| 78ddaa35 | 18-Jun-2025 |
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> |
mm: change vm_get_page_prot() to accept vm_flags_t argument
Patch series "use vm_flags_t consistently".
The VMA flags field vma->vm_flags is of type vm_flags_t. Right now this
is exactly equivalen
mm: change vm_get_page_prot() to accept vm_flags_t argument
Patch series "use vm_flags_t consistently".
The VMA flags field vma->vm_flags is of type vm_flags_t. Right now this
is exactly equivalent to unsigned long, but it should not be assumed to
be.
Much code that references vma->vm_flags already correctly uses vm_flags_t,
but a fairly large chunk of code simply uses unsigned long and assumes
that the two are equivalent.
This series corrects that and has us use vm_flags_t consistently.
This series is motivated by the desire to, in a future series, adjust
vm_flags_t to be a u64 regardless of whether the kernel is 32-bit or
64-bit in order to deal with the VMA flag exhaustion issue and avoid all
the various problems that arise from it (being unable to use certain
features in 32-bit, being unable to add new flags except for 64-bit, etc.)
This is therefore a critical first step towards that goal. At any rate,
using the correct type is of value regardless.
We additionally take the opportunity to refer to VMA flags as vm_flags
where possible to make clear what we're referring to.
Overall, this series does not introduce any functional change.
This patch (of 3):
We abstract the type of the VMA flags to vm_flags_t, however in may places
it is simply assumed this is unsigned long, which is simply incorrect.
At the moment this is simply an incongruity, however in future we plan to
change this type and therefore this change is a critical requirement for
doing so.
Overall, this patch does not introduce any functional change.
[lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com: add missing vm_get_page_prot() instance, remove include]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/552f88e1-2df8-4e95-92b8-812f7c8db829@lucifer.local
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1750274467.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/a12769720a2743f235643b158c4f4f0a9911daf0.1750274467.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> [arm64]
Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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| b013ed40 | 16-Jun-2025 |
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> |
fs: consistently use can_mmap_file() helper
Since commit c84bf6dd2b83 ("mm: introduce new .mmap_prepare() file
callback"), the f_op->mmap() hook has been deprecated in favour of
f_op->mmap_prepare()
fs: consistently use can_mmap_file() helper
Since commit c84bf6dd2b83 ("mm: introduce new .mmap_prepare() file
callback"), the f_op->mmap() hook has been deprecated in favour of
f_op->mmap_prepare().
Additionally, commit bb666b7c2707 ("mm: add mmap_prepare() compatibility
layer for nested file systems") permits the use of the .mmap_prepare() hook
even in nested filesystems like overlayfs.
There are a number of places where we check only for f_op->mmap - this is
incorrect now mmap_prepare exists, so update all of these to use the
general helper can_mmap_file().
Most notably, this updates the elf logic to allow for the ability to
execute binaries on filesystems which have the .mmap_prepare hook, but
additionally we update nested filesystems.
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/b68145b609532e62bab603dd9686faa6562046ec.1750099179.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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| c84bf6dd | 09-May-2025 |
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> |
mm: introduce new .mmap_prepare() file callback
Patch series "eliminate mmap() retry merge, add .mmap_prepare hook", v2.
During the mmap() of a file-backed mapping, we invoke the underlying
driver
mm: introduce new .mmap_prepare() file callback
Patch series "eliminate mmap() retry merge, add .mmap_prepare hook", v2.
During the mmap() of a file-backed mapping, we invoke the underlying
driver file's mmap() callback in order to perform driver/file system
initialisation of the underlying VMA.
This has been a source of issues in the past, including a significant
security concern relating to unwinding of error state discovered by Jann
Horn, as fixed in commit 5de195060b2e ("mm: resolve faulty mmap_region()
error path behaviour") which performed the recent, significant, rework of
mmap() as a whole.
However, we have had a fly in the ointment remain - drivers have a great
deal of freedom in the .mmap() hook to manipulate VMA state (as well as
page table state).
This can be problematic, as we can no longer reason sensibly about VMA
state once the call is complete (the ability to do - anything - here does
rather interfere with that).
In addition, callers may choose to do odd or unusual things which might
interfere with subsequent steps in the mmap() process, and it may do so
and then raise an error, requiring very careful unwinding of state about
which we can make no assumptions.
