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Message-ID: <fbad9e18-f727-9703-33cf-545a2d33af76@linux.ibm.com> Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 14:46:28 +0200 From: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com> To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...nelisnetworks.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, Christian Benvenuti <benve@...co.com>, Nelson Escobar <neescoba@...co.com>, Bernard Metzler <bmt@...ich.ibm.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, Bjorn Topel <bjorn@...nel.org>, Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>, Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>, Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>, John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>, John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>, Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>, Mika Penttila <mpenttil@...hat.com>, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] mm/gup: disallow FOLL_LONGTERM GUP-fast writing to file-backed mappings Am 02.05.23 um 01:11 schrieb Lorenzo Stoakes: > Writing to file-backed dirty-tracked mappings via GUP is inherently broken > as we cannot rule out folios being cleaned and then a GUP user writing to > them again and possibly marking them dirty unexpectedly. > > This is especially egregious for long-term mappings (as indicated by the > use of the FOLL_LONGTERM flag), so we disallow this case in GUP-fast as > we have already done in the slow path. Hmm, does this interfer with KVM on s390 and PCI interpretion of interrupt delivery? It would no longer work with file backed memory, correct? See arch/s390/kvm/pci.c kvm_s390_pci_aif_enable which does have FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_LONGTERM to > > We have access to less information in the fast path as we cannot examine > the VMA containing the mapping, however we can determine whether the folio > is anonymous and then whitelist known-good mappings - specifically hugetlb > and shmem mappings. > > While we obtain a stable folio for this check, the mapping might not be, as > a truncate could nullify it at any time. Since doing so requires mappings > to be zapped, we can synchronise against a TLB shootdown operation. > > For some architectures TLB shootdown is synchronised by IPI, against which > we are protected as the GUP-fast operation is performed with interrupts > disabled. However, other architectures which specify > CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE use an RCU lock for this operation. > > In these instances, we acquire an RCU lock while performing our checks. If > we cannot get a stable mapping, we fall back to the slow path, as otherwise > we'd have to walk the page tables again and it's simpler and more effective > to just fall back. > > It's important to note that there are no APIs allowing users to specify > FOLL_FAST_ONLY for a PUP-fast let alone with FOLL_LONGTERM, so we can > always rely on the fact that if we fail to pin on the fast path, the code > will fall back to the slow path which can perform the more thorough check. > > Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> > Suggested-by: Kirill A . Shutemov <kirill@...temov.name> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com> > --- > mm/gup.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c > index 0f09dec0906c..431618048a03 100644 > --- a/mm/gup.c > +++ b/mm/gup.c > @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ > #include <linux/migrate.h> > #include <linux/mm_inline.h> > #include <linux/sched/mm.h> > +#include <linux/shmem_fs.h> > > #include <asm/mmu_context.h> > #include <asm/tlbflush.h> > @@ -95,6 +96,77 @@ static inline struct folio *try_get_folio(struct page *page, int refs) > return folio; > } > > +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE > +static bool stabilise_mapping_rcu(struct folio *folio) > +{ > + struct address_space *mapping = READ_ONCE(folio->mapping); > + > + rcu_read_lock(); > + > + return mapping == READ_ONCE(folio->mapping); > +} > + > +static void unlock_rcu(void) > +{ > + rcu_read_unlock(); > +} > +#else > +static bool stabilise_mapping_rcu(struct folio *) > +{ > + return true; > +} > + > +static void unlock_rcu(void) > +{ > +} > +#endif > + > +/* > + * Used in the GUP-fast path to determine whether a FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM | > + * FOLL_WRITE pin is permitted for a specific folio. > + * > + * This assumes the folio is stable and pinned. > + * > + * Writing to pinned file-backed dirty tracked folios is inherently problematic > + * (see comment describing the writeable_file_mapping_allowed() function). We > + * therefore try to avoid the most egregious case of a long-term mapping doing > + * so. > + * > + * This function cannot be as thorough as that one as the VMA is not available > + * in the fast path, so instead we whitelist known good cases. > + * > + * The folio is stable, but the mapping might not be. When truncating for > + * instance, a zap is performed which triggers TLB shootdown. IRQs are disabled > + * so we are safe from an IPI, but some architectures use an RCU lock for this > + * operation, so we acquire an RCU lock to ensure the mapping is stable. > + */ > +static bool folio_longterm_write_pin_allowed(struct folio *folio) > +{ > + bool ret; > + > + /* hugetlb mappings do not require dirty tracking. */ > + if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) > + return true; > + > + if (stabilise_mapping_rcu(folio)) { > + struct address_space *mapping = folio_mapping(folio); > + > + /* > + * Neither anonymous nor shmem-backed folios require > + * dirty tracking. > + */ > + ret = folio_test_anon(folio) || > + (mapping && shmem_mapping(mapping)); > + } else { > + /* If the mapping is unstable, fallback to the slow path. */ > + ret = false; > + } > + > + unlock_rcu(); > + > + return ret; > +} > + > /** > * try_grab_folio() - Attempt to get or pin a folio. > * @page: pointer to page to be grabbed > @@ -123,6 +195,8 @@ static inline struct folio *try_get_folio(struct page *page, int refs) > */ > struct folio *try_grab_folio(struct page *page, int refs, unsigned int flags) > { > + bool is_longterm = flags & FOLL_LONGTERM; > + > if (unlikely(!(flags & FOLL_PCI_P2PDMA) && is_pci_p2pdma_page(page))) > return NULL; > > @@ -136,8 +210,7 @@ struct folio *try_grab_folio(struct page *page, int refs, unsigned int flags) > * right zone, so fail and let the caller fall back to the slow > * path. > */ > - if (unlikely((flags & FOLL_LONGTERM) && > - !is_longterm_pinnable_page(page))) > + if (unlikely(is_longterm && !is_longterm_pinnable_page(page))) > return NULL; > > /* > @@ -148,6 +221,16 @@ struct folio *try_grab_folio(struct page *page, int refs, unsigned int flags) > if (!folio) > return NULL; > > + /* > + * Can this folio be safely pinned? We need to perform this > + * check after the folio is stabilised. > + */ > + if ((flags & FOLL_WRITE) && is_longterm && > + !folio_longterm_write_pin_allowed(folio)) { > + folio_put_refs(folio, refs); > + return NULL; > + } > + > /* > * When pinning a large folio, use an exact count to track it. > *
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