Re: [PATCH V2] mm/mprotect: Add a cond_resched() inside change_pmd_range()

From: Anshuman Khandual
Date: Thu Dec 14 2017 - 07:56:07 EST


On 12/14/2017 04:59 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Thu 14-12-17 16:44:26, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
>> index ec39f73..43c29fa 100644
>> --- a/mm/mprotect.c
>> +++ b/mm/mprotect.c
>> @@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>> this_pages = change_pte_range(vma, pmd, addr, next, newprot,
>> dirty_accountable, prot_numa);
>> pages += this_pages;
>> + cond_resched();
>> } while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
>>
>> if (mni_start)
>
> this is not exactly what I meant. See how change_huge_pmd does continue.
> That's why I mentioned zap_pmd_range which does goto next...

I might be still missing something but is this what you meant ?
Here we will give cond_resched() cover to the THP backed pages
as well.

diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index ec39f73..3d445ee 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
}

/* huge pmd was handled */
- continue;
+ goto next;
}
}
/* fall through, the trans huge pmd just split */
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
this_pages = change_pte_range(vma, pmd, addr, next, newprot,
dirty_accountable, prot_numa);
pages += this_pages;
+next:
+ cond_resched();
} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);

if (mni_start)