Rather than providing such an open-ended interface, this series provides
an alternative, far more restrictive one - we expose a whitelist of fields
which can be adjusted by the driver, along with immutable state upon which
the driver can make such decisions:
struct vm_area_desc {
/* Immutable state. */
struct mm_struct *mm;
unsigned long start;
unsigned long end;
/* Mutable fields. Populated with initial state. */
pgoff_t pgoff;
struct file *file;
vm_flags_t vm_flags;
pgprot_t page_prot;
/* Write-only fields. */
const struct vm_operations_struct *vm_ops;
void *private_data;
};
The mmap logic then updates the state used to either merge with a VMA or
establish a new VMA based upon this logic.
This is achieved via new file hook .mmap_prepare(), which is, importantly,
invoked very early on in the mmap() process.
If an error arises, we can very simply abort the operation with very
little unwinding of state required.
The existing logic contains another, related, peccadillo - since the
.mmap() callback might do anything, it may also cause a previously
unmergeable VMA to become mergeable with adjacent VMAs.
Right now the logic will retry a merge like this only if the driver
changes VMA flags, and changes them in such a way that a merge might
succeed (that is, the flags are not 'special', that is do not contain any
of the flags specified in VM_SPECIAL).
This has also been the source of a great deal of pain - it's hard to
reason about an .mmap() callback that might do - anything - but it's also
hard to reason about setting up a VMA and writing to the maple tree, only
to do it again utilising a great deal of shared state.
Since .mmap_prepare() sets fields before the first merge is even
attempted, the use of this callback obviates the need for this retry merge
logic.
A driver may only specify .mmap_prepare() or the deprecated .mmap()
callback. In future we may add futher callbacks beyond .mmap_prepare() to
faciliate all use cass as we convert drivers.
In researching this change, I examined every .mmap() callback, and
discovered only a very few that set VMA state in such a way that a. the
VMA flags changed and b. this would be mergeable.
In the majority of cases, it turns out that drivers are mapping kernel
memory and thus ultimately set VM_PFNMAP, VM_MIXEDMAP, or other
unmergeable VM_SPECIAL flags.
Of those that remain I identified a number of cases which are only
applicable in DAX, setting the VM_HUGEPAGE flag:
* dax_mmap()
* erofs_file_mmap()
* ext4_file_mmap()
* xfs_file_mmap()
For this remerge to not occur and to impact users, each of these cases
would require a user to mmap() files using DAX, in parts, immediately
adjacent to one another.
This is a very unlikely usecase and so it does not appear to be worthwhile
to adjust this functionality accordingly.
We can, however, very quickly do so if needed by simply adding an
.mmap_prepare() callback to these as required.
There are two further non-DAX cases I idenitfied:
* orangefs_file_mmap() - Clears VM_RAND_READ if set, replacing with
VM_SEQ_READ.
* usb_stream_hwdep_mmap() - Sets VM_DONTDUMP.
Both of these cases again seem very unlikely to be mmap()'d immediately
adjacent to one another in a fashion that would result in a merge.
Finally, we are left with a viable case:
* secretmem_mmap() - Set VM_LOCKED, VM_DONTDUMP.
This is viable enough that the mm selftests trigger the logic as a matter
of course. Therefore, this series replace the .secretmem_mmap() hook with
.secret_mmap_prepare().
This patch (of 3):
Provide a means by which drivers can specify which fields of those
permitted to be changed should be altered to prior to mmap()'ing a range
(which may either result from a merge or from mapping an entirely new
VMA).
Doing so is substantially safer than the existing .mmap() calback which
provides unrestricted access to the part-constructed VMA and permits
drivers and file systems to do 'creative' things which makes it hard to
reason about the state of the VMA after the function returns.
The existing .mmap() callback's freedom has caused a great deal of issues,
especially in error handling, as unwinding the mmap() state has proven to
be non-trivial and caused significant issues in the past, for instance
those addressed in commit 5de195060b2e ("mm: resolve faulty mmap_region()
error path behaviour").
It also necessitates a second attempt at merge once the .mmap() callback
has completed, which has caused issues in the past, is awkward, adds
overhead and is difficult to reason about.
The .mmap_prepare() callback eliminates this requirement, as we can update
fields prior to even attempting the first merge. It is safer, as we
heavily restrict what can actually be modified, and being invoked very
early in the mmap() process, error handling can be performed safely with
very little unwinding of state required.
The .mmap_prepare() and deprecated .mmap() callbacks are mutually
exclusive, so we permit only one to be invoked at a time.
