On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 02:50:29PM -0700, Andres Lagar-Cavilla wrote:
>> It's nearly impossible to name it right because 1) it indicates we can
>> relinquish 2) it returns whether we still hold the mmap semaphore.
>>
>> I'd prefer it'd be called mmap_sem_hold, which conveys immediately
>> what this is about ("nonblocking" or "locked" could be about a whole
>> lot of things)
>
> To me FOLL_NOWAIT/FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT is nonblocking,
> "locked"/FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY is still very much blocking, just
> without the mmap_sem, so I called it "locked"... but I'm fine to
> change the name to mmap_sem_hold. Just get_user_pages_mmap_sem_hold
> seems less friendly than get_user_pages_locked(..., &locked). locked
> as you used comes intuitive when you do later "if (locked) up_read".
>
Heh. I was previously referring to the int *locked param , not the
_(un)locked suffix. That param is all about the mmap semaphore, so why
not name it less ambiguously. It's essentially a tristate.
My suggestion is that you just make gup behave as your proposed
gup_locked, and no need to introduce another call. But I understand if
you want to phase this out politely.
> Then I added an _unlocked kind which is a drop in replacement for many
> places just to clean it up.
>
> get_user_pages_unlocked and get_user_pages_fast are equivalent in
> semantics, so any call of get_user_pages_unlocked(current,
> current->mm, ...) has no reason to exist and should be replaced to
> get_user_pages_fast unless "force = 1" (gup_fast has no force param
> just to make the argument list a bit more confusing across the various
> versions of gup).
>
> get_user_pages over time should be phased out and dropped.
Please. Too many variants. So the end goal is
* __gup_fast
* gup_fast == __gup_fast + gup_unlocked for fallback
* gup (or gup_locked)
* gup_unlocked
(and flat __gup remains buried in the impl)?
>
>> I can see that. My background for coming into this is very similar: in
>> a previous life we had a file system shim that would kick up into
>> userspace for servicing VM memory. KVM just wouldn't let the file
>> system give up the mmap semaphore. We had /proc readers hanging up all
>> over the place while userspace was servicing. Not happy.
>>
>> With KVM (now) and the standard x86 fault giving you ALLOW_RETRY, what
>> stands in your way? Methinks that gup_fast has no slowpath fallback
>> that turns on ALLOW_RETRY. What would oppose that being the global
>> behavior?
>
> It should become the global behavior. Just it doesn't need to become a
> global behavior immediately for all kind of gups (i.e. video4linux
> drivers will never need to poke into the KVM guest user memory so it
> doesn't matter if they don't use gup_locked immediately). Even then we
> can still support get_user_pages_locked(...., locked=NULL) for
> ptrace/coredump and other things that may not want to trigger the
> userfaultfd protocol and just get an immediate VM_FAULT_SIGBUS.
>
> Userfaults will just VM_FAULT_SIGBUS (translated to -EFAULT by all gup
> invocations) and not invoke the userfaultfd protocol, if
> FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY is not set. So any gup_locked with locked ==
> NULL or or gup() (without locked parameter) will not invoke the
> userfaultfd protocol.
>
> But I need gup_fast to use FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY because core places
> like O_DIRECT uses it.
>
> I tried to do a RFC patch below that goes into this direction and
> should be enough for a start to solve all my issues with the mmap_sem
> holding inside handle_userfault(), comments welcome.
>
> =======
> From 41918f7d922d1e7fc70f117db713377e7e2af6e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 18:36:53 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mm: gup: add get_user_pages_locked and
> get_user_pages_unlocked
>
> We can leverage the VM_FAULT_RETRY functionality in the page fault
> paths better by using either get_user_pages_locked or
> get_user_pages_unlocked.
