[PATCH 3/9] mm: postpone page table allocation until do_set_pte()

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Wed Nov 18 2015 - 18:25:55 EST

The idea (and most of code) is borrowed again: from Hugh's patchset on
huge tmpfs[1].

Instead of allocation pte page table upfront, we postpone this until we
have page to map in hands. This approach opens possibility to map the
page as huge if filesystem supports this.

Comparing to Hugh's patch I've pushed page table allocation a bit
further: into do_set_pte(). This way we can postpone allocation even in
faultaround case without moving do_fault_around() after __do_fault().

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LSU.2.11.1502202015090.14414@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 4 +-
mm/filemap.c | 17 ++--
mm/memory.c | 254 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
3 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index b10f0776ed9f..860692eff48e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ struct fault_env {
pmd_t *pmd;
pte_t *pte;
spinlock_t *ptl;
+ pgtable_t prealloc_pte;
};

/*
@@ -552,7 +553,8 @@ static inline pte_t maybe_mkwrite(pte_t pte, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return pte;
}

-void do_set_pte(struct fault_env *fe, struct page *page);
+int do_set_pte(struct fault_env *fe, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+ struct page *page);
#endif

/*
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 559f0cc42628..11c5be3d350d 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2068,11 +2068,6 @@ void filemap_map_pages(struct fault_env *fe,
start_pgoff) {
if (iter.index > end_pgoff)
break;
- fe->pte += iter.index - last_pgoff;
- fe->address += (iter.index - last_pgoff) << PAGE_SHIFT;
- last_pgoff = iter.index;
- if (!pte_none(*fe->pte))
- goto next;
repeat:
page = radix_tree_deref_slot(slot);
if (unlikely(!page))
@@ -2109,7 +2104,17 @@ repeat:

if (file->f_ra.mmap_miss > 0)
file->f_ra.mmap_miss--;
- do_set_pte(fe, page);
+
+ fe->address += (iter.index - last_pgoff) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+ if (fe->pte)
+ fe->pte += iter.index - last_pgoff;
+ last_pgoff = iter.index;
+ if (do_set_pte(fe, NULL, page)) {
+ /* failed to setup page table: giving up */
+ if (!fe->pte)
+ break;
+ goto unlock;
+ }
unlock_page(page);
goto next;
unlock:
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 58c7f836a197..7f742e03c94b 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2654,8 +2654,6 @@ static int do_anonymous_page(struct fault_env *fe)
struct page *page;
pte_t entry;

- pte_unmap(fe->pte);
-
/* File mapping without ->vm_ops ? */
if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
@@ -2664,6 +2662,18 @@ static int do_anonymous_page(struct fault_env *fe)
if (check_stack_guard_page(vma, fe->address) < 0)
return VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV;

+ /*
+ * Use __pte_alloc instead of pte_alloc_map, because we can't
+ * run pte_offset_map on the pmd, if an huge pmd could
+ * materialize from under us from a different thread.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(pmd_none(*fe->pmd) &&
+ __pte_alloc(vma->vm_mm, vma, fe->pmd, fe->address)))
+ return VM_FAULT_OOM;
+ /* If an huge pmd materialized from under us just retry later */
+ if (unlikely(pmd_trans_huge(*fe->pmd)))
+ return 0;
+
/* Use the zero-page for reads */
if (!(fe->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) &&
!mm_forbids_zeropage(vma->vm_mm)) {
@@ -2778,23 +2788,66 @@ static int __do_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff,
return ret;
}