Update vma userland test stubs to account for changes.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1746792520.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/adb36a7c4affd7393b2fc4b54cc5cfe211e41f71.1746792520.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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| 3e43e260 | 28-Apr-2025 |
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> |
mm: perform VMA allocation, freeing, duplication in mm
Right now these are performed in kernel/fork.c which is odd and a
violation of separation of concerns, as well as preventing us from
integratin
mm: perform VMA allocation, freeing, duplication in mm
Right now these are performed in kernel/fork.c which is odd and a
violation of separation of concerns, as well as preventing us from
integrating this and related logic into userland VMA testing going
forward.
There is a fly in the ointment - nommu - mmap.c is not compiled if
CONFIG_MMU not set, and neither is vma.c.
To square the circle, let's add a new file - vma_init.c. This will be
compiled for both CONFIG_MMU and nommu builds, and will also form part of
the VMA userland testing.
This allows us to de-duplicate code, while maintaining separation of
concerns and the ability for us to userland test this logic.
Update the VMA userland tests accordingly, additionally adding a
detach_free_vma() helper function to correctly detach VMAs before freeing
them in test code, as this change was triggering the assert for this.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove stray newline, per Liam]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/f97b3a85a6da0196b28070df331b99e22b263be8.1745853549.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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| 6c36ac1e | 28-Apr-2025 |
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> |
mm: establish mm/vma_exec.c for shared exec/mm VMA functionality
Patch series "move all VMA allocation, freeing and duplication logic to
mm", v3.
Currently VMA allocation, freeing and duplication e
mm: establish mm/vma_exec.c for shared exec/mm VMA functionality
Patch series "move all VMA allocation, freeing and duplication logic to
mm", v3.
Currently VMA allocation, freeing and duplication exist in kernel/fork.c,
which is a violation of separation of concerns, and leaves these functions
exposed to the rest of the kernel when they are in fact internal
implementation details.
Resolve this by moving this logic to mm, and making it internal to vma.c,
vma.h.
This also allows us, in future, to provide userland testing around this
functionality.
We additionally abstract dup_mmap() to mm, being careful to ensure
kernel/fork.c acceses this via the mm internal header so it is not exposed
elsewhere in the kernel.
As part of this change, also abstract initial stack allocation performed
in __bprm_mm_init() out of fs code into mm via the
create_init_stack_vma(), as this code uses vm_area_alloc() and
vm_area_free().
In order to do so sensibly, we introduce a new mm/vma_exec.c file, which
contains the code that is shared by mm and exec. This file is added to
both memory mapping and exec sections in MAINTAINERS so both sets of
maintainers can maintain oversight.
As part of this change, we also move relocate_vma_down() to mm/vma_exec.c
so all shared mm/exec functionality is kept in one place.
We add code shared between nommu and mmu-enabled configurations in order
to share VMA allocation, freeing and duplication code correctly while also
keeping these functions available in userland VMA testing.
This is achieved by adding a mm/vma_init.c file which is also compiled by
the userland tests.
This patch (of 4):
There is functionality that overlaps the exec and memory mapping
subsystems. While it properly belongs in mm, it is important that exec
maintainers maintain oversight of this functionality correctly.
We can establish both goals by adding a new mm/vma_exec.c file which
contains these 'glue' functions, and have fs/exec.c import them.
As a part of this change, to ensure that proper oversight is achieved, add
the file to both the MEMORY MAPPING and EXEC & BINFMT API, ELF sections.
scripts/get_maintainer.pl can correctly handle files in multiple entries
and this neatly handles the cross-over.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix comment typo]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/80f0d0c6-0b68-47f9-ab78-0ab7f74677fc@lucifer.local
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1745853549.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/91f2cee8f17d65214a9d83abb7011aa15f1ea690.1745853549.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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| 31041385 | 13-Feb-2025 |
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> |
mm: make vma cache SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU
To enable SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU for vma cache we need to ensure that
object reuse before RCU grace period is over will be detected by
lock_vma_under_rcu().
Cu
mm: make vma cache SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU
To enable SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU for vma cache we need to ensure that
object reuse before RCU grace period is over will be detected by
lock_vma_under_rcu().
Current checks are sufficient as long as vma is detached before it is
freed. The only place this is not currently happening is in exit_mmap().
Add the missing vma_mark_detached() in exit_mmap().
