Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] mm: migration: fix migration of huge PMD shared pages

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On Fri 24-08-18 11:08:24, Mike Kravetz wrote:
[...]
> From: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 10:58:20 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH v7 1/2] mm: migration: fix migration of huge PMD shared pages
> 
> The page migration code employs try_to_unmap() to try and unmap the
> source page.  This is accomplished by using rmap_walk to find all
> vmas where the page is mapped.  This search stops when page mapcount
> is zero.  For shared PMD huge pages, the page map count is always 1
> no matter the number of mappings.  Shared mappings are tracked via
> the reference count of the PMD page.  Therefore, try_to_unmap stops
> prematurely and does not completely unmap all mappings of the source
> page.
> 
> This problem can result is data corruption as writes to the original
> source page can happen after contents of the page are copied to the
> target page.  Hence, data is lost.
> 
> This problem was originally seen as DB corruption of shared global
> areas after a huge page was soft offlined due to ECC memory errors.
> DB developers noticed they could reproduce the issue by (hotplug)
> offlining memory used to back huge pages.  A simple testcase can
> reproduce the problem by creating a shared PMD mapping (note that
> this must be at least PUD_SIZE in size and PUD_SIZE aligned (1GB on
> x86)), and using migrate_pages() to migrate process pages between
> nodes while continually writing to the huge pages being migrated.
> 
> To fix, have the try_to_unmap_one routine check for huge PMD sharing
> by calling huge_pmd_unshare for hugetlbfs huge pages.  If it is a
> shared mapping it will be 'unshared' which removes the page table
> entry and drops the reference on the PMD page.  After this, flush
> caches and TLB.
> 
> mmu notifiers are called before locking page tables, but we can not
> be sure of PMD sharing until page tables are locked.  Therefore,
> check for the possibility of PMD sharing before locking so that
> notifiers can prepare for the worst possible case.
> 
> Fixes: 39dde65c9940 ("shared page table for hugetlb page")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>

With the locking expectations for mmu_notifier_invalidate_range
exlained I do not see any other issues.

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  include/linux/hugetlb.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/mm.h      |  6 ++++++
>  mm/hugetlb.c            | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  mm/rmap.c               | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  4 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> index 36fa6a2a82e3..4ee95d8c8413 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> @@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  		       unsigned long addr, unsigned long sz);
>  int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long *addr, pte_t *ptep);
> +void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +				unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end);
>  struct page *follow_huge_addr(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
>  			      int write);
>  struct page *follow_huge_pd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> @@ -170,6 +172,18 @@ static inline unsigned long hugetlb_total_pages(void)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static inline int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long *addr,
> +					pte_t *ptep)
> +{
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static inline void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(
> +				struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +				unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
> +{
> +}
> +
>  #define follow_hugetlb_page(m,v,p,vs,a,b,i,w,n)	({ BUG(); 0; })
>  #define follow_huge_addr(mm, addr, write)	ERR_PTR(-EINVAL)
>  #define copy_hugetlb_page_range(src, dst, vma)	({ BUG(); 0; })
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 68a5121694ef..40ad93bc9548 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -2463,6 +2463,12 @@ static inline struct vm_area_struct *find_exact_vma(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	return vma;
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool range_in_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +				unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> +{
> +	return (vma && vma->vm_start <= start && end <= vma->vm_end);
> +}
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
>  pgprot_t vm_get_page_prot(unsigned long vm_flags);
>  void vma_set_page_prot(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 3103099f64fd..f469315a6a0f 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -4556,12 +4556,40 @@ static bool vma_shareable(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
>  	/*
>  	 * check on proper vm_flags and page table alignment
>  	 */
> -	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE &&
> -	    vma->vm_start <= base && end <= vma->vm_end)
> +	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE && range_in_vma(vma, base, end))
>  		return true;
>  	return false;
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Determine if start,end range within vma could be mapped by shared pmd.
> + * If yes, adjust start and end to cover range associated with possible
> + * shared pmd mappings.
> + */
> +void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +				unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
> +{
> +	unsigned long check_addr = *start;
> +
> +	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE))
> +		return;
> +
> +	for (check_addr = *start; check_addr < *end; check_addr += PUD_SIZE) {
> +		unsigned long a_start = check_addr & PUD_MASK;
> +		unsigned long a_end = a_start + PUD_SIZE;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * If sharing is possible, adjust start/end if necessary.
> +		 */
> +		if (range_in_vma(vma, a_start, a_end)) {
> +			if (a_start < *start)
> +				*start = a_start;
> +			if (a_end > *end)
> +				*end = a_end;
> +		}
> +	}
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Search for a shareable pmd page for hugetlb. In any case calls pmd_alloc()
>   * and returns the corresponding pte. While this is not necessary for the
> @@ -4659,6 +4687,11 @@ int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long *addr, pte_t *ptep)
>  {
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +
> +void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +				unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
> +{
> +}
>  #define want_pmd_share()	(0)
>  #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE */
>  
> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index eb477809a5c0..1e79fac3186b 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -1362,11 +1362,21 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * We have to assume the worse case ie pmd for invalidation. Note that
> -	 * the page can not be free in this function as call of try_to_unmap()
> -	 * must hold a reference on the page.
> +	 * For THP, we have to assume the worse case ie pmd for invalidation.
> +	 * For hugetlb, it could be much worse if we need to do pud
> +	 * invalidation in the case of pmd sharing.
> +	 *
> +	 * Note that the page can not be free in this function as call of
> +	 * try_to_unmap() must hold a reference on the page.
>  	 */
>  	end = min(vma->vm_end, start + (PAGE_SIZE << compound_order(page)));
> +	if (PageHuge(page)) {
> +		/*
> +		 * If sharing is possible, start and end will be adjusted
> +		 * accordingly.
> +		 */
> +		adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(vma, &start, &end);
> +	}
>  	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(vma->vm_mm, start, end);
>  
>  	while (page_vma_mapped_walk(&pvmw)) {
> @@ -1409,6 +1419,32 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  		subpage = page - page_to_pfn(page) + pte_pfn(*pvmw.pte);
>  		address = pvmw.address;
>  
> +		if (PageHuge(page)) {
> +			if (huge_pmd_unshare(mm, &address, pvmw.pte)) {
> +				/*
> +				 * huge_pmd_unshare unmapped an entire PMD
> +				 * page.  There is no way of knowing exactly
> +				 * which PMDs may be cached for this mm, so
> +				 * we must flush them all.  start/end were
> +				 * already adjusted above to cover this range.
> +				 */
> +				flush_cache_range(vma, start, end);
> +				flush_tlb_range(vma, start, end);
> +				mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(mm, start, end);
> +
> +				/*
> +				 * The ref count of the PMD page was dropped
> +				 * which is part of the way map counting
> +				 * is done for shared PMDs.  Return 'true'
> +				 * here.  When there is no other sharing,
> +				 * huge_pmd_unshare returns false and we will
> +				 * unmap the actual page and drop map count
> +				 * to zero.
> +				 */
> +				page_vma_mapped_walk_done(&pvmw);
> +				break;
> +			}
> +		}
>  
>  		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIGRATION) &&
>  		    (flags & TTU_MIGRATION) &&
> -- 
> 2.17.1

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs



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