From: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 01:27:45 -0400
> Vhost log dirty pages directly to a userspace bitmap through GUP and
> kmap_atomic() since kernel doesn't have a set_bit_to_user()
> helper. This will cause issues for the arch that has virtually tagged
> caches. The way to fix is to keep using userspace virtual
> address. Fortunately, futex has arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser() which
> could be used for setting a bit to user.
>
> Note there're several cases that futex helper can fail e.g a page
> fault or the arch that doesn't have the support. For those cases, a
> simplified get_user()/put_user() pair protected by a global mutex is
> provided as a fallback. The fallback may lead false positive that
> userspace may see more dirty pages.
>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 3a4d5c94e9593 ("vhost_net: a kernel-level virtio server")
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
I want to see a review from Michael for this change before applying.
