On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:05:26 +0900
Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > vma_adjust() is updating anon VMA information without any locks taken.
> > In contrast, file-backed mappings use the i_mmap_lock and this lack of
> > locking can result in races with page migration. During rmap_walk(),
> > vma_address() can return -EFAULT for an address that will soon be valid.
> > This leaves a dangling migration PTE behind which can later cause a BUG_ON
> > to trigger when the page is faulted in.
> >
> > With the recent anon_vma changes, there can be more than one anon_vma->lock
> > that can be taken in a anon_vma_chain but a second lock cannot be spinned
> > upon in case of deadlock. Instead, the rmap walker tries to take locks of
> > different anon_vma's. If the attempt fails, the operation is restarted.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > mm/ksm.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> > mm/mmap.c | 6 ++++++
> > mm/rmap.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
> > 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
> > index 3666d43..baa5b4d 100644
> > --- a/mm/ksm.c
> > +++ b/mm/ksm.c
> > @@ -1674,9 +1674,22 @@ again:
> > spin_lock(&anon_vma->lock);
> > list_for_each_entry(vmac, &anon_vma->head, same_anon_vma) {
> > vma = vmac->vma;
> > +
> > + /* See comment in mm/rmap.c#rmap_walk_anon on locking */
> > + if (anon_vma != vma->anon_vma) {
> > + if (!spin_trylock(&vma->anon_vma->lock)) {
> > + spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
> > + goto again;
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > if (rmap_item->address < vma->vm_start ||
> > rmap_item->address >= vma->vm_end)
> > continue;
> > +
> > + if (anon_vma != vma->anon_vma)
> > + spin_unlock(&vma->anon_vma->lock);
> > +
> > /*
> > * Initially we examine only the vma which covers this
> > * rmap_item; but later, if there is still work to do,
> > diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> > index f90ea92..61d6f1d 100644
> > --- a/mm/mmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> > @@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ again: remove_next = 1 + (end > next->vm_end);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > + if (vma->anon_vma)
> > + spin_lock(&vma->anon_vma->lock);
> > +
> > if (root) {
> > flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping);
> > vma_prio_tree_remove(vma, root);
> > @@ -620,6 +623,9 @@ again: remove_next = 1 + (end > next->vm_end);
> > if (mapping)
> > spin_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_lock);
> >
> > + if (vma->anon_vma)
> > + spin_unlock(&vma->anon_vma->lock);
> > +
> > if (remove_next) {
> > if (file) {
> > fput(file);
> > diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> > index 85f203e..bc313a6 100644
> > --- a/mm/rmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> > @@ -1368,15 +1368,31 @@ static int rmap_walk_anon(struct page *page, int (*rmap_one)(struct page *,
> > * are holding mmap_sem. Users without mmap_sem are required to
> > * take a reference count to prevent the anon_vma disappearing
> > */
> > +retry:
> > anon_vma = page_anon_vma(page);
> > if (!anon_vma)
> > return ret;
> > spin_lock(&anon_vma->lock);
> > list_for_each_entry(avc, &anon_vma->head, same_anon_vma) {
> > struct vm_area_struct *vma = avc->vma;
> > - unsigned long address = vma_address(page, vma);
> > - if (address == -EFAULT)
> > - continue;
> > + unsigned long address;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Guard against deadlocks by not spinning against
> > + * vma->anon_vma->lock. If contention is found, release our
> > + * lock and try again until VMA list can be traversed without
> > + * contention.
> > + */
> > + if (anon_vma != vma->anon_vma) {
> > + if (!spin_trylock(&vma->anon_vma->lock)) {
> > + spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
> > + goto retry;
> > + }
> > + }
> > + address = vma_address(page, vma);
> > + if (anon_vma != vma->anon_vma)
> > + spin_unlock(&vma->anon_vma->lock);
> > +
>
> if (address == -EFAULT)
> continue;
>
yes. thank you for pointing out.
-Kame
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