* Vlastimil Babka (vbabka@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> On 10/07/2013 10:21 PM, Robert C Jennings wrote:
> > From: Matt Helsley <matt.helsley@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > It is sometimes useful to move anonymous pages over a pipe rather than
> > save/swap them. Check the SPLICE_F_GIFT and SPLICE_F_MOVE flags to see
> > if userspace would like to move such pages. This differs from plain
> > SPLICE_F_GIFT in that the memory written to the pipe will no longer
> > have the same contents as the original -- it effectively faults in new,
> > empty anonymous pages.
> >
> > On the read side the page written to the pipe will be copied unless
> > SPLICE_F_MOVE is used. Otherwise copying will be performed and the page
> > will be reclaimed. Note that so long as there is a mapping to the page
> > copies will be done instead because rmap will have upped the map count for
> > each anonymous mapping; this can happen do to fork(), for example. This
> > is necessary because moving the page will usually change the anonymous
> > page's nonlinear index and that can only be done if it's unmapped.
>
> You might want to update comments of vmsplice_to_user() and
> SYSCALL_DEFINE4(vmsplice) as they both explain how it's done only via
> copying.
>
> Vlastimil
>
I will update those as well. Thanks.
> > Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matt.helsley@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Robert C Jennings <rcj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/splice.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
> > index a62d61e..9d2ed128 100644
> > --- a/fs/splice.c
> > +++ b/fs/splice.c
> > @@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
> > #include <linux/gfp.h>
> > #include <linux/socket.h>
> > #include <linux/compat.h>
> > +#include <linux/page-flags.h>
> > +#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
> > +#include <linux/ksm.h>
> > +#include <linux/swapops.h>
> > #include "internal.h"
> >
> > /*
> > @@ -1562,6 +1566,65 @@ static int pipe_to_user(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
> > char *src;
> > int ret;
> >
> > + if (!buf->offset && (buf->len == PAGE_SIZE) &&
> > + (buf->flags & PIPE_BUF_FLAG_GIFT) && (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_MOVE)) {
> > + struct page *page = buf->page;
> > + struct mm_struct *mm;
> > + struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> > + spinlock_t *ptl;
> > + pte_t *ptep, pte;
> > + unsigned long useraddr;
> > +
> > + if (!PageAnon(page))
> > + goto copy;
> > + if (PageCompound(page))
> > + goto copy;
> > + if (PageHuge(page) || PageTransHuge(page))
> > + goto copy;
> > + if (page_mapped(page))
> > + goto copy;
> > + useraddr = (unsigned long)sd->u.userptr;
> > + mm = current->mm;
> > +
> > + ret = -EAGAIN;
> > + down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> > + vma = find_vma_intersection(mm, useraddr, useraddr + PAGE_SIZE);
> > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(vma))
> > + goto up_copy;
> > + if (!vma->anon_vma) {
> > + ret = anon_vma_prepare(vma);
> > + if (ret)
> > + goto up_copy;
> > + }
> > + zap_page_range(vma, useraddr, PAGE_SIZE, NULL);
> > + ret = lock_page_killable(page);
> > + if (ret)
> > + goto up_copy;
> > + ptep = get_locked_pte(mm, useraddr, &ptl);
> > + if (!ptep)
> > + goto unlock_up_copy;
> > + pte = *ptep;
> > + if (pte_present(pte))
> > + goto unlock_up_copy;
> > + get_page(page);
> > + page_add_anon_rmap(page, vma, useraddr);
> > + pte = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
> > + set_pte_at(mm, useraddr, ptep, pte);
> > + update_mmu_cache(vma, useraddr, ptep);
> > + pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
> > + ret = 0;
> > +unlock_up_copy:
> > + unlock_page(page);
> > +up_copy:
> > + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> > + if (!ret) {
> > + ret = sd->len;
> > + goto out;
> > + }
> > + /* else ret < 0 and we should fallback to copying */
> > + VM_BUG_ON(ret > 0);
> > + }
> > +copy:
> > /*
> > * See if we can use the atomic maps, by prefaulting in the
> > * pages and doing an atomic copy
> >
>
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