>
> The former allow conversion of get_user_pages invocations that will
> have to pass a "&locked" parameter to know if the mmap_sem was dropped
> during the call. Example from:
>
> down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> do_something()
> get_user_pages(tsk, mm, ..., pages, NULL);
> up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>
> to:
>
> int locked = 1;
> down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> do_something()
> get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, ..., pages, &locked);
> if (locked)
> up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>
> The latter is suitable only as a drop in replacement of the form:
>
> down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> get_user_pages(tsk, mm, ..., pages, NULL);
> up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>
> into:
>
> get_user_pages_unlocked(tsk, mm, ..., pages);
>
> Where tsk, mm, the intermediate "..." paramters and "pages" can be any
> value as before. Just the last parameter of get_user_pages (vmas) must
> be NULL for get_user_pages_locked|unlocked to be usable (the latter
> original form wouldn't have been safe anyway if vmas wasn't null, for
> the former we just make it explicit by dropping the parameter).
>
> If vmas is not NULL these two methods cannot be used.
>
> This patch then applies the new forms in various places, in some case
> also replacing it with get_user_pages_fast whenever tsk and mm are
> current and current->mm. get_user_pages_unlocked varies from
> get_user_pages_fast only if mm is not current->mm (like when
> get_user_pages works on some other process mm). Whenever tsk and mm
> matches current and current->mm get_user_pages_fast must always be
> used to increase performance and get the page lockless (only with irq
> disabled).
Basically all this discussion should go into the patch as comments.
Help people shortcut git blame.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/mips/mm/gup.c | 8 +-
> arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c | 6 +-
> arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 4 +-
> arch/s390/mm/gup.c | 6 +-
> arch/sh/mm/gup.c | 6 +-
> arch/sparc/mm/gup.c | 6 +-
> arch/x86/mm/gup.c | 7 +-
> drivers/dma/iovlock.c | 10 +--
> drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_v2.c | 6 +-
> drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-udma.c | 6 +-
> drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c | 3 +-
> drivers/scsi/st.c | 10 +--
> drivers/video/fbdev/pvr2fb.c | 5 +-
> include/linux/mm.h | 7 ++
> mm/gup.c | 147 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> mm/mempolicy.c | 2 +-
> mm/nommu.c | 23 ++++++
> mm/process_vm_access.c | 7 +-
> mm/util.c | 10 +--
> net/ceph/pagevec.c | 9 +--
> 20 files changed, 200 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
> index 06ce17c..20884f5 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
> @@ -301,11 +301,9 @@ slow_irqon:
> start += nr << PAGE_SHIFT;
> pages += nr;
>
> - down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> - ret = get_user_pages(current, mm, start,
> - (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
> - write, 0, pages, NULL);
> - up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + ret = get_user_pages_unlocked(current, mm, start,
> + (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
> + write, 0, pages);
>
> /* Have to be a bit careful with return values */
> if (nr > 0) {
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c
> index d874668..b70c34a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c
> @@ -215,10 +215,8 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
> start += nr << PAGE_SHIFT;
> pages += nr;
>
> - down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> - ret = get_user_pages(current, mm, start,
> - nr_pages - nr, write, 0, pages, NULL);
> - up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + ret = get_user_pages_unlocked(current, mm, start,
> + nr_pages - nr, write, 0, pages);
>
> /* Have to be a bit careful with return values */
> if (nr > 0) {
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> index 81b0e11..37ca29a 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> @@ -1092,9 +1092,7 @@ long kvm_arch_fault_in_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, int writable)
> hva = gmap_fault(gpa, vcpu->arch.gmap);
> if (IS_ERR_VALUE(hva))
> return (long)hva;
> - down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> - rc = get_user_pages(current, mm, hva, 1, writable, 0, NULL, NULL);
> - up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + rc = get_user_pages_unlocked(current, mm, hva, 1, writable, 0, NULL);
>
> return rc < 0 ? rc : 0;
> }
> diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
