Re: [PATCH v7 09/24] vfio, mm: fix get_user_pages_remote() and FOLL_LONGTERM

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On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:13:39 -0800
John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As it says in the updated comment in gup.c: current FOLL_LONGTERM
> behavior is incompatible with FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY because of the
> FS DAX check requirement on vmas.
> 
> However, the corresponding restriction in get_user_pages_remote() was
> slightly stricter than is actually required: it forbade all
> FOLL_LONGTERM callers, but we can actually allow FOLL_LONGTERM callers
> that do not set the "locked" arg.
> 
> Update the code and comments accordingly, and update the VFIO caller
> to take advantage of this, fixing a bug as a result: the VFIO caller
> is logically a FOLL_LONGTERM user.
> 
> Also, remove an unnessary pair of calls that were releasing and
> reacquiring the mmap_sem. There is no need to avoid holding mmap_sem
> just in order to call page_to_pfn().
> 
> Also, move the DAX check ("if a VMA is DAX, don't allow long term
> pinning") from the VFIO call site, all the way into the internals
> of get_user_pages_remote() and __gup_longterm_locked(). That is:
> get_user_pages_remote() calls __gup_longterm_locked(), which in turn
> calls check_dax_vmas(). It's lightly explained in the comments as well.
> 
> Thanks to Jason Gunthorpe for pointing out a clean way to fix this,
> and to Dan Williams for helping clarify the DAX refactoring.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jerome Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 30 +++++-------------------------
>  mm/gup.c                        | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

Tested with device assignment and Intel mdev vGPU assignment with QEMU
userspace:

Tested-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Feel free to include for 19/24 as well.  Thanks,

Alex

> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> index d864277ea16f..c7a111ad9975 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> @@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ static int vaddr_get_pfn(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vaddr,
>  {
>  	struct page *page[1];
>  	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> -	struct vm_area_struct *vmas[1];
>  	unsigned int flags = 0;
>  	int ret;
>  
> @@ -348,33 +347,14 @@ static int vaddr_get_pfn(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vaddr,
>  		flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
>  
>  	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> -	if (mm == current->mm) {
> -		ret = get_user_pages(vaddr, 1, flags | FOLL_LONGTERM, page,
> -				     vmas);
> -	} else {
> -		ret = get_user_pages_remote(NULL, mm, vaddr, 1, flags, page,
> -					    vmas, NULL);
> -		/*
> -		 * The lifetime of a vaddr_get_pfn() page pin is
> -		 * userspace-controlled. In the fs-dax case this could
> -		 * lead to indefinite stalls in filesystem operations.
> -		 * Disallow attempts to pin fs-dax pages via this
> -		 * interface.
> -		 */
> -		if (ret > 0 && vma_is_fsdax(vmas[0])) {
> -			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> -			put_page(page[0]);
> -		}
> -	}
> -	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> -
> +	ret = get_user_pages_remote(NULL, mm, vaddr, 1, flags | FOLL_LONGTERM,
> +				    page, NULL, NULL);
>  	if (ret == 1) {
>  		*pfn = page_to_pfn(page[0]);
> -		return 0;
> +		ret = 0;
> +		goto done;
>  	}
>  
> -	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> -
>  	vaddr = untagged_addr(vaddr);
>  
>  	vma = find_vma_intersection(mm, vaddr, vaddr + 1);
> @@ -384,7 +364,7 @@ static int vaddr_get_pfn(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vaddr,
>  		if (is_invalid_reserved_pfn(*pfn))
>  			ret = 0;
>  	}
> -
> +done:
>  	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>  	return ret;
>  }
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index 14fcdc502166..cce2c9676853 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ struct follow_page_context {
>  	unsigned int page_mask;
>  };
>  
> +static __always_inline long __gup_longterm_locked(struct task_struct *tsk,
> +						  struct mm_struct *mm,
> +						  unsigned long start,
> +						  unsigned long nr_pages,
> +						  struct page **pages,
> +						  struct vm_area_struct **vmas,
> +						  unsigned int flags);
>  /*
>   * Return the compound head page with ref appropriately incremented,
>   * or NULL if that failed.
> @@ -1167,13 +1174,23 @@ long get_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
>  		struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked)
>  {
>  	/*
> -	 * FIXME: Current FOLL_LONGTERM behavior is incompatible with
> +	 * Parts of FOLL_LONGTERM behavior are incompatible with
>  	 * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY because of the FS DAX check requirement on
> -	 * vmas.  As there are no users of this flag in this call we simply
> -	 * disallow this option for now.
> +	 * vmas. However, this only comes up if locked is set, and there are
> +	 * callers that do request FOLL_LONGTERM, but do not set locked. So,
> +	 * allow what we can.
>  	 */
> -	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_LONGTERM))
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +	if (gup_flags & FOLL_LONGTERM) {
> +		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(locked))
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +		/*
> +		 * This will check the vmas (even if our vmas arg is NULL)
> +		 * and return -ENOTSUPP if DAX isn't allowed in this case:
> +		 */
> +		return __gup_longterm_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, pages,
> +					     vmas, gup_flags | FOLL_TOUCH |
> +					     FOLL_REMOTE);
> +	}
>  
>  	return __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, pages, vmas,
>  				       locked,





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