+static int pte_alloc_one_map(struct fault_env *fe)
+{
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma = fe->vma;
+
+ if (!pmd_none(*fe->pmd))
+ goto map_pte;
+ if (fe->prealloc_pte) {
+ smp_wmb(); /* See comment in __pte_alloc() */
+
+ fe->ptl = pmd_lock(vma->vm_mm, fe->pmd);
+ if (unlikely(!pmd_none(*fe->pmd))) {
+ spin_unlock(fe->ptl);
+ goto map_pte;
+ }
+
+ atomic_long_inc(&vma->vm_mm->nr_ptes);
+ pmd_populate(vma->vm_mm, fe->pmd, fe->prealloc_pte);
+ spin_unlock(fe->ptl);
+ fe->prealloc_pte = 0;
+ } else if (unlikely(__pte_alloc(vma->vm_mm, vma, fe->pmd,
+ fe->address))) {
+ return VM_FAULT_OOM;
+ }
+map_pte:
+ if (unlikely(pmd_trans_huge(*fe->pmd)))
+ return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
+
+ fe->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, fe->pmd, fe->address,
+ &fe->ptl);
+ return 0;
+}
+
/**
* do_set_pte - setup new PTE entry for given page and add reverse page mapping.
*
* @fe: fault environment
+ * @memcg: memcg to charge page (only for private mappings)
* @page: page to map
*
- * Caller must hold page table lock relevant for @fe->pte.
+ * Caller must take care of unlocking fe->ptl, if fe->pte is non-NULL on return.
*
* Target users are page handler itself and implementations of
* vm_ops->map_pages.
*/
-void do_set_pte(struct fault_env *fe, struct page *page)
+int do_set_pte(struct fault_env *fe, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+ struct page *page)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = fe->vma;
bool write = fe->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
pte_t entry;

+ if (!fe->pte) {
+ int ret = pte_alloc_one_map(fe);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ if (unlikely(!pte_none(*fe->pte)))
+ return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
+
flush_icache_page(vma, page);
entry = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
if (write)
@@ -2803,6 +2856,8 @@ void do_set_pte(struct fault_env *fe, struct page *page)
if (write && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) {
inc_mm_counter_fast(vma->vm_mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, fe->address, false);
+ mem_cgroup_commit_charge(page, memcg, false, false);
+ lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(page, vma);
} else {
inc_mm_counter_fast(vma->vm_mm, MM_FILEPAGES);
page_add_file_rmap(page);
@@ -2811,6 +2866,8 @@ void do_set_pte(struct fault_env *fe, struct page *page)

/* no need to invalidate: a not-present page won't be cached */
update_mmu_cache(vma, fe->address, fe->pte);
+
+ return 0;
}

static unsigned long fault_around_bytes __read_mostly =
@@ -2877,19 +2934,17 @@ late_initcall(fault_around_debugfs);
* fault_around_pages() value (and therefore to page order). This way it's
* easier to guarantee that we don't cross page table boundaries.
*/
-static void do_fault_around(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t start_pgoff)
+static int do_fault_around(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t start_pgoff)
{
- unsigned long address = fe->address, start_addr, nr_pages, mask;
- pte_t *pte = fe->pte;
+ unsigned long address = fe->address, nr_pages, mask;
pgoff_t end_pgoff;
- int off;
+ int off, ret = 0;

nr_pages = READ_ONCE(fault_around_bytes) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
mask = ~(nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE - 1) & PAGE_MASK;

- start_addr = max(fe->address & mask, fe->vma->vm_start);
- off = ((fe->address - start_addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1);
- fe->pte -= off;
+ fe->address = max(address & mask, fe->vma->vm_start);
+ off = ((address - fe->address) >> PAGE_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1);
start_pgoff -= off;

/*
@@ -2897,30 +2952,33 @@ static void do_fault_around(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t start_pgoff)
* or fault_around_pages() from start_pgoff, depending what is nearest.
*/
end_pgoff = start_pgoff -
- ((start_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1)) +
+ ((fe->address >> PAGE_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1)) +
PTRS_PER_PTE - 1;
end_pgoff = min3(end_pgoff, vma_pages(fe->vma) + fe->vma->vm_pgoff - 1,
start_pgoff + nr_pages - 1);

- /* Check if it makes any sense to call ->map_pages */
- fe->address = start_addr;
- while (!pte_none(*fe->pte)) {
- if (++start_pgoff > end_pgoff)
- goto out;
- fe->address += PAGE_SIZE;
- if (fe->address >= fe->vma->vm_end)
- goto out;
- fe->pte++;
+ if (pmd_none(*fe->pmd))
+ fe->prealloc_pte = pte_alloc_one(fe->vma->vm_mm, fe->address);
+ fe->vma->vm_ops->map_pages(fe, start_pgoff, end_pgoff);
+ if (fe->prealloc_pte) {
+ pte_free(fe->vma->vm_mm, fe->prealloc_pte);
+ fe->prealloc_pte = 0;
}
+ if (!fe->pte)
+ goto out;

