[RFC PATCH RESEND 1/3] mm: Allow the [page|pfn]_mkwrite callbacks to drop the mmap_sem

From: Thomas Hellstrom
Date: Thu Mar 21 2019 - 09:23:19 EST


Driver fault callbacks are allowed to drop the mmap_sem when expecting
long hardware waits to avoid blocking other mm users. Allow the mkwrite
callbacks to do the same by returning early on VM_FAULT_RETRY.

In particular we want to be able to drop the mmap_sem when waiting for
a reservation object lock on a GPU buffer object. These locks may be
held while waiting for the GPU.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "JÃrÃme Glisse" <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index a52663c0612d..dcd80313cf10 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2144,7 +2144,7 @@ static vm_fault_t do_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
ret = vmf->vma->vm_ops->page_mkwrite(vmf);
/* Restore original flags so that caller is not surprised */
vmf->flags = old_flags;
- if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)))
+ if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_RETRY | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)))
return ret;
if (unlikely(!(ret & VM_FAULT_LOCKED))) {
lock_page(page);
@@ -2419,7 +2419,7 @@ static vm_fault_t wp_pfn_shared(struct vm_fault *vmf)
pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
vmf->flags |= FAULT_FLAG_MKWRITE;
ret = vma->vm_ops->pfn_mkwrite(vmf);
- if (ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE))
+ if (ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_RETRY | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE))
return ret;
return finish_mkwrite_fault(vmf);
}
@@ -2440,7 +2440,8 @@ static vm_fault_t wp_page_shared(struct vm_fault *vmf)
pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
tmp = do_page_mkwrite(vmf);
if (unlikely(!tmp || (tmp &
- (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)))) {
+ (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_RETRY |
+ VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)))) {
put_page(vmf->page);
return tmp;
}
@@ -3472,7 +3473,8 @@ static vm_fault_t do_shared_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
unlock_page(vmf->page);
tmp = do_page_mkwrite(vmf);
if (unlikely(!tmp ||
- (tmp & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)))) {
+ (tmp & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_RETRY |
+ VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)))) {
put_page(vmf->page);
return tmp;
}
--
2.19.0.rc1