On Wed 24-07-24 20:55:40, Barry Song wrote:
> From: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@xxxxxxxx>
>
> mm doesn't support non-blockable __GFP_NOFAIL allocation. Because
> __GFP_NOFAIL without direct reclamation may just result in a busy
> loop within non-sleepable contexts.
>
> static inline struct page *
> __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
> struct alloc_context *ac)
> {
> ...
> /*
> * Make sure that __GFP_NOFAIL request doesn't leak out and make sure
> * we always retry
> */
> if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL) {
> /*
> * All existing users of the __GFP_NOFAIL are blockable, so warn
> * of any new users that actually require GFP_NOWAIT
> */
> if (WARN_ON_ONCE_GFP(!can_direct_reclaim, gfp_mask))
> goto fail;
> ...
> }
> ...
> fail:
> warn_alloc(gfp_mask, ac->nodemask,
> "page allocation failure: order:%u", order);
> got_pg:
> return page;
> }
>
> Let's move the memory allocation out of the atomic context and use
> the normal sleepable context to get pages.
>
> [RFC]: This has only been compile-tested; I'd prefer if the VDPA maintainers
> handles it.
>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/iova_domain.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/iova_domain.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/iova_domain.c
> index 791d38d6284c..eff700e5f7a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/iova_domain.c
> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/iova_domain.c
> @@ -287,28 +287,44 @@ void vduse_domain_remove_user_bounce_pages(struct vduse_iova_domain *domain)
> {
> struct vduse_bounce_map *map;
> unsigned long i, count;
> + struct page **pages = NULL;
>
> write_lock(&domain->bounce_lock);
> if (!domain->user_bounce_pages)
> goto out;
> -
> count = domain->bounce_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> + write_unlock(&domain->bounce_lock);
> +
> + pages = kmalloc_array(count, sizeof(*pages), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
> + for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
> + pages[i] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
AFAICS vduse_domain_release calls this function with
spin_lock(&domain->iotlb_lock) so dropping &domain->bounce_lock is not
sufficient.
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