- fe->vma->vm_ops->map_pages(fe, start_pgoff, end_pgoff);
+ /* check if the page fault is solved */
+ fe->pte -= (fe->address >> PAGE_SHIFT) - (address >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+ if (!pte_none(*fe->pte))
+ ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
+ pte_unmap_unlock(fe->pte, fe->ptl);
out:
- /* restore fault_env */
- fe->pte = pte;
fe->address = address;
+ fe->pte = NULL;
+ return ret;
}

-static int do_read_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff, pte_t orig_pte)
+static int do_read_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = fe->vma;
struct page *fault_page;
@@ -2932,33 +2990,25 @@ static int do_read_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff, pte_t orig_pte)
* something).
*/
if (vma->vm_ops->map_pages && fault_around_bytes >> PAGE_SHIFT > 1) {
- fe->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, fe->pmd, fe->address,
- &fe->ptl);
- do_fault_around(fe, pgoff);
- if (!pte_same(*fe->pte, orig_pte))
- goto unlock_out;
- pte_unmap_unlock(fe->pte, fe->ptl);
+ ret = do_fault_around(fe, pgoff);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
}

ret = __do_fault(fe, pgoff, NULL, &fault_page);
if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY)))
return ret;

- fe->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, fe->pmd, fe->address, &fe->ptl);
- if (unlikely(!pte_same(*fe->pte, orig_pte))) {
+ ret |= do_set_pte(fe, NULL, fault_page);
+ if (fe->pte)
pte_unmap_unlock(fe->pte, fe->ptl);
- unlock_page(fault_page);
- page_cache_release(fault_page);
- return ret;
- }
- do_set_pte(fe, fault_page);
unlock_page(fault_page);
-unlock_out:
- pte_unmap_unlock(fe->pte, fe->ptl);
+ if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY)))
+ page_cache_release(fault_page);
return ret;
}

-static int do_cow_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff, pte_t orig_pte)
+static int do_cow_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = fe->vma;
struct page *fault_page, *new_page;
@@ -2986,26 +3036,9 @@ static int do_cow_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff, pte_t orig_pte)
copy_user_highpage(new_page, fault_page, fe->address, vma);
__SetPageUptodate(new_page);

- fe->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, fe->pmd, fe->address,
- &fe->ptl);
- if (unlikely(!pte_same(*fe->pte, orig_pte))) {
+ ret |= do_set_pte(fe, memcg, new_page);
+ if (fe->pte)
pte_unmap_unlock(fe->pte, fe->ptl);
- if (fault_page) {
- unlock_page(fault_page);
- page_cache_release(fault_page);
- } else {
- /*
- * The fault handler has no page to lock, so it holds
- * i_mmap_lock for write to protect against truncate.
- */
- i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
- }
- goto uncharge_out;
- }
- do_set_pte(fe, new_page);
- mem_cgroup_commit_charge(new_page, memcg, false, false);
- lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(new_page, vma);
- pte_unmap_unlock(fe->pte, fe->ptl);
if (fault_page) {
unlock_page(fault_page);
page_cache_release(fault_page);
@@ -3016,6 +3049,8 @@ static int do_cow_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff, pte_t orig_pte)
*/
i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
}
+ if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY)))
+ goto uncharge_out;
return ret;
uncharge_out:
mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(new_page, memcg, false);
@@ -3023,7 +3058,7 @@ uncharge_out:
return ret;
}

-static int do_shared_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff, pte_t orig_pte)
+static int do_shared_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = fe->vma;
struct page *fault_page;
@@ -3051,16 +3086,15 @@ static int do_shared_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff, pte_t orig_pte)
}
}

- fe->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, fe->pmd, fe->address,
- &fe->ptl);
- if (unlikely(!pte_same(*fe->pte, orig_pte))) {
+ ret |= do_set_pte(fe, NULL, fault_page);
+ if (fe->pte)
pte_unmap_unlock(fe->pte, fe->ptl);
+ if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE |
+ VM_FAULT_RETRY))) {
unlock_page(fault_page);
page_cache_release(fault_page);
return ret;
}
- do_set_pte(fe, fault_page);
- pte_unmap_unlock(fe->pte, fe->ptl);

if (set_page_dirty(fault_page))
dirtied = 1;
@@ -3092,21 +3126,19 @@ static int do_shared_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pgoff_t pgoff, pte_t orig_pte)
* The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our
* return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry().
*/
-static int do_fault(struct fault_env *fe, pte_t orig_pte)
+static int do_fault(struct fault_env *fe)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = fe->vma;
- pgoff_t pgoff = (((fe->address & PAGE_MASK)
- - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + vma->vm_pgoff;
+ pgoff_t pgoff = linear_page_index(vma, fe->address);