> index 639fce46..5c586c7 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
> @@ -235,10 +235,8 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
> /* Try to get the remaining pages with get_user_pages */
> start += nr << PAGE_SHIFT;
> pages += nr;
> - down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> - ret = get_user_pages(current, mm, start,
> - nr_pages - nr, write, 0, pages, NULL);
> - up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + ret = get_user_pages_unlocked(current, mm, start,
> + nr_pages - nr, write, 0, pages);
> /* Have to be a bit careful with return values */
> if (nr > 0)
> ret = (ret < 0) ? nr : ret + nr;
> diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/gup.c b/arch/sh/mm/gup.c
> index 37458f3..e15f52a 100644
> --- a/arch/sh/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/arch/sh/mm/gup.c
> @@ -257,10 +257,8 @@ slow_irqon:
> start += nr << PAGE_SHIFT;
> pages += nr;
>
> - down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> - ret = get_user_pages(current, mm, start,
> - (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT, write, 0, pages, NULL);
> - up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + ret = get_user_pages_unlocked(current, mm, start,
> + (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT, write, 0, pages);
>
> /* Have to be a bit careful with return values */
> if (nr > 0) {
> diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c b/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
> index 1aed043..fa7de7d 100644
> --- a/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
> @@ -219,10 +219,8 @@ slow:
> start += nr << PAGE_SHIFT;
> pages += nr;
>
> - down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> - ret = get_user_pages(current, mm, start,
> - (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT, write, 0, pages, NULL);
> - up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + ret = get_user_pages_unlocked(current, mm, start,
> + (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT, write, 0, pages);
>
> /* Have to be a bit careful with return values */
> if (nr > 0) {
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
> index 207d9aef..2ab183b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
> @@ -388,10 +388,9 @@ slow_irqon:
> start += nr << PAGE_SHIFT;
> pages += nr;
>
> - down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> - ret = get_user_pages(current, mm, start,
> - (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT, write, 0, pages, NULL);
> - up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + ret = get_user_pages_unlocked(current, mm, start,
> + (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
> + write, 0, pages);
>
> /* Have to be a bit careful with return values */
> if (nr > 0) {
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/iovlock.c b/drivers/dma/iovlock.c
> index bb48a57..12ea7c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/iovlock.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/iovlock.c
> @@ -95,17 +95,11 @@ struct dma_pinned_list *dma_pin_iovec_pages(struct iovec *iov, size_t len)
> pages += page_list->nr_pages;
>
> /* pin pages down */
> - down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
> - ret = get_user_pages(
> - current,
> - current->mm,
> + ret = get_user_pages_fast(
> (unsigned long) iov[i].iov_base,
> page_list->nr_pages,
> 1, /* write */
> - 0, /* force */
> - page_list->pages,
> - NULL);
> - up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
> + page_list->pages);
>
> if (ret != page_list->nr_pages)
> goto unpin;
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_v2.c b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_v2.c
> index 5f578e8..6963b73 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_v2.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_v2.c
> @@ -519,10 +519,8 @@ static void do_fault(struct work_struct *work)
>
> write = !!(fault->flags & PPR_FAULT_WRITE);
>
> - down_read(&fault->state->mm->mmap_sem);
> - npages = get_user_pages(NULL, fault->state->mm,
> - fault->address, 1, write, 0, &page, NULL);
> - up_read(&fault->state->mm->mmap_sem);
> + npages = get_user_pages_unlocked(NULL, fault->state->mm,
> + fault->address, 1, write, 0, &page);
>
> if (npages == 1) {
> put_page(page);
> diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-udma.c b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-udma.c
> index 7338cb2..96d866b 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-udma.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-udma.c
> @@ -124,10 +124,8 @@ int ivtv_udma_setup(struct ivtv *itv, unsigned long ivtv_dest_addr,
> }
>
> /* Get user pages for DMA Xfer */
> - down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
> - err = get_user_pages(current, current->mm,
