Re: [RFC 05/11] mm: make the try_to_munlock void function

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Sun Mar 05 2017 - 21:10:38 EST


On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 05:13:54PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> On 03/02/2017 12:09 PM, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > try_to_munlock returns SWAP_MLOCK if the one of VMAs mapped
> > the page has VM_LOCKED flag. In that time, VM set PG_mlocked to
> > the page if the page is not pte-mapped THP which cannot be
> > mlocked, either.
>
> Right.
>
> >
> > With that, __munlock_isolated_page can use PageMlocked to check
> > whether try_to_munlock is successful or not without relying on
> > try_to_munlock's retval. It helps to make ttu/ttuo simple with
> > upcoming patches.
>
> Right.
>
> >
> > Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/rmap.h | 2 +-
> > mm/mlock.c | 6 ++----
> > mm/rmap.c | 16 ++++------------
> > 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
> > index b556eef..1b0cd4c 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/rmap.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
> > @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ int page_mkclean(struct page *);
> > * called in munlock()/munmap() path to check for other vmas holding
> > * the page mlocked.
> > */
> > -int try_to_munlock(struct page *);
> > +void try_to_munlock(struct page *);
> >
> > void remove_migration_ptes(struct page *old, struct page *new, bool locked);
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
> > index cdbed8a..d34a540 100644
> > --- a/mm/mlock.c
> > +++ b/mm/mlock.c
> > @@ -122,17 +122,15 @@ static bool __munlock_isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, bool getpage)
> > */
> > static void __munlock_isolated_page(struct page *page)
> > {
> > - int ret = SWAP_AGAIN;
> > -
> > /*
> > * Optimization: if the page was mapped just once, that's our mapping
> > * and we don't need to check all the other vmas.
> > */
> > if (page_mapcount(page) > 1)
> > - ret = try_to_munlock(page);
> > + try_to_munlock(page);
> >
> > /* Did try_to_unlock() succeed or punt? */
> > - if (ret != SWAP_MLOCK)
> > + if (!PageMlocked(page))
>
> Checks if the page is still mlocked or not.
>
> > count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGMUNLOCKED);
> >
> > putback_lru_page(page);
> > diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> > index 0a48958..61ae694 100644
> > --- a/mm/rmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> > @@ -1540,18 +1540,10 @@ static int page_not_mapped(struct page *page)
> > * Called from munlock code. Checks all of the VMAs mapping the page
> > * to make sure nobody else has this page mlocked. The page will be
> > * returned with PG_mlocked cleared if no other vmas have it mlocked.
> > - *
> > - * Return values are:
> > - *
> > - * SWAP_AGAIN - no vma is holding page mlocked, or,
> > - * SWAP_AGAIN - page mapped in mlocked vma -- couldn't acquire mmap sem
> > - * SWAP_FAIL - page cannot be located at present
> > - * SWAP_MLOCK - page is now mlocked.
> > */
> > -int try_to_munlock(struct page *page)
> > -{
> > - int ret;
> >
> > +void try_to_munlock(struct page *page)
> > +{
> > struct rmap_walk_control rwc = {
> > .rmap_one = try_to_unmap_one,
> > .arg = (void *)TTU_MUNLOCK,
> > @@ -1561,9 +1553,9 @@ int try_to_munlock(struct page *page)
> > };
> >
> > VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page) || PageLRU(page), page);
> > + VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageMlocked(page), page);
>
> We are calling on the page to see if its mlocked from any of it's
> mapping VMAs. Then it is a possibility that the page is mlocked
> and the above condition is true and we print VM BUG report there.
> The point is if its a valid possibility why we have added the
> above check ?

If I read code properly, __munlock_isolated_page calls try_to_munlock
always pass the TestClearPageMlocked page to try_to_munlock.
(e.g., munlock_vma_page and __munlock_pagevec) so I thought
try_to_munlock should be called non-PG_mlocked page and try_to_unmap_one
returns PG_mlocked page once it found a VM_LOCKED VMA for a page.
IOW, non-PG_mlocked page is precondition for try_to_munlock.