Re: [PATCHv4 00/24] THP refcounting redesign

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Fri Mar 06 2015 - 07:19:00 EST


On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 01:55:15PM +0100, Jerome Marchand wrote:
> On 03/04/2015 05:32 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > It's bug-fix update of my thp refcounting work.
> >
> > The goal of patchset is to make refcounting on THP pages cheaper with
> > simpler semantics and allow the same THP compound page to be mapped with
> > PMD and PTEs. This is required to get reasonable THP-pagecache
> > implementation.
> >
> > With the new refcounting design it's much easier to protect against
> > split_huge_page(): simple reference on a page will make you the deal.
> > It makes gup_fast() implementation simpler and doesn't require
> > special-case in futex code to handle tail THP pages.
> >
> > It should improve THP utilization over the system since splitting THP in
> > one process doesn't necessary lead to splitting the page in all other
> > processes have the page mapped.
> >
> [...]
> > I believe all known bugs have been fixed, but I'm sure Sasha will bring more
> > reports.
> >
> > The patchset also available on git:
> >
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kas/linux.git thp/refcounting/v4
> >
>
> Hi Kirill,
>
> I ran some ltp tests and it triggered two bugs:
>

Could you test with the patch below?

diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c b/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c
index 8c3a3e02ba92..1baa4d23314b 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
*/
if (!mapping_mapped(mapping)) {
clear_bit(PG_dc_clean, &page->flags);
- } else if (page_mapped(page)) {
+ } else if (page_mapcount(page)) {

/* kernel reading from page with U-mapping */
void *paddr = page_address(page);
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ void copy_user_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from,
* Note that while @u_vaddr refers to DST page's userspace vaddr, it is
* equally valid for SRC page as well
*/
- if (page_mapped(from) && addr_not_cache_congruent(kfrom, u_vaddr)) {
+ if (page_mapcount(from) && addr_not_cache_congruent(kfrom, u_vaddr)) {
__flush_dcache_page(kfrom, u_vaddr);
clean_src_k_mappings = 1;
}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
index 34b66af516ea..8f972fc8933d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
mapping = page_mapping(page);

if (!cache_ops_need_broadcast() &&
- mapping && !page_mapped(page))
+ mapping && !page_mapcount(page))
clear_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags);
else {
__flush_dcache_page(mapping, page);
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
index 3f8059602765..b28bf185ef77 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
@@ -578,7 +578,8 @@ static inline void local_r4k_flush_cache_page(void *args)
* another ASID than the current one.
*/
map_coherent = (cpu_has_dc_aliases &&
- page_mapped(page) && !Page_dcache_dirty(page));
+ page_mapcount(page) &&
+ !Page_dcache_dirty(page));
if (map_coherent)
vaddr = kmap_coherent(page, addr);
else
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
index 7e3ea7766822..e695b28dc32c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void __flush_anon_page(struct page *page, unsigned long vmaddr)
unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) page_address(page);

if (pages_do_alias(addr, vmaddr)) {
- if (page_mapped(page) && !Page_dcache_dirty(page)) {
+ if (page_mapcount(page) && !Page_dcache_dirty(page)) {
void *kaddr;

kaddr = kmap_coherent(page, vmaddr);
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/init.c b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
index 448cde372af0..2c8e44aa536e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ void copy_user_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from,

