On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 01:42:40PM +0300, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
>This fixes couple misconceptions in commit 4e4a9eb92133 ("mm/rmap.c: reuse
>mergeable anon_vma as parent when fork").
>
>First problem caused by initialization order in dup_mmap(): vma->vm_prev
>is set after calling anon_vma_fork(). Thus in anon_vma_fork() it points to
>previous VMA in parent mm. This is fixed by rearrangement in dup_mmap().
>
You are right, I missed this point.
>If in parent VMAs: SRC1 SRC2 .. SRCn share anon-vma ANON0, then after fork
>before all patches in child process related VMAs: DST1 DST2 .. DSTn will
>use different anon-vmas: ANON1 ANON2 .. ANONn. Before this patch only DST1
>will fork new ANON1 and following DST2 .. DSTn will share parent's ANON0.
>With this patch DST1 will create new ANON1 and DST2 .. DSTn will share it.
>
>Also this patch moves sharing logic out of anon_vma_clone() into more
>specific anon_vma_fork() because this supposed to work only at fork().
>Function anon_vma_clone() is more generic is also used at splitting VMAs.
>
>Second problem is hidden behind first one: assumption "Parent has vm_prev,
>which implies we have vm_prev" is wrong if first VMA in parent mm has set
>flag VM_DONTCOPY. Luckily prev->anon_vma doesn't dereference NULL pointer
>because in current code 'prev' actually is same as 'pprev'. To avoid that
>this patch just checks pointer and compares vm_start to verify relation
>between previous VMAs in parent and child.
>
Correct here too.
>Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Fixes: 4e4a9eb92133 ("mm/rmap.c: reuse mergeable anon_vma as parent when fork")
>---
> kernel/fork.c | 4 ++--
> mm/rmap.c | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
> 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
>index 2508a4f238a3..04ee5e243f65 100644
>--- a/kernel/fork.c
>+++ b/kernel/fork.c
>@@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm,
> if (retval)
> goto fail_nomem_policy;
> tmp->vm_mm = mm;
>+ tmp->vm_prev = prev; /* anon_vma_fork use this */
>+ tmp->vm_next = NULL;
How about pass prev to anon_vma_fork()? So that we limit all the difference in
anon_vma_fork().
> retval = dup_userfaultfd(tmp, &uf);
> if (retval)
> goto fail_nomem_anon_vma_fork;
>@@ -559,7 +561,6 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm,
> } else if (anon_vma_fork(tmp, mpnt))
> goto fail_nomem_anon_vma_fork;
> tmp->vm_flags &= ~(VM_LOCKED | VM_LOCKONFAULT);
>- tmp->vm_next = tmp->vm_prev = NULL;
> file = tmp->vm_file;
> if (file) {
> struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
>@@ -592,7 +593,6 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm,
> */
> *pprev = tmp;
> pprev = &tmp->vm_next;
>- tmp->vm_prev = prev;
> prev = tmp;
>
> __vma_link_rb(mm, tmp, rb_link, rb_parent);
>diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
>index b3e381919835..77b3aa38d5c2 100644
>--- a/mm/rmap.c
>+++ b/mm/rmap.c
>@@ -269,19 +269,6 @@ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *dst, struct vm_area_struct *src)
> {
> struct anon_vma_chain *avc, *pavc;
> struct anon_vma *root = NULL;
>- struct vm_area_struct *prev = dst->vm_prev, *pprev = src->vm_prev;
>-
>- /*
>- * If parent share anon_vma with its vm_prev, keep this sharing in in
>- * child.
>- *
>- * 1. Parent has vm_prev, which implies we have vm_prev.
>- * 2. Parent and its vm_prev have the same anon_vma.
>- */
>- if (!dst->anon_vma && src->anon_vma &&
>- pprev && pprev->anon_vma == src->anon_vma)
>- dst->anon_vma = prev->anon_vma;
>-
>
> list_for_each_entry_reverse(pavc, &src->anon_vma_chain, same_vma) {
> struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
>@@ -334,6 +321,7 @@ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *dst, struct vm_area_struct *src)
> */
> int anon_vma_fork(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *pvma)
> {
>+ struct vm_area_struct *prev = vma->vm_prev, *pprev = pvma->vm_prev;
> struct anon_vma_chain *avc;
> struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
> int error;
>@@ -345,6 +333,17 @@ int anon_vma_fork(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *pvma)
> /* Drop inherited anon_vma, we'll reuse existing or allocate new. */
> vma->anon_vma = NULL;
>
>+ /*
>+ * If parent shares anon_vma with its vm_prev, keep this sharing.
>+ *
>+ * Previous VMA could be missing or not match previuos in parent
>+ * if VM_DONTCOPY is set: compare vm_start to avoid this case.
>+ */
>+ if (pvma->anon_vma && pprev && prev &&
>+ pprev->anon_vma == pvma->anon_vma &&
>+ pprev->vm_start == prev->vm_start)
>+ vma->anon_vma = prev->anon_vma;
>+
> /*
> * First, attach the new VMA to the parent VMA's anon_vmas,
> * so rmap can find non-COWed pages in child processes.
--
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