Add new WP Async mode (UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC) which resolves the page
faults on its own. It can be used to track that which pages have been
written-to from the time the pages were write-protected. It is very
efficient way to track the changes as uffd is by nature pte/pmd based.
UFFD synchronous WP sends the page faults to the userspace where the
pages which have been written-to can be tracked. But it is not efficient.
This is why this asynchronous version is being added. After setting the
WP Async, the pages which have been written to can be found in the pagemap
file or information can be obtained from the PAGEMAP_IOCTL.
Suggested-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v9:
- Correct the fault resolution with code contributed by Peter
Changes in v7:
- Remove UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT_MODE_ASYNC_WP and add UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC
- Handle automatic page fault resolution in better way (thanks to Peter)
update to wp async
---
fs/userfaultfd.c | 11 +++++++++++
include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h | 6 ++++++
include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h | 8 +++++++-
mm/memory.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 15a5bf765d43..c17835a0e842 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1867,6 +1867,10 @@ static int userfaultfd_writeprotect(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
mode_wp = uffdio_wp.mode & UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT_MODE_WP;
mode_dontwake = uffdio_wp.mode & UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT_MODE_DONTWAKE;
+ /* The unprotection is not supported if in async WP mode */
+ if (!mode_wp && (ctx->features & UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (mode_wp && mode_dontwake)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -1950,6 +1954,13 @@ static int userfaultfd_continue(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx, unsigned long arg)
return ret;
}
+int userfaultfd_wp_async(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx = vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx;
+
+ return (ctx && (ctx->features & UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC));
+}
+
static inline unsigned int uffd_ctx_features(__u64 user_features)
{
/*
diff --git a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
index 9df0b9a762cc..94dcb4dc1b4a 100644
--- a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
+++ b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ extern int userfaultfd_unmap_prep(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
unsigned long end, struct list_head *uf);
extern void userfaultfd_unmap_complete(struct mm_struct *mm,
struct list_head *uf);
+extern int userfaultfd_wp_async(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
#else /* CONFIG_USERFAULTFD */
@@ -274,6 +275,11 @@ static inline bool uffd_disable_fault_around(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return false;
}
+static inline int userfaultfd_wp_async(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
#endif /* CONFIG_USERFAULTFD */
static inline bool pte_marker_entry_uffd_wp(swp_entry_t entry)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
index 005e5e306266..f4252ef40071 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS | \
UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM | \
UFFD_FEATURE_EXACT_ADDRESS | \
- UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM)
+ UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM | \
+ UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC)
#define UFFD_API_IOCTLS \
((__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_REGISTER | \
(__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_UNREGISTER | \
@@ -203,6 +204,10 @@ struct uffdio_api {
*
* UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM indicates that userfaultfd
* write-protection mode is supported on both shmem and hugetlbfs.
+ *
+ * UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC indicates that userfaultfd write-protection
+ * asynchronous mode is supported in which the write fault is automatically
+ * resolved and write-protection is un-set.
*/
#define UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP (1<<0)
#define UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK (1<<1)
@@ -217,6 +222,7 @@ struct uffdio_api {
#define UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM (1<<10)
#define UFFD_FEATURE_EXACT_ADDRESS (1<<11)
#define UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM (1<<12)
+#define UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC (1<<13)
__u64 features;
__u64 ioctls;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 4000e9f017e0..04843e35550e 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3351,8 +3351,21 @@ static vm_fault_t do_wp_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
if (likely(!unshare)) {
if (userfaultfd_pte_wp(vma, *vmf->pte)) {
- pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
- return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_WP);
+ if (userfaultfd_wp_async(vma)) {
+ /*
+ * Nothing needed (cache flush, TLB invalidations,
+ * etc.) because we're only removing the uffd-wp bit,
+ * which is completely invisible to the user.
+ */
+ pte_t pte = pte_clear_uffd_wp(*vmf->pte);
+
+ set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, vmf->address, vmf->pte, pte);
+ /* Update this to be prepared for following up CoW handling */
+ vmf->orig_pte = pte;
+ } else {
+ pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
+ return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_WP);
+ }
}
/*
@@ -4812,8 +4825,11 @@ static inline vm_fault_t wp_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf)
if (vma_is_anonymous(vmf->vma)) {
if (likely(!unshare) &&
- userfaultfd_huge_pmd_wp(vmf->vma, vmf->orig_pmd))
+ userfaultfd_huge_pmd_wp(vmf->vma, vmf->orig_pmd)) {
+ if (userfaultfd_wp_async(vmf->vma))
+ goto split_and_return;
return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_WP);
+ }
return do_huge_pmd_wp_page(vmf);
}
@@ -4825,6 +4841,7 @@ static inline vm_fault_t wp_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf)
}
}
+split_and_return:
/* COW or write-notify handled on pte level: split pmd. */
__split_huge_pmd(vmf->vma, vmf->pmd, vmf->address, false, NULL);
--
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