> - user_dma.uaddr, user_dma.page_count, 0, 1, dma->map, NULL);
> - up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
> + err = get_user_pages_unlocked(current, current->mm,
> + user_dma.uaddr, user_dma.page_count, 0, 1, dma->map);
>
> if (user_dma.page_count != err) {
> IVTV_DEBUG_WARN("failed to map user pages, returned %d instead of %d\n",
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c
> index f74fc0c..cd20669 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c
> @@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ static int non_atomic_pte_lookup(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> #else
> *pageshift = PAGE_SHIFT;
> #endif
> - if (get_user_pages
> - (current, current->mm, vaddr, 1, write, 0, &page, NULL) <= 0)
> + if (get_user_pages_fast(vaddr, 1, write, &page) <= 0)
> return -EFAULT;
> *paddr = page_to_phys(page);
> put_page(page);
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
> index aff9689..c89dcfa 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
> @@ -4536,18 +4536,12 @@ static int sgl_map_user_pages(struct st_buffer *STbp,
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> /* Try to fault in all of the necessary pages */
> - down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
> /* rw==READ means read from drive, write into memory area */
> - res = get_user_pages(
> - current,
> - current->mm,
> + res = get_user_pages_fast(
> uaddr,
> nr_pages,
> rw == READ,
> - 0, /* don't force */
> - pages,
> - NULL);
> - up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
> + pages);
>
> /* Errors and no page mapped should return here */
> if (res < nr_pages)
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/pvr2fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/pvr2fb.c
> index 167cfff..ff81f65 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/pvr2fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/pvr2fb.c
> @@ -686,10 +686,7 @@ static ssize_t pvr2fb_write(struct fb_info *info, const char *buf,
> if (!pages)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> - down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
> - ret = get_user_pages(current, current->mm, (unsigned long)buf,
> - nr_pages, WRITE, 0, pages, NULL);
> - up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
> + ret = get_user_pages_fast((unsigned long)buf, nr_pages, WRITE, pages);
>
> if (ret < nr_pages) {
> nr_pages = ret;
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 32ba786..69f692d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -1197,6 +1197,13 @@ long get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> int write, int force, struct page **pages,
> struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
> +long get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + int write, int force, struct page **pages,
> + int *locked);
> +long get_user_pages_unlocked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + int write, int force, struct page **pages);
> int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
> struct page **pages);
> struct kvec;
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index 91d044b..19e17ab 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -576,6 +576,134 @@ int fixup_user_fault(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static inline long __get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk,
> + struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start,
> + unsigned long nr_pages,
> + int write, int force,
> + struct page **pages,
> + struct vm_area_struct **vmas,
> + int *locked,
> + bool immediate_unlock)
s/immediate_unlock/notify_drop/
> +{
> + int flags = FOLL_TOUCH;
> + long ret, pages_done;
> + bool lock_dropped;
s/lock_dropped/sem_dropped/
> +
> + if (locked) {
> + /* if VM_FAULT_RETRY can be returned, vmas become invalid */
> + BUG_ON(vmas);
> + /* check caller initialized locked */
> + BUG_ON(*locked != 1);
> + } else {
> + /*
> + * Not really important, the value is irrelevant if
> + * locked is NULL, but BUILD_BUG_ON costs nothing.
> + */
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(immediate_unlock);
> + }
> +
> + if (pages)
> + flags |= FOLL_GET;
> + if (write)
> + flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
> + if (force)
> + flags |= FOLL_FORCE;
> +
> + pages_done = 0;
> + lock_dropped = false;
> + for (;;) {
> + ret = __get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, flags, pages,
> + vmas, locked);
> + if (!locked)
> + /* VM_FAULT_RETRY couldn't trigger, bypass */
> + return ret;
> +
> + /* VM_FAULT_RETRY cannot return errors */
> + if (!*locked) {
Set lock_dropped = 1. In case we break out too soon (which we do if
nr_pages drops to zero a couple lines below) and report a stale value.
