[PATCH v3 03/20] mm: Introduce pte_spinlock for FAULT_FLAG_SPECULATIVE

From: Laurent Dufour
Date: Fri Sep 08 2017 - 14:12:31 EST


When handling page fault without holding the mmap_sem the fetch of the
pte lock pointer and the locking will have to be done while ensuring
that the VMA is not touched in our back.

So move the fetch and locking operations in a dedicated function.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 13c8c3c8b5e4..530d887ca885 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2408,6 +2408,13 @@ static inline void wp_page_reuse(struct vm_fault *vmf)
pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
}

+static bool pte_spinlock(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+ vmf->ptl = pte_lockptr(vmf->vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd);
+ spin_lock(vmf->ptl);
+ return true;
+}
+
static bool pte_map_lock(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vmf->vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->address, &vmf->ptl);
@@ -3717,8 +3724,8 @@ static int do_numa_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
* validation through pte_unmap_same(). It's of NUMA type but
* the pfn may be screwed if the read is non atomic.
*/
- vmf->ptl = pte_lockptr(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd);
- spin_lock(vmf->ptl);
+ if (!pte_spinlock(vmf))
+ return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
if (unlikely(!pte_same(*vmf->pte, vmf->orig_pte))) {
pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
goto out;
@@ -3910,8 +3917,8 @@ static int handle_pte_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
if (pte_protnone(vmf->orig_pte) && vma_is_accessible(vmf->vma))
return do_numa_page(vmf);

- vmf->ptl = pte_lockptr(vmf->vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd);
- spin_lock(vmf->ptl);
+ if (!pte_spinlock(vmf))
+ return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
entry = vmf->orig_pte;
if (unlikely(!pte_same(*vmf->pte, entry)))
goto unlock;
--
2.7.4