Another issue which might trick lock_vma_under_rcu() during vma reuse is
vm_area_dup(), which copies the entire content of the vma into a new one,
overriding new vma's vm_refcnt and temporarily making it appear as
attached. This might trick a racing lock_vma_under_rcu() to operate on a
reused vma if it found the vma before it got reused. To prevent this
situation, we should ensure that vm_refcnt stays at detached state (0)
when it is copied and advances to attached state only after it is added
into the vma tree. Introduce vm_area_init_from() which preserves new
vma's vm_refcnt and use it in vm_area_dup(). Since all vmas are in
detached state with no current readers when they are freed,
lock_vma_under_rcu() will not be able to take vm_refcnt after vma got
detached even if vma is reused. vma_mark_attached() in modified to
include a release fence to ensure all stores to the vma happen before
vm_refcnt gets initialized.
Finally, make vm_area_cachep SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU. This will facilitate
vm_area_struct reuse and will minimize the number of call_rcu() calls.
[surenb@google.com: remove atomic_set_release() usage in tools/]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250217054351.2973666-1-surenb@google.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250213224655.1680278-18-surenb@google.com
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Tested-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/5e19ec93-8307-47c2-bb13-3ddf7150624e@amd.com
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Klara Modin <klarasmodin@gmail.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
Cc: Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@google.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@google.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Sourav Panda <souravpanda@google.com>
Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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| 6bef4c2f | 13-Feb-2025 |
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> |
mm: move lesser used vma_area_struct members into the last cacheline
Move several vma_area_struct members which are rarely or never used during
page fault handling into the last cacheline to better
mm: move lesser used vma_area_struct members into the last cacheline
Move several vma_area_struct members which are rarely or never used during
page fault handling into the last cacheline to better pack vm_area_struct.
As a result vm_area_struct will fit into 3 as opposed to 4 cachelines.
New typical vm_area_struct layout:
struct vm_area_struct {
union {
struct {
long unsigned int vm_start; /* 0 8 */
long unsigned int vm_end; /* 8 8 */
}; /* 0 16 */
freeptr_t vm_freeptr; /* 0 8 */
}; /* 0 16 */
struct mm_struct * vm_mm; /* 16 8 */
pgprot_t vm_page_prot; /* 24 8 */
union {
const vm_flags_t vm_flags; /* 32 8 */
vm_flags_t __vm_flags; /* 32 8 */
}; /* 32 8 */
unsigned int vm_lock_seq; /* 40 4 */
/* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
struct list_head anon_vma_chain; /* 48 16 */
/* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */
struct anon_vma * anon_vma; /* 64 8 */
const struct vm_operations_struct * vm_ops; /* 72 8 */
long unsigned int vm_pgoff; /* 80 8 */
struct file * vm_file; /* 88 8 */
void * vm_private_data; /* 96 8 */
atomic_long_t swap_readahead_info; /* 104 8 */
struct mempolicy * vm_policy; /* 112 8 */
struct vma_numab_state * numab_state; /* 120 8 */
/* --- cacheline 2 boundary (128 bytes) --- */
refcount_t vm_refcnt (__aligned__(64)); /* 128 4 */
/* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */
struct {
struct rb_node rb (__aligned__(8)); /* 136 24 */
long unsigned int rb_subtree_last; /* 160 8 */
} __attribute__((__aligned__(8))) shared; /* 136 32 */
struct anon_vma_name * anon_name; /* 168 8 */
struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx vm_userfaultfd_ctx; /* 176 8 */
/* size: 192, cachelines: 3, members: 18 */
/* sum members: 176, holes: 2, sum holes: 8 */
/* padding: 8 */
/* forced alignments: 2, forced holes: 1, sum forced holes: 4 */
} __attribute__((__aligned__(64)));
Memory consumption per 1000 VMAs becomes 48 pages:
slabinfo after vm_area_struct changes:
<name> ... <objsize> <objperslab> <pagesperslab> : ...
vm_area_struct ... 192 42 2 : ...
