Re: [kvm-unit-tests RFC v1 1/5] lib/vmalloc: vmalloc support for handling allocation metadata

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On 8/14/20 5:10 PM, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:

LGTM, some smaller nits/questions below:

Commit message?

> Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  lib/vmalloc.c | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/vmalloc.c b/lib/vmalloc.c
> index e0c7b6b..aca0876 100644
> --- a/lib/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/lib/vmalloc.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
>  #include <bitops.h>
>  #include "vmalloc.h"
>  
> +#define VM_MAGIC 0x7E57C0DE
> +
> +struct metadata {
> +	unsigned long npages;
> +	unsigned long magic;
> +};
> +
>  static struct spinlock lock;
>  static void *vfree_top = 0;
>  static void *page_root;
> @@ -25,8 +32,14 @@ static void *page_root;
>   *
>   * nr is the number of pages to allocate
>   * alignment_pages is the alignment of the allocation *in pages*
> + * metadata indicates whether an extra (unaligned) page needs to be allocated
> + * right before the main (aligned) allocation.
> + *
> + * The return value points to the first allocated virtual page, which will
> + * be the (potentially unaligned) metadata page if the metadata flag is
> + * specified.
>   */
> -void *alloc_vpages_aligned(ulong nr, unsigned int align_order)
> +static void *do_alloc_vpages(ulong nr, unsigned int align_order, bool metadata)
>  {
>  	uintptr_t ptr;
>  
> @@ -34,6 +47,8 @@ void *alloc_vpages_aligned(ulong nr, unsigned int align_order)
>  	ptr = (uintptr_t)vfree_top;
>  	ptr -= PAGE_SIZE * nr;
>  	ptr &= GENMASK_ULL(63, PAGE_SHIFT + align_order);
> +	if (metadata)
> +		ptr -= PAGE_SIZE;
>  	vfree_top = (void *)ptr;
>  	spin_unlock(&lock);
>  
> @@ -41,6 +56,11 @@ void *alloc_vpages_aligned(ulong nr, unsigned int align_order)
>  	return (void *)ptr;
>  }
>  
> +void *alloc_vpages_aligned(ulong nr, unsigned int align_order)
> +{
> +	return do_alloc_vpages(nr, align_order, false);
> +}
> +
>  void *alloc_vpages(ulong nr)
>  {
>  	return alloc_vpages_aligned(nr, 0);
> @@ -69,35 +89,100 @@ void *vmap(phys_addr_t phys, size_t size)
>  	return mem;
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Allocate one page, for an object with specified alignment.
> + * The resulting pointer will be aligned to the required alignment, but
> + * intentionally not page-aligned.
> + */
> +static void *vm_alloc_one_page(size_t alignment)
> +{
> +	void *p;
> +
> +	assert(alignment >= sizeof(uintptr_t));
> +	assert(alignment < PAGE_SIZE);
> +	p = alloc_vpage();
> +	install_page(page_root, virt_to_phys(alloc_page()), p);
> +	/* write the magic at the beginning of the page */
> +	*(uintptr_t *)p = VM_MAGIC;
> +	return (void*)((uintptr_t)p + alignment);

s/(void*)/(void *)/

> +}
> +
> +static struct metadata *get_metadata(void *p)
> +{
> +	struct metadata *m = p;
> +
> +	return m - 1;
> +}

So the metadata is not at the start of the metadata page, but at the
end? We have it at the beginning for the one page case and at the end
for the multi page case with metadata on an extra page.

> +
>  /*
>   * Allocate virtual memory, with the specified minimum alignment.
> + * If the allocation fits in one page, only one page is allocated. Otherwise
> + * enough pages are allocated for the object, plus one to keep metadata
> + * information about the allocation.
>   */
>  static void *vm_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size)
>  {
> +	struct metadata *m;
>  	phys_addr_t pa;
> -	void *mem, *p;
> +	uintptr_t p;
> +	void *mem;
> +	size_t i;
>  
> +	if (!size)
> +		return NULL;
>  	assert(is_power_of_2(alignment));
>  
> +	if (alignment < sizeof(uintptr_t))
> +		alignment = sizeof(uintptr_t);
> +	/* it fits in one page, allocate only one page */
> +	if (alignment + size <= PAGE_SIZE)
> +		return vm_alloc_one_page(alignment);

Don't we also need to take the metadata into account in any size
calculation for one page?

>  	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size) / PAGE_SIZE;
>  	alignment = get_order(PAGE_ALIGN(alignment) / PAGE_SIZE);
> -	mem = p = alloc_vpages_aligned(size, alignment);
> -	while (size--) {
> +	mem = do_alloc_vpages(size, alignment, true);
> +	p = (uintptr_t)mem;
> +	/* skip the metadata page */
> +	mem = (void *)(p + PAGE_SIZE);
> +	/*
> +	 * time to actually allocate the physical pages to back our virtual
> +	 * allocation; note that we need to allocate one extra page (for the
> +	 * metadata), hence the <=
> +	 */
> +	for (i = 0; i <= size; i++, p += PAGE_SIZE) {
>  		pa = virt_to_phys(alloc_page());
>  		assert(pa);
> -		install_page(page_root, pa, p);
> -		p += PAGE_SIZE;
> +		install_page(page_root, pa, (void *)p);
>  	}
> +	m = get_metadata(mem);
> +	m->npages = size;
> +	m->magic = VM_MAGIC;
>  	return mem;
>  }
>  
>  static void vm_free(void *mem, size_t size)
>  {
> -	while (size) {
> -		free_page(phys_to_virt(virt_to_pte_phys(page_root, mem)));
> -		mem += PAGE_SIZE;
> -		size -= PAGE_SIZE;
> +	struct metadata *m;
> +	uintptr_t ptr, end;
> +
> +	/* the pointer is not page-aligned, it was a single-page allocation */
> +	if (!IS_ALIGNED((uintptr_t)mem, PAGE_SIZE)) {
> +		ptr = virt_to_pte_phys(page_root, mem) & PAGE_MASK;
> +		assert(*(uintptr_t *)ptr == VM_MAGIC);
> +		free_page(phys_to_virt(ptr));
> +		return;
>  	}
> +
> +	/* the pointer is page-aligned, it was a multi-page allocation */
> +	m = get_metadata(mem);
> +	assert(m->magic == VM_MAGIC);
> +	assert(m->npages > 0);
> +	/* free all the pages including the metadata page */
> +	ptr = (uintptr_t)mem - PAGE_SIZE;
> +	end = ptr + m->npages * PAGE_SIZE;
> +	for ( ; ptr < end; ptr += PAGE_SIZE)
> +		free_page(phys_to_virt(virt_to_pte_phys(page_root, (void *)ptr)));
> +	/* free the last one separately to avoid overflow issues */
> +	free_page(phys_to_virt(virt_to_pte_phys(page_root, (void *)ptr)));
>  }
>  
>  static struct alloc_ops vmalloc_ops = {
> 


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