> + BUG_ON(ret < 0);
> + BUG_ON(nr_pages == 1 && ret);
> + }
> +
> + if (!pages)
> + /* If it's a prefault don't insist harder */
> + return ret;
> +
> + if (ret > 0) {
> + nr_pages -= ret;
> + pages_done += ret;
> + if (!nr_pages)
> + break;
> + }
> + if (*locked) {
> + /* VM_FAULT_RETRY didn't trigger */
> + if (!pages_done)
> + pages_done = ret;
Replace top two lines with
if (ret >0)
pages_done += ret;
> + break;
> + }
> + /* VM_FAULT_RETRY triggered, so seek to the faulting offset */
> + pages += ret;
> + start += ret << PAGE_SHIFT;
> +
> + /*
> + * Repeat on the address that fired VM_FAULT_RETRY
> + * without FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY but with
> + * FAULT_FLAG_TRIED.
> + */
> + *locked = 1;
> + lock_dropped = true;
Not really needed if set where previously suggested.
> + down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + ret = __get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, flags | FOLL_TRIED,
> + pages, NULL, NULL);
s/nr_pages/1/ otherwise we block on everything left ahead, not just
the one that fired RETRY.
> + if (ret != 1) {
> + BUG_ON(ret > 1);
Can ret ever be zero here with count == 1? (ENOENT for a stack guard
page TTBOMK, but what the heck are we doing gup'ing stacks. Suggest
fixing that one case inside __gup impl so count == 1 never returns
zero)
> + if (!pages_done)
> + pages_done = ret;
Don't think so. ret is --errno at this point (maybe zero). So remove.
> + break;
> + }
> + nr_pages--;
> + pages_done++;
> + if (!nr_pages)
> + break;
> + pages++;
> + start += PAGE_SIZE;
> + }
> + if (!immediate_unlock && lock_dropped && *locked) {
> + /*
> + * We must let the caller know we temporarily dropped the lock
> + * and so the critical section protected by it was lost.
> + */
> + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
With my suggestion of s/immediate_unlock/notify_drop/ this gets a lot
more understandable (IMHO).
> + *locked = 0;
> + }
> + return pages_done;
> +}
> +
> +long get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + int write, int force, struct page **pages,
> + int *locked)
> +{
> + return __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, write, force,
> + pages, NULL, locked, false);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_locked);
> +
> +long get_user_pages_unlocked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + int write, int force, struct page **pages)
> +{
> + long ret;
> + int locked = 1;
> + down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + ret = __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, write, force,
> + pages, NULL, &locked, true);
> + if (locked)
> + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_unlocked);
> +
> /*
> * get_user_pages() - pin user pages in memory
> * @tsk: the task_struct to use for page fault accounting, or
> @@ -625,22 +753,19 @@ int fixup_user_fault(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> * use the correct cache flushing APIs.
> *
> * See also get_user_pages_fast, for performance critical applications.
> + *
> + * get_user_pages should be gradually obsoleted in favor of
> + * get_user_pages_locked|unlocked. Nothing should use get_user_pages
> + * because it cannot pass FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to handle_mm_fault in
> + * turn disabling the userfaultfd feature (after that "inline" can be
> + * cleaned up from get_user_pages_locked).
> */
> long get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, int write,
> int force, struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas)
> {
> - int flags = FOLL_TOUCH;
> -
> - if (pages)
> - flags |= FOLL_GET;
> - if (write)
> - flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
> - if (force)
> - flags |= FOLL_FORCE;
> -
> - return __get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, flags, pages, vmas,
> - NULL);
> + return __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, write, force,
> + pages, vmas, NULL, false);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages);
*Or*, forget about gup_locked and just leave gup as proposed in this
patch. Then gup_unlocked (again IMHO) becomes more meaningful ... "Ah,
that's the one I call when I have no locks taken".
