Commit 9c17d96500f7 ("xen/gntdev: Grant maps should not be subject to NUMA balancing") set VM_IO flag to prevent grant maps from being subjected to NUMA balancing. It was discovered recently that this flag causes get_user_pages() to always fail with -EFAULT. check_vma_flags __get_user_pages __get_user_pages_locked __get_user_pages_unlocked get_user_pages_fast iov_iter_get_pages dio_refill_pages do_direct_IO do_blockdev_direct_IO do_blockdev_direct_IO ext4_direct_IO_read generic_file_read_iter aio_run_iocb (which can happen if guest's vdisk has direct-io-safe option). To avoid this don't use vm_flags. Instead, use mempolicy that prohibits page migration (i.e. clear MPOL_F_MOF|MPOL_F_MORON) and make sure we don't consult task's policy (which may include those flags) if vma doesn't have one. Reported-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- Changes in v3: * Don't use __mpol_dup() and get_task_policy() which are not exported for use by drivers. Add vm_operations_struct.get_policy(). * Copy to stable drivers/xen/gntdev.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c index bb95212..632edd4 100644 --- a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c +++ b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ #include <linux/spinlock.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/highmem.h> +#include <linux/mempolicy.h> #include <xen/xen.h> #include <xen/grant_table.h> @@ -433,10 +434,28 @@ static void gntdev_vma_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma) return map->pages[(addr - map->pages_vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT]; } +#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA +/* + * We have this op to make sure callers (such as vma_policy_mof()) don't + * check current task's policy which may include migrate flags (MPOL_F_MOF + * or MPOL_F_MORON) + */ +static struct mempolicy *gntdev_vma_get_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma, + unsigned long addr) +{ + if (mpol_needs_cond_ref(vma->vm_policy)) + mpol_get(vma->vm_policy); + return vma->vm_policy; +} +#endif + static const struct vm_operations_struct gntdev_vmops = { .open = gntdev_vma_open, .close = gntdev_vma_close, .find_special_page = gntdev_vma_find_special_page, +#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA + .get_policy = gntdev_vma_get_policy, +#endif }; /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */ @@ -1007,7 +1026,13 @@ static int gntdev_mmap(struct file *flip, struct vm_area_struct *vma) vma->vm_ops = &gntdev_vmops; - vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP | VM_IO; + vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP; + +#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA + /* Prevent NUMA balancing */ + if (vma->vm_policy) + vma->vm_policy->flags &= ~(MPOL_F_MOF | MPOL_F_MORON); +#endif if (use_ptemod) vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTCOPY; -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html