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250213224655.1680278-14-surenb@google.com
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/5e19ec93-8307-47c2-bb13-3ddf7150624e@amd.com
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Klara Modin <klarasmodin@gmail.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
Cc: Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@google.com>
Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@google.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Sourav Panda <souravpanda@google.com>
Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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| f35ab95c | 13-Feb-2025 |
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> |
mm: replace vm_lock and detached flag with a reference count
rw_semaphore is a sizable structure of 40 bytes and consumes considerable
space for each vm_area_struct. However vma_lock has two import
mm: replace vm_lock and detached flag with a reference count
rw_semaphore is a sizable structure of 40 bytes and consumes considerable
space for each vm_area_struct. However vma_lock has two important
specifics which can be used to replace rw_semaphore with a simpler
structure:
1. Readers never wait. They try to take the vma_lock and fall back to
mmap_lock if that fails.
2. Only one writer at a time will ever try to write-lock a vma_lock
because writers first take mmap_lock in write mode. Because of these
requirements, full rw_semaphore functionality is not needed and we can
replace rw_semaphore and the vma->detached flag with a refcount
(vm_refcnt).
When vma is in detached state, vm_refcnt is 0 and only a call to
vma_mark_attached() can take it out of this state. Note that unlike
before, now we enforce both vma_mark_attached() and vma_mark_detached() to
be done only after vma has been write-locked. vma_mark_attached() changes
vm_refcnt to 1 to indicate that it has been attached to the vma tree.
When a reader takes read lock, it increments vm_refcnt, unless the top
usable bit of vm_refcnt (0x40000000) is set, indicating presence of a
writer. When writer takes write lock, it sets the top usable bit to
indicate its presence. If there are readers, writer will wait using newly
introduced mm->vma_writer_wait. Since all writers take mmap_lock in write
mode first, there can be only one writer at a time. The last reader to
release the lock will signal the writer to wake up. refcount might
overflow if there are many competing readers, in which case read-locking
will fail. Readers are expected to handle such failures.
In summary:
1. all readers increment the vm_refcnt;
2. writer sets top usable (writer) bit of vm_refcnt;
3. readers cannot increment the vm_refcnt if the writer bit is set;
4. in the presence of readers, writer must wait for the vm_refcnt to drop
to 1 (plus the VMA_LOCK_OFFSET writer bit), indicating an attached vma
with no readers;
5. vm_refcnt overflow is handled by the readers.
While this vm_lock replacement does not yet result in a smaller
vm_area_struct (it stays at 256 bytes due to cacheline alignment), it
allows for further size optimization by structure member regrouping to
bring the size of vm_area_struct below 192 bytes.
[surenb@google.com: fix a crash due to vma_end_read() that should have been removed]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250220200208.323769-1-surenb@google.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250213224655.1680278-13-surenb@google.com
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/5e19ec93-8307-47c2-bb13-3ddf7150624e@amd.com
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Klara Modin <klarasmodin@gmail.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
Cc: Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@google.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@google.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Sourav Panda <souravpanda@google.com>
Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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| 7b6218ae | 13-Feb-2025 |
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> |
mm: move per-vma lock into vm_area_struct
Back when per-vma locks were introduces, vm_lock was moved out of
vm_area_struct in [1] because of the performance regression caused by
false cacheline shar
mm: move per-vma lock into vm_area_struct
Back when per-vma locks were introduces, vm_lock was moved out of
vm_area_struct in [1] because of the performance regression caused by
false cacheline sharing. Recent investigation [2] revealed that the
regressions is limited to a rather old Broadwell microarchitecture and
even there it can be mitigated by disabling adjacent cacheline
prefetching, see [3].
Splitting single logical structure into multiple ones leads to more
complicated management, extra pointer dereferences and overall less
maintainable code. When that split-away part is a lock, it complicates
things even further. With no performance benefits, there are no reasons
for this split. Merging the vm_lock back into vm_area_struct also allows
vm_area_struct to use SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU later in this patchset. Move
vm_lock back into vm_area_struct, aligning it at the cacheline boundary
and changing the cache to be cacheline-aligned as well. With kernel
compiled using defconfig, this causes VMA memory consumption to grow from
160 (vm_area_struct) + 40 (vm_lock) bytes to 256 bytes:
slabinfo before:
<name> ... <objsize> <objperslab> <pagesperslab> : ...
vma_lock ... 40 102 1 : ...
vm_area_struct ... 160 51 2 : ...
slabinfo after moving vm_lock:
<name> ... <objsize> <objperslab> <pagesperslab> : ...
vm_area_struct ... 256 32 2 : ...
