Re: [PATCH v2] kvm: Faults which trigger IO release the mmap_sem

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On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 08:29:17AM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> Hi Andres,
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:51:48AM -0700, Andres Lagar-Cavilla wrote:
> [...]
> > static inline int check_user_page_hwpoison(unsigned long addr)
> > {
> > 	int rc, flags = FOLL_TOUCH | FOLL_HWPOISON | FOLL_WRITE;
> >@@ -1177,9 +1214,15 @@ static int hva_to_pfn_slow(unsigned long addr, bool *async, bool write_fault,
> > 		npages = get_user_page_nowait(current, current->mm,
> > 					      addr, write_fault, page);
> > 		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
> >-	} else
> >-		npages = get_user_pages_fast(addr, 1, write_fault,
> >-					     page);
> >+	} else {
> >+		/*
> >+		 * By now we have tried gup_fast, and possibly async_pf, and we
> >+		 * are certainly not atomic. Time to retry the gup, allowing
> >+		 * mmap semaphore to be relinquished in the case of IO.
> >+		 */
> >+		npages = kvm_get_user_page_io(current, current->mm, addr,
> >+					      write_fault, page);
> >+	}
> 
> try_async_pf 
>  gfn_to_pfn_async 
>   __gfn_to_pfn  			async = false 
                                        *async = false

>    __gfn_to_pfn_memslot
>     hva_to_pfn 
> 	 hva_to_pfn_fast 
> 	 hva_to_pfn_slow 
hva_to_pfn_slow checks async not *async.

> 	  kvm_get_user_page_io
> 
> page will always be ready after kvm_get_user_page_io which leads to APF
> don't need to work any more.
> 
> Regards,
> Wanpeng Li
> 
> > 	if (npages != 1)
> > 		return npages;
> > 
> >-- 
> >2.1.0.rc2.206.gedb03e5
> >
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