>
> diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
> index 8f5330d..6606c10 100644
> --- a/mm/mempolicy.c
> +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
> @@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ static int lookup_node(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
> struct page *p;
> int err;
>
> - err = get_user_pages(current, mm, addr & PAGE_MASK, 1, 0, 0, &p, NULL);
> + err = get_user_pages_fast(addr & PAGE_MASK, 1, 0, &p);
> if (err >= 0) {
> err = page_to_nid(p);
> put_page(p);
> diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
> index a881d96..8a06341 100644
> --- a/mm/nommu.c
> +++ b/mm/nommu.c
> @@ -213,6 +213,29 @@ long get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages);
>
> +long get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + int write, int force, struct page **pages,
> + int *locked)
> +{
> + return get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, write, force,
> + pages, NULL);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_locked);
> +
> +long get_user_pages_unlocked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + int write, int force, struct page **pages)
> +{
> + long ret;
> + down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + ret = get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, write, force,
> + pages, NULL);
> + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_unlocked);
> +
> /**
> * follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
> * @vma: memory mapping
> diff --git a/mm/process_vm_access.c b/mm/process_vm_access.c
> index 5077afc..b159769 100644
> --- a/mm/process_vm_access.c
> +++ b/mm/process_vm_access.c
> @@ -99,11 +99,8 @@ static int process_vm_rw_single_vec(unsigned long addr,
> size_t bytes;
>
> /* Get the pages we're interested in */
> - down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> - pages = get_user_pages(task, mm, pa, pages,
> - vm_write, 0, process_pages, NULL);
> - up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> -
> + pages = get_user_pages_unlocked(task, mm, pa, pages,
> + vm_write, 0, process_pages);
> if (pages <= 0)
> return -EFAULT;
>
> diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
> index 093c973..1b93f2d 100644
> --- a/mm/util.c
> +++ b/mm/util.c
> @@ -247,14 +247,8 @@ int __weak get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
> int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages)
> {
> struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
> - int ret;
> -
> - down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> - ret = get_user_pages(current, mm, start, nr_pages,
> - write, 0, pages, NULL);
> - up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> -
> - return ret;
> + return get_user_pages_unlocked(current, mm, start, nr_pages,
> + write, 0, pages);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_user_pages_fast);
>
> diff --git a/net/ceph/pagevec.c b/net/ceph/pagevec.c
> index 5550130..5504783 100644
> --- a/net/ceph/pagevec.c
> +++ b/net/ceph/pagevec.c
> @@ -23,17 +23,16 @@ struct page **ceph_get_direct_page_vector(const void __user *data,
> if (!pages)
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>
> - down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
> while (got < num_pages) {
> - rc = get_user_pages(current, current->mm,
> - (unsigned long)data + ((unsigned long)got * PAGE_SIZE),
> - num_pages - got, write_page, 0, pages + got, NULL);
> + rc = get_user_pages_fast((unsigned long)data +
> + ((unsigned long)got * PAGE_SIZE),
> + num_pages - got,
> + write_page, pages + got);
> if (rc < 0)
> break;
> BUG_ON(rc == 0);
> got += rc;
> }
> - up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
> if (rc < 0)
> goto fail;
> return pages;
>
>
> Then to make an example your patch would have become:
>
> ===
> From 74d88763cde285354fb78806ffb332030d1f0739 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andres Lagar-Cavilla <andreslc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 18:36:56 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] kvm: Faults which trigger IO release the mmap_sem
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>
> When KVM handles a tdp fault it uses FOLL_NOWAIT. If the guest memory
> has been swapped out or is behind a filemap, this will trigger async
> readahead and return immediately. The rationale is that KVM will kick
> back the guest with an "async page fault" and allow for some other
> guest process to take over.
>
> If async PFs are enabled the fault is retried asap from an async
> workqueue. If not, it's retried immediately in the same code path. In
> either case the retry will not relinquish the mmap semaphore and will
> block on the IO. This is a bad thing, as other mmap semaphore users
> now stall as a function of swap or filemap latency.
>
> This patch ensures both the regular and async PF path re-enter the
> fault allowing for the mmap semaphore to be relinquished in the case
> of IO wait.
