Re: [PATCH] IB/umem: use tgid instead of pid in ib_umem structure

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On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 11:33 PM, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2018 at 10:04:34PM +0800, Lidong Chen wrote:
>> The userspace may invoke ibv_reg_mr and ibv_dereg_mr by different threads.
>> If when ibv_dereg_mr invoke and the thread which invoked ibv_reg_mr has
>> exited, get_pid_task will return NULL, ib_umem_release does not decrease
>> mm->pinned_vm. This patch fixes it by use tgid.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lidong Chen <lidongchen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c | 12 ++++++------
>>  include/rdma/ib_umem.h         |  2 +-
>>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> Why are we even using a struct pid for this? Does anyone know?
>
> I'm surprised that struct task isn't held in the struct ib_umem..
>
> Is group_leader really OK and always guarenteed to return the same
> struct mm?? For some reason I have this recollection that the leader
> can change under some situation..

I read kernel code, it seems that the userspace thread can guarantee
to return the same struct mm.
in the copy_process function, it checks the CLONE_THREAD,
CLONE_SIGHAND, CLONE_VM must use
at the same time.
And I do not find any other part code change the mm and group_leader
for userspace thread.

>
>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
>> index 9a4e899..8813ba5 100644
>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
>> @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
>>       umem->length     = size;
>>       umem->address    = addr;
>>       umem->page_shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
>> -     umem->pid        = get_task_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PID);
>> +     umem->tgid       = get_task_pid(current->group_leader, PIDTYPE_PID);
>>       /*
>>        * We ask for writable memory if any of the following
>>        * access flags are set.  "Local write" and "remote write"
>> @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
>>                IB_ACCESS_REMOTE_ATOMIC | IB_ACCESS_MW_BIND));
>>
>>       if (access & IB_ACCESS_ON_DEMAND) {
>> -             put_pid(umem->pid);
>> +             put_pid(umem->tgid);
>>               ret = ib_umem_odp_get(context, umem, access);
>>               if (ret) {
>>                       kfree(umem);
>> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
>>
>>       page_list = (struct page **) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
>>       if (!page_list) {
>> -             put_pid(umem->pid);
>> +             put_pid(umem->tgid);
>>               kfree(umem);
>>               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>>       }
>> @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
>>       if (ret < 0) {
>>               if (need_release)
>>                       __ib_umem_release(context->device, umem, 0);
>> -             put_pid(umem->pid);
>> +             put_pid(umem->tgid);
>>               kfree(umem);
>>       } else
>>               current->mm->pinned_vm = locked;
>> @@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ void ib_umem_release(struct ib_umem *umem)
>>
>>       __ib_umem_release(umem->context->device, umem, 1);
>>
>> -     task = get_pid_task(umem->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
>> -     put_pid(umem->pid);
>> +     task = get_pid_task(umem->tgid, PIDTYPE_PID);
>> +     put_pid(umem->tgid);
>>       if (!task)
>>               goto out;
>>       mm = get_task_mm(task);
>> diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_umem.h b/include/rdma/ib_umem.h
>> index 23159dd..2398849 100644
>> --- a/include/rdma/ib_umem.h
>> +++ b/include/rdma/ib_umem.h
>> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct ib_umem {
>>       int                     writable;
>>       int                     hugetlb;
>>       struct work_struct      work;
>> -     struct pid             *pid;
>> +     struct pid             *tgid;
>>       struct mm_struct       *mm;
>>       unsigned long           diff;
>>       struct ib_umem_odp     *odp_data;
>> --
>> 1.8.3.1
>>
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