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 and remove_vma. 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. Before this patch, remove_vma used to be called with no locks held, however with fput being executed asynchronously and vm_ops->close not being allowed to hold mmap_lock (it is called from __split_vma with mmap_sem held for write), changing that should be fine. 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 v3 - Amended patch description to explain why remove_vma can be called while holding mmap_write_lock, per Michal Hocko - Added a comment for vm_operations_struct::close, documenting restriction for taking mmap_lock in the callback, per Michal Hocko and Matthew Wilcox include/linux/mm.h | 4 ++++ mm/mmap.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index a7e4a9e7d807..97e1a05c3b2c 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -577,6 +577,10 @@ enum page_entry_size { */ struct vm_operations_struct { void (*open)(struct vm_area_struct * area); + /* + * Called with mmap_lock lock held for write from __split_vma and + * remove_vma, therefore should never take that lock. + */ void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct * area); /* Called any time before splitting to check if it's allowed */ int (*may_split)(struct vm_area_struct *area, unsigned long addr); 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); - mmap_write_lock(mm); - mmap_write_unlock(mm); } + mmap_write_lock(mm); if (mm->locked_vm) unlock_range(mm->mmap, ULONG_MAX); arch_exit_mmap(mm); vma = mm->mmap; - if (!vma) /* Can happen if dup_mmap() received an OOM */ + if (!vma) { + /* Can happen if dup_mmap() received an OOM */ + mmap_write_unlock(mm); return; + } lru_add_drain(); flush_cache_mm(mm); @@ -3171,16 +3173,14 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm) free_pgtables(&tlb, vma, FIRST_USER_ADDRESS, USER_PGTABLES_CEILING); tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb); - /* - * Walk the list again, actually closing and freeing it, - * with preemption enabled, without holding any MM locks. - */ + /* Walk the list again, actually closing and freeing it. */ while (vma) { if (vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCOUNT) nr_accounted += vma_pages(vma); vma = remove_vma(vma); cond_resched(); } + mmap_write_unlock(mm); vm_unacct_memory(nr_accounted); } -- 2.34.1.400.ga245620fadb-goog
