On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 12:44:36PM -0700, Ralph Campbell wrote:
>
> On 6/6/19 7:50 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Mon, May 06, 2019 at 04:29:41PM -0700, rcampbell@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > From: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > The helper function hmm_vma_fault() calls hmm_range_register() but is
> > > missing a call to hmm_range_unregister() in one of the error paths.
> > > This leads to a reference count leak and ultimately a memory leak on
> > > struct hmm.
> > >
> > > Always call hmm_range_unregister() if hmm_range_register() succeeded.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > include/linux/hmm.h | 3 ++-
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/hmm.h b/include/linux/hmm.h
> > > index 35a429621e1e..fa0671d67269 100644
> > > +++ b/include/linux/hmm.h
> > > @@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ static inline int hmm_vma_fault(struct hmm_range *range, bool block)
> > > return (int)ret;
> > > if (!hmm_range_wait_until_valid(range, HMM_RANGE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)) {
> > > + hmm_range_unregister(range);
> > > /*
> > > * The mmap_sem was taken by driver we release it here and
> > > * returns -EAGAIN which correspond to mmap_sem have been
> > > @@ -570,13 +571,13 @@ static inline int hmm_vma_fault(struct hmm_range *range, bool block)
> > > ret = hmm_range_fault(range, block);
> > > if (ret <= 0) {
> > > + hmm_range_unregister(range);
> >
> > While this seems to be a clear improvement, it seems there is still a
> > bug in nouveau_svm.c around here as I see it calls hmm_vma_fault() but
> > never calls hmm_range_unregister() for its on stack range - and
> > hmm_vma_fault() still returns with the range registered.
> >
> > As hmm_vma_fault() is only used by nouveau and is marked as
> > deprecated, I think we need to fix nouveau, either by dropping
> > hmm_range_fault(), or by adding the missing unregister to nouveau in
> > this patch.
>
> I will send a patch for nouveau to use hmm_range_register() and
> hmm_range_fault() and do some testing with OpenCL.
wow, thanks, I'd like to also really like to send such a thing through
hmm.git - do you know who the nouveau maintainers are so we can
collaborate on patch planning this?
> I can also send a separate patch to then remove hmm_vma_fault()
> but I guess that should be after AMD's changes.
Let us wait to hear back from AMD how they can consume hmm.git - I'd
very much like to get everything done in one kernel cycle!
Regards,
Jason
