Re: [PATCH v21 2/5] ring-buffer: Introducing ring-buffer mapping functions

[Vincent Donnefort]

Hi David,

Thanks for your quick response.

On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 05:26:39PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> 
> I gave it some more thought, and I think we are still missing something (I
> wish PFNMAP/MIXEDMAP wouldn't be that hard).
> 
> > +
> > +/*
> > + *   +--------------+  pgoff == 0
> > + *   |   meta page  |
> > + *   +--------------+  pgoff == 1
> > + *   | subbuffer 0  |
> > + *   |              |
> > + *   +--------------+  pgoff == (1 + (1 << subbuf_order))
> > + *   | subbuffer 1  |
> > + *   |              |
> > + *         ...
> > + */
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> > +static int __rb_map_vma(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
> > +			struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned long nr_subbufs, nr_pages, vma_pages, pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff;
> > +	unsigned int subbuf_pages, subbuf_order;
> > +	struct page **pages;
> > +	int p = 0, s = 0;
> > +	int err;
> > +
> 
> I'd add some comments here like
> 
> /* Refuse any MAP_PRIVATE or writable mappings. */
> > +	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE || vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC ||
> > +	    !(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE))
> > +		return -EPERM;
> > +
> 
> /*
>  * Make sure the mapping cannot become writable later. Also, tell the VM
>  * to not touch these pages pages (VM_DONTCOPY | VM_DONTDUMP) and tell
>  * GUP to leave them alone as well (VM_IO).
>  */
> > +	vm_flags_mod(vma,
> > +		     VM_MIXEDMAP | VM_PFNMAP |
> > +		     VM_DONTCOPY | VM_DONTDUMP | VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_IO,
> > +		     VM_MAYWRITE);
> 
> I am still really unsure about VM_PFNMAP ... it's not a PFNMAP at all and,
> as stated, vm_insert_pages() even complains quite a lot when it would have
> to set VM_MIXEDMAP and VM_PFNMAP is already set, likely for a very good
> reason.
> 
> Can't we limit ourselves to VM_IO?
> 
> But then, I wonder if it really helps much regarding GUP: yes, it blocks
> ordinary GUP (see check_vma_flags()) but as insert_page_into_pte_locked()
> does *not* set pte_special(), GUP-fast (gup_fast_pte_range()) will not
> reject it.
> 
> Really, if you want GUP-fast to reject it, remap_pfn_range() and friends are
> the way to go, that will set pte_special() such that also GUP-fast will
> leave it alone, just like vm_normal_page() would.
> 
> So ... I know Linus recommended VM_PFNMAP/VM_IO to stop GUP, but it alone
> won't stop all of GUP. We really have to mark the PTE as special, which
> vm_insert_page() must not do (because it is refcounted!).

Hum, apologies, I am not sure to follow the connection here. Why do you think
the recommendation was to prevent GUP?

> 
> Which means: do we really have to stop GUP from grabbing that page?
> 
> Using vm_insert_page() only with VM_MIXEDMAP (and without VM_PFNMAP|VM_IO)
> would be better.

Under the assumption we do not want to stop all GUP, why not using VM_IO over
VM_MIXEDMAP which is I believe more restrictive?

> 
> If we want to stop all of GUP, remap_pfn_range() currently seems unavoidable
> :(
> 
> 
> > +
> > +	lockdep_assert_held(&cpu_buffer->mapping_lock);
> > +
> > +	subbuf_order = cpu_buffer->buffer->subbuf_order;
> > +	subbuf_pages = 1 << subbuf_order;
> > +
> > +	nr_subbufs = cpu_buffer->nr_pages + 1; /* + reader-subbuf */
> > +	nr_pages = ((nr_subbufs) << subbuf_order) - pgoff + 1; /* + meta-page */
> > +
> > +	vma_pages = (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > +	if (!vma_pages || vma_pages > nr_pages)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	nr_pages = vma_pages;
> > +
> > +	pages = kcalloc(nr_pages, sizeof(*pages), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	if (!pages)
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +	if (!pgoff) {
> > +		pages[p++] = virt_to_page(cpu_buffer->meta_page);
> > +
> > +		/*
> > +		 * TODO: Align sub-buffers on their size, once
> > +		 * vm_insert_pages() supports the zero-page.
> > +		 */
> > +	} else {
> > +		/* Skip the meta-page */
> > +		pgoff--;
> > +
> > +		if (pgoff % subbuf_pages) {
> > +			err = -EINVAL;
> > +			goto out;
> > +		}
> > +
> > +		s += pgoff / subbuf_pages;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	while (s < nr_subbufs && p < nr_pages) {
> > +		struct page *page = virt_to_page(cpu_buffer->subbuf_ids[s]);
> > +		int off = 0;
> > +
> > +		for (; off < (1 << (subbuf_order)); off++, page++) {
> > +			if (p >= nr_pages)
> > +				break;
> > +
> > +			pages[p++] = page;
> > +		}
> > +		s++;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	err = vm_insert_pages(vma, vma->vm_start, pages, &nr_pages);
> 
> vm_insert_pages() documents: "In case of error, we may have mapped a subset
> of the provided pages. It is the caller's responsibility to account for this
> case."
> 
> Which could for example happen, when allocating a page table fails.
> 
> Would we able to deal with that here?

As we are in the mmap path, on an error, I would expect the vma to be destroyed
and those pages whom insertion succeeded to be unmapped?

But perhaps shall we proactively zap_page_range_single()?

> 
> 
> Again, I wish it would all be easier ...
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> 
> David / dhildenb
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