- pte_unmap(fe->pte);
/* The VMA was not fully populated on mmap() or missing VM_DONTEXPAND */
if (!vma->vm_ops->fault)
return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
if (!(fe->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE))
- return do_read_fault(fe, pgoff, orig_pte);
+ return do_read_fault(fe, pgoff);
if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
- return do_cow_fault(fe, pgoff, orig_pte);
- return do_shared_fault(fe, pgoff, orig_pte);
+ return do_cow_fault(fe, pgoff);
+ return do_shared_fault(fe, pgoff);
}

static int numa_migrate_prep(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -3246,37 +3278,62 @@ static int wp_huge_pmd(struct fault_env *fe, pmd_t orig_pmd)
* with external mmu caches can use to update those (ie the Sparc or
* PowerPC hashed page tables that act as extended TLBs).
*
- * We enter with non-exclusive mmap_sem (to exclude vma changes,
- * but allow concurrent faults), and pte mapped but not yet locked.
- * We return with pte unmapped and unlocked.
+ * We enter with non-exclusive mmap_sem (to exclude vma changes, but allow
+ * concurrent faults).
*
- * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our
- * return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry().
+ * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our return value.
+ * See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry().
*/
static int handle_pte_fault(struct fault_env *fe)
{
pte_t entry;

+ /* If an huge pmd materialized from under us just retry later */
+ if (unlikely(pmd_trans_huge(*fe->pmd)))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (unlikely(pmd_none(*fe->pmd))) {
+ /*
+ * Leave __pte_alloc() until later: because vm_ops->fault may
+ * want to allocate huge page, and if we expose page table
+ * for an instant, it will be difficult to retract from
+ * concurrent faults and from rmap lookups.
+ */
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * A regular pmd is established and it can't morph into a huge
+ * pmd from under us anymore at this point because we hold the
+ * mmap_sem read mode and khugepaged takes it in write mode.
+ * So now it's safe to run pte_offset_map().
+ */
+ fe->pte = pte_offset_map(fe->pmd, fe->address);
+
+ entry = *fe->pte;
+ barrier();
+ if (pte_none(entry)) {
+ pte_unmap(fe->pte);
+ fe->pte = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
/*
* some architectures can have larger ptes than wordsize,
* e.g.ppc44x-defconfig has CONFIG_PTE_64BIT=y and CONFIG_32BIT=y,
* so READ_ONCE or ACCESS_ONCE cannot guarantee atomic accesses.
- * The code below just needs a consistent view for the ifs and
+ * The code above just needs a consistent view for the ifs and
* we later double check anyway with the ptl lock held. So here
* a barrier will do.
*/
- entry = *fe->pte;
- barrier();
- if (!pte_present(entry)) {
- if (pte_none(entry)) {
- if (vma_is_anonymous(fe->vma))
- return do_anonymous_page(fe);
- else
- return do_fault(fe, entry);
- }
- return do_swap_page(fe, entry);
+ if (!fe->pte) {
+ if (vma_is_anonymous(fe->vma))
+ return do_anonymous_page(fe);
+ else
+ return do_fault(fe);
}

+ if (!pte_present(entry))
+ return do_swap_page(fe, entry);
+
if (pte_protnone(entry))
return do_numa_page(fe, entry);

@@ -3358,25 +3415,6 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
}
}

- /*
- * Use __pte_alloc instead of pte_alloc_map, because we can't
- * run pte_offset_map on the pmd, if an huge pmd could
- * materialize from under us from a different thread.
- */
- if (unlikely(pmd_none(*fe.pmd)) &&
- unlikely(__pte_alloc(fe.vma->vm_mm, fe.vma, fe.pmd, fe.address)))
- return VM_FAULT_OOM;
- /* if an huge pmd materialized from under us just retry later */
- if (unlikely(pmd_trans_huge(*fe.pmd)))
- return 0;
- /*
- * A regular pmd is established and it can't morph into a huge pmd
- * from under us anymore at this point because we hold the mmap_sem
- * read mode and khugepaged takes it in write mode. So now it's
- * safe to run pte_offset_map().
- */
- fe.pte = pte_offset_map(fe.pmd, fe.address);
-
return handle_pte_fault(&fe);
}

--
2.6.2

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