Re: [patch v2 1/2] mm, mmu_notifier: annotate mmu notifiers with blockable invalidate callbacks

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On Fri 15-12-17 15:04:29, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:30:56 -0800 (PST) David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Commit 4d4bbd8526a8 ("mm, oom_reaper: skip mm structs with mmu notifiers")
> > prevented the oom reaper from unmapping private anonymous memory with the
> > oom reaper when the oom victim mm had mmu notifiers registered.
> > 
> > The rationale is that doing mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_{start,end}()
> > around the unmap_page_range(), which is needed, can block and the oom
> > killer will stall forever waiting for the victim to exit, which may not
> > be possible without reaping.
> > 
> > That concern is real, but only true for mmu notifiers that have blockable
> > invalidate_range_{start,end}() callbacks.  This patch adds a "flags" field
> > to mmu notifier ops that can set a bit to indicate that these callbacks do
> > not block.
> > 
> > The implementation is steered toward an expensive slowpath, such as after
> > the oom reaper has grabbed mm->mmap_sem of a still alive oom victim.
> 
> some tweakage, please review.
> 
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: mm-mmu_notifier-annotate-mmu-notifiers-with-blockable-invalidate-callbacks-fix
> 
> make mm_has_blockable_invalidate_notifiers() return bool, use rwsem_is_locked()

Yes, that makes sense to me.

> 
> Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  include/linux/mmu_notifier.h |    7 ++++---
>  mm/mmu_notifier.c            |    8 ++++----
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -puN include/linux/mmu_notifier.h~mm-mmu_notifier-annotate-mmu-notifiers-with-blockable-invalidate-callbacks-fix include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> --- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h~mm-mmu_notifier-annotate-mmu-notifiers-with-blockable-invalidate-callbacks-fix
> +++ a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>  #ifndef _LINUX_MMU_NOTIFIER_H
>  #define _LINUX_MMU_NOTIFIER_H
>  
> +#include <linux/types.h>
>  #include <linux/list.h>
>  #include <linux/spinlock.h>
>  #include <linux/mm_types.h>
> @@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_ra
>  				  bool only_end);
>  extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  				  unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
> -extern int mm_has_blockable_invalidate_notifiers(struct mm_struct *mm);
> +extern bool mm_has_blockable_invalidate_notifiers(struct mm_struct *mm);
>  
>  static inline void mmu_notifier_release(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  {
> @@ -473,9 +474,9 @@ static inline void mmu_notifier_invalida
>  {
>  }
>  
> -static inline int mm_has_blockable_invalidate_notifiers(struct mm_struct *mm)
> +static inline bool mm_has_blockable_invalidate_notifiers(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  {
> -	return 0;
> +	return false;
>  }
>  
>  static inline void mmu_notifier_mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm)
> diff -puN mm/mmu_notifier.c~mm-mmu_notifier-annotate-mmu-notifiers-with-blockable-invalidate-callbacks-fix mm/mmu_notifier.c
> --- a/mm/mmu_notifier.c~mm-mmu_notifier-annotate-mmu-notifiers-with-blockable-invalidate-callbacks-fix
> +++ a/mm/mmu_notifier.c
> @@ -240,13 +240,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__mmu_notifier_invalid
>   * Must be called while holding mm->mmap_sem for either read or write.
>   * The result is guaranteed to be valid until mm->mmap_sem is dropped.
>   */
> -int mm_has_blockable_invalidate_notifiers(struct mm_struct *mm)
> +bool mm_has_blockable_invalidate_notifiers(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  {
>  	struct mmu_notifier *mn;
>  	int id;
> -	int ret = 0;
> +	bool ret = false;
>  
> -	WARN_ON_ONCE(down_write_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem));
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rwsem_is_locked(&mm->mmap_sem));
>  
>  	if (!mm_has_notifiers(mm))
>  		return ret;
> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ int mm_has_blockable_invalidate_notifier
>  				continue;
>  
>  		if (!(mn->ops->flags & MMU_INVALIDATE_DOES_NOT_BLOCK)) {
> -			ret = 1;
> +			ret = true;
>  			break;
>  		}
>  	}
> _
> 
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