Re: [PATCH] vduse: avoid using __GFP_NOFAIL

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On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 11:13 AM Yongji Xie <xieyongji@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 10:39 AM Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 11:10 AM Yongji Xie <xieyongji@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 10:28 AM Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 6:42 PM Yongji Xie <xieyongji@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 4:24 PM Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 4:21 PM Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Barry said [1]:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > """
> > > > > > > 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.
> > > > > > > ""“
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Unfortuantely, we do that under read lock. A possible way to fix that
> > > > > > > is to move the pages allocation out of the lock into the caller, but
> > > > > > > having to allocate a huge number of pages and auxiliary page array
> > > > > > > seems to be problematic as well per Tetsuon [2]:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > """
> > > > > > > You should implement proper error handling instead of using
> > > > > > > __GFP_NOFAIL if count can become large.
> > > > > > > """
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I think the problem is it's hard to do the error handling in
> > > > > fops->release() currently.
> > > >
> > > > vduse_dev_dereg_umem() should be the same, it's very hard to allow it to fail.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > So can we temporarily hold the user page refcount, and release it when
> > > > > vduse_dev_open()/vduse_domain_release() is executed. The kernel page
> > > > > allocation and memcpy can be done in vduse_dev_open() which allows
> > > > > some error handling.
> > > >
> > > > Just to make sure I understand this, the free is probably not the big
> > > > issue but the allocation itself.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes, so defer the allocation might be a solution.
> >
> > Would you mind posting a patch for this?
> >
> > >
> > > > And if we do the memcpy() in open(), it seems to be a subtle userspace
> > > > noticeable change? (Or I don't get how copying in vduse_dev_open() can
> > > > help here).
> > > >
> > >
> > > Maybe we don't need to do the copy in open(). We can hold the user
> > > page refcount until the inflight I/O is completed. That means the
> > > allocation of new kernel pages can be done in
> > > vduse_domain_map_bounce_page() and the release of old user pages can
> > > be done in vduse_domain_unmap_bounce_page().
> >
> > This seems to be a subtle userspace noticeable behaviour?
> >
>
> Yes, userspace needs to ensure that it does not reuse the old user
> pages for other purposes before vduse_dev_dereg_umem() returns
> successfully. The vduse_dev_dereg_umem() will only return successfully
> when there is no inflight I/O which means we don't need to allocate
> extra kernel pages to store data. If we can't accept this, then your
> current patch might be the most suitable.

It might be better to not break.

Actually during my testing, the read_lock in the do_bounce path slows
down the performance. Remove read_lock or use rcu_read_lock() to give
20% improvement of PPS.

I do want to get rid of it (e.g moving the copying some other where)
seems it meets the exact "issue" here which introduces some behaviour
change...

> I will test this patch
> first.
>

Great.

Thanks

> Thanks,
> Yongji
>






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