Re: [PATCH] mm,hugetlb: compute page_size_log properly

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On Wed 08-03-17 09:06:01, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> The SHM_HUGE_* stuff  was introduced in:
> 
>    42d7395feb5 (mm: support more pagesizes for MAP_HUGETLB/SHM_HUGETLB)
> 
> It unnecessarily adds another layer, specific to sysv shm, without
> anything special about it: the macros are identical to the MAP_HUGE_*
> stuff, which in turn does correctly describe the hugepage subsystem.
> 
> One example of the problems with extra layers what this patch fixes:
> mmap_pgoff() should never be using SHM_HUGE_* logic. This was
> introduced by:
> 
>    091d0d55b28 (shm: fix null pointer deref when userspace specifies invalid hugepage size)
> 
> It is obviously harmless but lets just rip out the whole thing --
> the shmget.2 manpage will need updating, as it should not be
> describing kernel internals.

Yes, I agree the additional layer just adds confusion and as it turned
out it is error prone. As this has never been exported to the userspace
properly without anybody complaining I would strongly suspect it is not
really needed so just get rid of it.

> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> ---
>  include/linux/shm.h                    | 13 -------------
>  ipc/shm.c                              |  6 +++---
>  mm/mmap.c                              |  2 +-
>  tools/testing/selftests/vm/thuge-gen.c |  8 +-------
>  4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/shm.h b/include/linux/shm.h
> index 429c1995d756..98fc25f9db8a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/shm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/shm.h
> @@ -31,19 +31,6 @@ struct shmid_kernel /* private to the kernel */
>  
>  /* Bits [26:31] are reserved */
>  
> -/*
> - * When SHM_HUGETLB is set bits [26:31] encode the log2 of the huge page size.
> - * This gives us 6 bits, which is enough until someone invents 128 bit address
> - * spaces.
> - *
> - * Assume these are all power of twos.
> - * When 0 use the default page size.
> - */
> -#define SHM_HUGE_SHIFT  26
> -#define SHM_HUGE_MASK   0x3f
> -#define SHM_HUGE_2MB    (21 << SHM_HUGE_SHIFT)
> -#define SHM_HUGE_1GB    (30 << SHM_HUGE_SHIFT)
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
>  long do_shmat(int shmid, char __user *shmaddr, int shmflg, unsigned long *addr,
>  	      unsigned long shmlba);
> diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
> index 7e199fa1960f..f21a2338ee39 100644
> --- a/ipc/shm.c
> +++ b/ipc/shm.c
> @@ -491,8 +491,8 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
>  
>  	sprintf (name, "SYSV%08x", key);
>  	if (shmflg & SHM_HUGETLB) {
> -		struct hstate *hs = hstate_sizelog((shmflg >> SHM_HUGE_SHIFT)
> -						& SHM_HUGE_MASK);
> +		struct hstate *hs = hstate_sizelog((shmflg >> MAP_HUGE_SHIFT)
> +						   & MAP_HUGE_MASK);
>  		size_t hugesize;
>  
>  		if (!hs) {
> @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
>  			acctflag = VM_NORESERVE;
>  		file = hugetlb_file_setup(name, hugesize, acctflag,
>  				  &shp->mlock_user, HUGETLB_SHMFS_INODE,
> -				(shmflg >> SHM_HUGE_SHIFT) & SHM_HUGE_MASK);
> +				(shmflg >> MAP_HUGE_SHIFT) & MAP_HUGE_MASK);
>  	} else {
>  		/*
>  		 * Do not allow no accounting for OVERCOMMIT_NEVER, even
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 0718c175db8f..a1c4cefc5a38 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(mmap_pgoff, unsigned long, addr, unsigned long, len,
>  	} else if (flags & MAP_HUGETLB) {
>  		struct user_struct *user = NULL;
>  		struct hstate *hs = hstate_sizelog((flags >> MAP_HUGE_SHIFT) &
> -						   SHM_HUGE_MASK);
> +						   MAP_HUGE_MASK);
>  
>  		if (!hs)
>  			return -EINVAL;
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/thuge-gen.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/thuge-gen.c
> index c87957295f74..4479015ec96a 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/thuge-gen.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/thuge-gen.c
> @@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
>  #define MAP_HUGE_MASK   0x3f
>  #define MAP_HUGETLB	0x40000
>  
> -#define SHM_HUGETLB     04000   /* segment will use huge TLB pages */
> -#define SHM_HUGE_SHIFT  26
> -#define SHM_HUGE_MASK   0x3f
> -#define SHM_HUGE_2MB    (21 << SHM_HUGE_SHIFT)
> -#define SHM_HUGE_1GB    (30 << SHM_HUGE_SHIFT)
> -
>  #define NUM_PAGESIZES   5
>  
>  #define NUM_PAGES 4
> @@ -243,7 +237,7 @@ int main(void)
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < num_page_sizes; i++) {
>  		unsigned long ps = page_sizes[i];
> -		int arg = ilog2(ps) << SHM_HUGE_SHIFT;
> +		int arg = ilog2(ps) << MAP_HUGE_SHIFT;
>  		printf("Testing %luMB shmget with shift %x\n", ps >> 20, arg);
>  		test_shmget(ps, SHM_HUGETLB | arg);
>  	}
> -- 
> 2.6.6

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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