On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 3:23 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed 24-11-21 15:59:05, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > > oom-reaper and process_mrelease system call should protect against > > races with exit_mmap which can destroy page tables while they > > walk the VMA tree. oom-reaper protects from that race by setting > > MMF_OOM_VICTIM and by relying on exit_mmap to set MMF_OOM_SKIP > > before taking and releasing mmap_write_lock. process_mrelease has > > to elevate mm->mm_users to prevent such race. Both oom-reaper and > > process_mrelease hold mmap_read_lock when walking the VMA tree. > > The locking rules and mechanisms could be simpler if exit_mmap takes > > mmap_write_lock while executing destructive operations such as > > free_pgtables. > > Change exit_mmap to hold the mmap_write_lock when calling > > free_pgtables. Operations like unmap_vmas() and unlock_range() are not > > destructive and could run under mmap_read_lock but for simplicity we > > take one mmap_write_lock during almost the entire operation. Note > > also that because oom-reaper checks VM_LOCKED flag, unlock_range() > > should not be allowed to race with it. > > In most cases this lock should be uncontended. Previously, Kirill > > reported ~4% regression caused by a similar change [1]. We reran the > > same test and although the individual results are quite noisy, the > > percentiles show lower regression with 1.6% being the worst case [2]. > > The change allows oom-reaper and process_mrelease to execute safely > > under mmap_read_lock without worries that exit_mmap might destroy page > > tables from under them. > > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20170725141723.ivukwhddk2voyhuc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAJuCfpGC9-c9P40x7oy=jy5SphMcd0o0G_6U1-+JAziGKG6dGA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > changes in v2 > > - Moved mmap_write_unlock to cover remove_vma loop as well, per Matthew Wilcox > > > > mm/mmap.c | 16 ++++++++-------- > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c > > index bfb0ea164a90..f4e09d390a07 100644 > > --- a/mm/mmap.c > > +++ b/mm/mmap.c > > @@ -3142,25 +3142,27 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm) > > * to mmu_notifier_release(mm) ensures mmu notifier callbacks in > > * __oom_reap_task_mm() will not block. > > * > > - * This needs to be done before calling munlock_vma_pages_all(), > > + * This needs to be done before calling unlock_range(), > > * which clears VM_LOCKED, otherwise the oom reaper cannot > > * reliably test it. > > */ > > (void)__oom_reap_task_mm(mm); > > > > set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags); > > Why do you keep this in place? Sorry for the delay, I was out last week. I missed your comment about removing MMF_OOM_SKIP at https://lore.kernel.org/all/YYrO%2FPwdsyaxJaNZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx I'll look into removing it in a separate patch, which I think would be cleaner. > > Other than that looks OK to me. Maybe we want to add an explicit note > that vm_ops::close cannot take mmap_sem in any form. The changelog > should also mention that you have considered remove_vma and its previous > no MM locking assumption. You can argue that fput is async and close > callback shouldn't really need mmap_sem. Should I post another version of this patch with the patch description clarifying these points and additional comments as you suggested? > -- > Michal Hocko > SUSE Labs