vto = kmap_atomic(to);
if (cpu_has_dc_aliases &&
- page_mapped(from) && !Page_dcache_dirty(from)) {
+ page_mapcount(from) && !Page_dcache_dirty(from)) {
vfrom = kmap_coherent(from, vaddr);
copy_page(vto, vfrom);
kunmap_coherent();
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ void copy_to_user_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long len)
{
if (cpu_has_dc_aliases &&
- page_mapped(page) && !Page_dcache_dirty(page)) {
+ page_mapcount(page) && !Page_dcache_dirty(page)) {
void *vto = kmap_coherent(page, vaddr) + (vaddr & ~PAGE_MASK);
memcpy(vto, src, len);
kunmap_coherent();
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void copy_from_user_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long len)
{
if (cpu_has_dc_aliases &&
- page_mapped(page) && !Page_dcache_dirty(page)) {
+ page_mapcount(page) && !Page_dcache_dirty(page)) {
void *vfrom = kmap_coherent(page, vaddr) + (vaddr & ~PAGE_MASK);
memcpy(dst, vfrom, len);
kunmap_coherent();
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/cache-sh4.c b/arch/sh/mm/cache-sh4.c
index 51d8f7f31d1d..58aaa4f33b81 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/cache-sh4.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/cache-sh4.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static void sh4_flush_cache_page(void *args)
*/
map_coherent = (current_cpu_data.dcache.n_aliases &&
test_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags) &&
- page_mapped(page));
+ page_mapcount(page));
if (map_coherent)
vaddr = kmap_coherent(page, address);
else
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/cache.c b/arch/sh/mm/cache.c
index f770e3992620..e58cfbf45150 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/cache.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void copy_to_user_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
unsigned long vaddr, void *dst, const void *src,
unsigned long len)
{
- if (boot_cpu_data.dcache.n_aliases && page_mapped(page) &&
+ if (boot_cpu_data.dcache.n_aliases && page_mapcount(page) &&
test_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags)) {
void *vto = kmap_coherent(page, vaddr) + (vaddr & ~PAGE_MASK);
memcpy(vto, src, len);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void copy_from_user_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
unsigned long vaddr, void *dst, const void *src,
unsigned long len)
{
- if (boot_cpu_data.dcache.n_aliases && page_mapped(page) &&
+ if (boot_cpu_data.dcache.n_aliases && page_mapcount(page) &&
test_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags)) {
void *vfrom = kmap_coherent(page, vaddr) + (vaddr & ~PAGE_MASK);
memcpy(dst, vfrom, len);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void copy_user_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from,

vto = kmap_atomic(to);

- if (boot_cpu_data.dcache.n_aliases && page_mapped(from) &&
+ if (boot_cpu_data.dcache.n_aliases && page_mapcount(from) &&
test_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &from->flags)) {
vfrom = kmap_coherent(from, vaddr);
copy_page(vto, vfrom);
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void __flush_anon_page(struct page *page, unsigned long vmaddr)
unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) page_address(page);

if (pages_do_alias(addr, vmaddr)) {
- if (boot_cpu_data.dcache.n_aliases && page_mapped(page) &&
+ if (boot_cpu_data.dcache.n_aliases && page_mapcount(page) &&
test_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags)) {
void *kaddr;

diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/tlb.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/tlb.c
index 5ece856c5725..35c822286bbe 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/tlb.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static int check_tlb_entry(unsigned w, unsigned e, bool dtlb)
page_mapcount(p));
if (!page_count(p))
rc |= TLB_INSANE;
- else if (page_mapped(p))
+ else if (page_mapcount(p))
rc |= TLB_SUSPICIOUS;
} else {
rc |= TLB_INSANE;
diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
index 7eee2d8b97d9..e99c059339f6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/page.c
+++ b/fs/proc/page.c
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
* pseudo flags for the well known (anonymous) memory mapped pages
*
* Note that page->_mapcount is overloaded in SLOB/SLUB/SLQB, so the
- * simple test in page_mapped() is not enough.
+ * simple test in page_mapcount() is not enough.
*/
- if (!PageSlab(page) && page_mapped(page))
+ if (!PageSlab(page) && page_mapcount(page))
u |= 1 << KPF_MMAP;
if (PageAnon(page))
u |= 1 << KPF_ANON;
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 25bec2c3e7a3..da8f66067670 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void __delete_from_page_cache(struct page *page, void *shadow)
__dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
if (PageSwapBacked(page))
__dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_SHMEM);
- BUG_ON(page_mapped(page));
+ VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_mapped(page), page);

/*
* At this point page must be either written or cleaned by truncate.
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 7b8838f2c5d0..3361fe78fbe2 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1141,12 +1141,15 @@ static void page_remove_file_rmap(struct page *page)

memcg = mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page);

- /* page still mapped by someone else? */
- if (!atomic_add_negative(-1, &page->_mapcount))
+ /* Hugepages are not counted in NR_FILE_MAPPED for now. */
+ if (unlikely(PageHuge(page))) {
+ /* hugetlb pages are always mapped with pmds */
+ atomic_dec(compound_mapcount_ptr(page));
goto out;
+ }

- /* Hugepages are not counted in NR_FILE_MAPPED for now. */
- if (unlikely(PageHuge(page)))
+ /* page still mapped by someone else? */
+ if (!atomic_add_negative(-1, &page->_mapcount))
goto out;

/*
--
Kirill A. Shutemov
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