>
> Reviewed-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andres Lagar-Cavilla <andreslc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/mm.h | 1 +
> mm/gup.c | 4 ++++
> virt/kvm/async_pf.c | 4 +---
> virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 4 ++--
> 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 69f692d..71dbe03 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -1997,6 +1997,7 @@ static inline struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> #define FOLL_HWPOISON 0x100 /* check page is hwpoisoned */
> #define FOLL_NUMA 0x200 /* force NUMA hinting page fault */
> #define FOLL_MIGRATION 0x400 /* wait for page to replace migration entry */
> +#define FOLL_TRIED 0x800 /* a retry, previous pass started an IO */
>
> typedef int (*pte_fn_t)(pte_t *pte, pgtable_t token, unsigned long addr,
> void *data);
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index 19e17ab..369b3f6 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ static int faultin_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY;
> if (*flags & FOLL_NOWAIT)
> fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT;
> + if (*flags & FOLL_TRIED) {
> + VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(fault_flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY);
> + fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_TRIED;
> + }
>
> ret = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, fault_flags);
> if (ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR) {
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
> index d6a3d09..44660ae 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
> @@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ static void async_pf_execute(struct work_struct *work)
>
> might_sleep();
>
> - down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> - get_user_pages(NULL, mm, addr, 1, 1, 0, NULL, NULL);
> - up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + get_user_pages_unlocked(NULL, mm, addr, 1, 1, 0, NULL);
> kvm_async_page_present_sync(vcpu, apf);
>
> spin_lock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 95519bc..921bce7 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -1170,8 +1170,8 @@ static int hva_to_pfn_slow(unsigned long addr, bool *async, bool write_fault,
> addr, write_fault, page);
> up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
> } else
> - npages = get_user_pages_fast(addr, 1, write_fault,
> - page);
> + npages = get_user_pages_unlocked(current, current->mm, addr, 1,
> + write_fault, 0, page);
> if (npages != 1)
> return npages;
Acked, for the spirit. Likely my patch will go in and then you can
just throw this one on top, removing kvm_get_user_page_io in the
process.
>
>
>
> This isn't bisectable in this order and it's untested anyway. It needs
> more patchsplits.
>
> This is just an initial RFC to know if it's ok to go into this
> direction.
>
> If it's ok I'll do some testing and submit it more properly. If your
> patches goes in first it's fine and I'll just replace the call in KVM
> to get_user_pages_unlocked (or whatever we want to call that thing).
>
> I'd need to get this (or equivalent solution) merged before
> re-submitting the userfaultfd patchset. I think the above benefits the
> kernel as a whole in terms of mmap_sem holdtimes regardless of
> userfaultfd so it should be good.
>
>> Well, IIUC every code path that has ALLOW_RETRY dives in the second
>> time with FAULT_TRIED or similar. In the common case, you happily
>> blaze through the second time, but if someone raced in while all locks
>> were given up, one pays the price of the second time being a full
>> fault hogging the mmap sem. At some point you need to not keep being
>> polite otherwise the task starves. Presumably the risk of an extra
>> retry drops steeply every new gup retry. Maybe just try three times is
>> good enough. It makes for ugly logic though.
>
> I was under the idea that if one looped forever with VM_FAULT_RETRY
> it'd eventually succeed, but it risks doing more work, so I'm also
> sticking to the "locked != NULL" first, seek to the first page that
> returned VM_FAULT_RETRY and issue a nr_pages=1 gup with locked ==
> NULL, and then continue with locked != NULL at the next page. Just
> like you did in the KVM slow path. And if "pages" array is NULL I bail
> out at the first VM_FAULT_RETRY failure without insisting with further
> gup calls of the "&locked" kind, your patch had just 1 page but you
> also bailed out.
>
> What this code above does is basically to generalize your optimization
> to KVM and it makes it global and at the same time it avoids me
> trouble in handle_userfault().
>
> While at it I also converted some obvious candidate for gup_fast that
> had no point in running slower (which I should split off in a separate
> patch).
Yes to all.
The part that I'm missing is how would MADV_USERFAULT handle this. It
would be buried in faultin_page, if no RETRY possible raise sigbus,
otherwise drop the mmap semaphore and signal and sleep on the
userfaultfd?
Thanks,
Andres
>
> Thanks,
> Andrea
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