..8ece7a8f0e18 100644
>>> > > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
>>> > > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
>>> > > @@ -14,22 +14,16 @@
>>> > >
>>> > > #include <asm/ptrace.h>
>>> > >
>>> > > -#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>>> > > -#define DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW (UL(1) << (MMAP_VA_BITS - 1))
>>> > > -#define STACK_TOP_MAX TASK_SIZE_64
>>> > > -
>>> > > #define arch_get_mmap_end(addr, len, flags) \
>>> > > ({ \
>>> > > unsigned long
>>> > > mmap_end; \
>>> > > typeof(addr) _addr = (addr); \
>>> > > - if ((_addr) == 0 || (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT) &&
>>> > > is_compat_task())) \
>>> > > + if ((_addr) == 0 || \
>>> > > + (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT) && is_compat_task()) || \
>>> > > + ((_addr + len) > BIT(VA_BITS -
>>> > > 1))) \
>>> > > mmap_end = STACK_TOP_MAX; \
>>> > > - else if ((_addr) >= VA_USER_SV57) \
>>> > > - mmap_end = STACK_TOP_MAX; \
>>> > > - else if ((((_addr) >= VA_USER_SV48)) && (VA_BITS >=
>>> > > VA_BITS_SV48)) \
>>> > > - mmap_end = VA_USER_SV48; \
>>> > > else \
>>> > > - mmap_end = VA_USER_SV39; \
>>> > > + mmap_end = (_addr + len); \
>>> > > mmap_end; \
>>> > > })
>>> > >
>>> > > @@ -39,17 +33,18 @@
>>> > > typeof(addr) _addr = (addr); \
>>> > > typeof(base) _base = (base); \
>>> > > unsigned long rnd_gap = DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW - (_base); \
>>> > > - if ((_addr) == 0 || (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT) &&
>>> > > is_compat_task())) \
>>> > > + if ((_addr) == 0 || \
>>> > > + (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT) && is_compat_task()) || \
>>> > > + ((_addr + len) > BIT(VA_BITS -
>>> > > 1))) \
>>> > > mmap_base = (_base); \
>>> > > - else if (((_addr) >= VA_USER_SV57) && (VA_BITS >=
>>> > > VA_BITS_SV57)) \
>>> > > - mmap_base = VA_USER_SV57 - rnd_gap; \
>>> > > - else if ((((_addr) >= VA_USER_SV48)) && (VA_BITS >=
>>> > > VA_BITS_SV48)) \
>>> > > - mmap_base = VA_USER_SV48 - rnd_gap; \
>>> > > else \
>>> > > - mmap_base = VA_USER_SV39 - rnd_gap; \
>>> > > + mmap_base = (_addr + len) - rnd_gap; \
>>> > > mmap_base; \
>>> > > })
>>> > >
>>> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>>> > > +#define DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW (UL(1) << (MMAP_VA_BITS - 1))
>>> > > +#define STACK_TOP_MAX TASK_SIZE_64
>>> > > #else
>>> > > #define DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW TASK_SIZE
>>> > > #define STACK_TOP_MAX TASK_SIZE
>>> > > > > I have carefully tested your patch on qemu with sv57. A bug
>>> that
>>> > needs
>>> > to be solved is that mmap with the same hint address without
>>> > MAP_FIXED
>>> > set will fail the second time.
>>> > > Userspace code to reproduce the bug:
>>> > > #include <sys/mman.h>
>>> > #include <stdio.h>
>>> > #include <stdint.h>
>>> > > void test(char *addr) {
>>> > char *res = mmap(addr, 4096, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
>>> > MAP_ANONYMOUS
>>> > > MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
>>> > printf("hint %p got %p.\n", addr, res);
>>> > }
>>> > > int main (void) {
>>> > test(1<<30);
>>> > test(1<<30);
>>> > test(1<<30);
>>> > return 0;
>>> > }
>>> > > output:
>>> > > hint 0x40000000 got 0x40000000.
>>> > hint 0x40000000 got 0xffffffffffffffff.
>>> > hint 0x40000000 got 0xffffffffffffffff.
>>> > > output on x86:
>>> > > hint 0x40000000 got 0x40000000.
>>> > hint 0x40000000 got 0x7f9171363000.
>>> > hint 0x40000000 got 0x7f9171362000.
>>> > > It may need to implement a special arch_get_unmapped_area and
>>> > arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown function.
>>> >
>>> This is because hint address < rnd_gap. I have tried to let mmap_base =
>>> min((_addr + len), (base) + TASK_SIZE - DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW). However it
>>> does not work for bottom-up while ulimit -s is unlimited. You said this
>>> behavior is expected from patch v2 review. However it brings a new
>>> regression even on sv39 systems.
>>>
>>> I still don't know the reason why use addr+len as the upper-bound. I
>>> think solution like x86/arm64/powerpc provide two address space switch
>>> based on whether hint address above the default map window is enough.
>>>
>>
>> Yep this is expected. It is up to the maintainers to decide.
>
> Sorry I forgot to reply to this, I had a buffer sitting around
> somewhere but I must have lost it.
>
> I think Charlie's approach is the right way to go. Putting my
> userspace hat on, I'd much rather have my allocations fail rather than
> silently ignore the hint when there's memory pressure.
>
> If there's some real use case that needs these low hints to be
> silently ignored under VA pressure then we can try and figure
> something out that makes those applications work.
I suspect this has broke chromium and all other software that depends on
chromium on riscv64. See also
https://github.com/riscv-forks/electron/issues/4
>
>>
>> - Charlie
>
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