Re: [merged mm-stable] mm-handle-swap-page-faults-if-the-faulting-page-can-be-locked.patch removed from -mm tree

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On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 4:35 PM Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> The quilt patch titled
>      Subject: mm: handle swap page faults under vma lock if page is uncontended
> has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
>      mm-handle-swap-page-faults-if-the-faulting-page-can-be-locked.patch
>
> This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
> of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Andrew, there are cases which are not properly handled in this patch,
outlined here: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87sfczuxkc.fsf@xxxxxxxxxx/
Please drop it for now until I post the next version. It's not stable
material yet. Thanks!

>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: mm: handle swap page faults under vma lock if page is uncontended
> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:00:43 -0700
>
> When page fault is handled under VMA lock protection, all swap page faults
> are retried with mmap_lock because folio_lock_or_retry implementation has
> to drop and reacquire mmap_lock if folio could not be immediately locked.
>
> Instead of retrying all swapped page faults, retry only when folio locking
> fails.
>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230414180043.1839745-1-surenb@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <michel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
>  mm/filemap.c |    6 ++++++
>  mm/memory.c  |    5 -----
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/mm/filemap.c~mm-handle-swap-page-faults-if-the-faulting-page-can-be-locked
> +++ a/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -1706,6 +1706,8 @@ static int __folio_lock_async(struct fol
>   *     mmap_lock has been released (mmap_read_unlock(), unless flags had both
>   *     FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY and FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT set, in
>   *     which case mmap_lock is still held.
> + *     If flags had FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK set, meaning the operation is performed
> + *     with VMA lock only, the VMA lock is still held.
>   *
>   * If neither ALLOW_RETRY nor KILLABLE are set, will always return true
>   * with the folio locked and the mmap_lock unperturbed.
> @@ -1713,6 +1715,10 @@ static int __folio_lock_async(struct fol
>  bool __folio_lock_or_retry(struct folio *folio, struct mm_struct *mm,
>                          unsigned int flags)
>  {
> +       /* Can't do this if not holding mmap_lock */
> +       if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK)
> +               return false;
> +
>         if (fault_flag_allow_retry_first(flags)) {
>                 /*
>                  * CAUTION! In this case, mmap_lock is not released
> --- a/mm/memory.c~mm-handle-swap-page-faults-if-the-faulting-page-can-be-locked
> +++ a/mm/memory.c
> @@ -3711,11 +3711,6 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault
>         if (!pte_unmap_same(vmf))
>                 goto out;
>
> -       if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK) {
> -               ret = VM_FAULT_RETRY;
> -               goto out;
> -       }
> -
>         entry = pte_to_swp_entry(vmf->orig_pte);
>         if (unlikely(non_swap_entry(entry))) {
>                 if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
> _
>
> Patches currently in -mm which might be from surenb@xxxxxxxxxx are
>
>




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