Aggregate VMA memory consumption per 1000 VMAs grows from 50 to 64 pages,
which is 5.5MB per 100000 VMAs. Note that the size of this structure is
dependent on the kernel configuration and typically the original size is
higher than 160 bytes. Therefore these calculations are close to the
worst case scenario. A more realistic vm_area_struct usage before this
change is:
<name> ... <objsize> <objperslab> <pagesperslab> : ...
vma_lock ... 40 102 1 : ...
vm_area_struct ... 176 46 2 : ...
Aggregate VMA memory consumption per 1000 VMAs grows from 54 to 64 pages,
which is 3.9MB per 100000 VMAs. This memory consumption growth can be
addressed later by optimizing the vm_lock.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230227173632.3292573-34-surenb@google.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZsQyI%2F087V34JoIt@xsang-OptiPlex-9020/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAJuCfpEisU8Lfe96AYJDZ+OM4NoPmnw9bP53cT_kbfP_pR+-2g@mail.gmail.com/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250213224655.1680278-3-surenb@google.com
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
Tested-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/5e19ec93-8307-47c2-bb13-3ddf7150624e@amd.com
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Klara Modin <klarasmodin@gmail.com>
Cc: Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@google.com>
Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@google.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Sourav Panda <souravpanda@google.com>
Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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| c372473a | 31-Jan-2025 |
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> |
mm: completely abstract unnecessary adj_start calculation
The adj_start calculation has been a constant source of confusion in the
VMA merge code.
There are two cases to consider, one where we adju
mm: completely abstract unnecessary adj_start calculation
The adj_start calculation has been a constant source of confusion in the
VMA merge code.
There are two cases to consider, one where we adjust the start of the
vmg->middle VMA (i.e. the vmg->__adjust_middle_start merge flag is set),
in which case adj_start is calculated as:
(1) adj_start = vmg->end - vmg->middle->vm_start
And the case where we adjust the start of the vmg->next VMA (i.e. the
vmg->__adjust_next_start merge flag is set), in which case adj_start is
calculated as:
(2) adj_start = -(vmg->middle->vm_end - vmg->end)
We apply (1) thusly:
vmg->middle->vm_start =
vmg->middle->vm_start + vmg->end - vmg->middle->vm_start
Which simplifies to:
vmg->middle->vm_start = vmg->end
Similarly, we apply (2) as:
vmg->next->vm_start =
vmg->next->vm_start + -(vmg->middle->vm_end - vmg->end)
Noting that for these VMAs to be mergeable vmg->middle->vm_end ==
vmg->next->vm_start and so this simplifies to:
vmg->next->vm_start =
vmg->next->vm_start + -(vmg->next->vm_start - vmg->end)
Which simplifies to:
vmg->next->vm_start = vmg->end
Therefore in each case, we simply need to adjust the start of the VMA to
vmg->end (!) and can do away with this adj_start calculation. The only
caveat is that we must ensure we update the vm_pgoff field correctly.
We therefore abstract this entire calculation to a new function
vmg_adjust_set_range() which performs this calculation and sets the
adjusted VMA's new range using the general vma_set_range() function.
We also must update vma_adjust_trans_huge() which expects the
now-abstracted adj_start parameter. It turns out this is wholly
unnecessary.
In vma_adjust_trans_huge() the relevant code is:
if (adjust_next > 0) {
struct vm_area_struct *next = find_vma(vma->vm_mm, vma->vm_end);
unsigned long nstart = next->vm_start;
nstart += adjust_next;
split_huge_pmd_if_needed(next, nstart);
}
The only case where this is relevant is when vmg->__adjust_middle_start is
specified (in which case adj_next would have been positive), i.e. the one
in which the vma specified is vmg->prev and this the sought 'next' VMA
would be vmg->middle.
We can therefore eliminate the find_vma() invocation altogether and simply
provide the vmg->middle VMA in this instance, or NULL otherwise.
Again we have an adj_next offset calculation:
next->vm_start + vmg->end - vmg->middle->vm_start
Where next == vmg->middle this simplifies to vmg->end as previously
demonstrated.
Therefore nstart is equal to vmg->end, which is already passed to
vma_adjust_trans_huge() via the 'end' parameter and so this code (rather
delightfully) simplifies to:
if (next)
split_huge_pmd_if_needed(next, end);
With these changes in place, it becomes silly for commit_merge() to return
vmg->target, as it is always the same and threaded through vmg, so we
finally change commit_merge() to return an error value once again.
This patch has no change in functional behaviour.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/7bce2cd4b5afb56211822835d145471280c3dccc.1738326519.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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