[PATCH, RFC] x86/mm/pat: Restore large pages after fragmentation

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Thu Apr 16 2020 - 17:32:48 EST


Change of attributes of the pages may lead to fragmentation of direct
mapping over time and performance degradation as result.

With current code it's one way road: kernel tries to avoid splitting
large pages, but it doesn't restore them back even if page attributes
got compatible again.

Any change to the mapping may potentially allow to restore large page.

Hook up into cpa_flush() path to check if there's any pages to be
recovered in PUD_SIZE range around pages we've just touched.

CPUs don't like[1] to have to have TLB entries of different size for the
same memory, but looks like it's okay as long as these entries have
matching attributes[2]. Therefore it's critical to flush TLB before any
following changes to the mapping.

Note that we already allow for multiple TLB entries of different sizes
for the same memory now in split_large_page() path. It's not a new
situation.

set_memory_4k() provides a way to use 4k pages on purpose. Kernel must
not remap such pages as large. Re-use one of software PTE bits to
indicate such pages.

[1] See Erratum 383 of AMD Family 10h Processors
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1da1b025-cabc-6f04-bde5-e50830d1ecf0@xxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h | 2 +
arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c | 191 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 188 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
index b6606fe6cfdf..11ed34804343 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#define _PAGE_BIT_CPA_TEST _PAGE_BIT_SOFTW1
#define _PAGE_BIT_UFFD_WP _PAGE_BIT_SOFTW2 /* userfaultfd wrprotected */
#define _PAGE_BIT_SOFT_DIRTY _PAGE_BIT_SOFTW3 /* software dirty tracking */
+#define _PAGE_BIT_KERNEL_4K _PAGE_BIT_SOFTW3 /* page must not be converted to large */
#define _PAGE_BIT_DEVMAP _PAGE_BIT_SOFTW4

/* If _PAGE_BIT_PRESENT is clear, we use these: */
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
#define _PAGE_PAT_LARGE (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << _PAGE_BIT_PAT_LARGE)
#define _PAGE_SPECIAL (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << _PAGE_BIT_SPECIAL)
#define _PAGE_CPA_TEST (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << _PAGE_BIT_CPA_TEST)
+#define _PAGE_KERNEL_4K (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << _PAGE_BIT_KERNEL_4K)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
#define _PAGE_PKEY_BIT0 (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << _PAGE_BIT_PKEY_BIT0)
#define _PAGE_PKEY_BIT1 (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << _PAGE_BIT_PKEY_BIT1)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
index 5414fabad1ae..7cb04a436d86 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
@@ -344,22 +344,56 @@ static void __cpa_flush_tlb(void *data)
__flush_tlb_one_kernel(fix_addr(__cpa_addr(cpa, i)));
}

+static void restore_large_pages(unsigned long addr, struct list_head *pgtables);
+
+static void cpa_restore_large_pages(struct cpa_data *cpa,
+ struct list_head *pgtables)
+{
+ unsigned long start, addr, end;
+ int i;
+
+ if (cpa->flags & CPA_PAGES_ARRAY) {
+ for (i = 0; i < cpa->numpages; i++)
+ restore_large_pages(__cpa_addr(cpa, i), pgtables);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ start = __cpa_addr(cpa, 0);
+ end = start + PAGE_SIZE * cpa->numpages;
+
+ for (addr = start; addr >= start && addr < end; addr += PUD_SIZE)
+ restore_large_pages(addr, pgtables);
+}
+
static void cpa_flush(struct cpa_data *data, int cache)
{
+ LIST_HEAD(pgtables);
+ struct page *page, *tmp;
struct cpa_data *cpa = data;
unsigned int i;

BUG_ON(irqs_disabled() && !early_boot_irqs_disabled);

+ cpa_restore_large_pages(data, &pgtables);
+
if (cache && !static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH)) {
cpa_flush_all(cache);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &pgtables, lru) {
+ list_del(&page->lru);
+ __free_page(page);
+ }
return;
}

- if (cpa->numpages <= tlb_single_page_flush_ceiling)
- on_each_cpu(__cpa_flush_tlb, cpa, 1);
- else
+ if (cpa->numpages > tlb_single_page_flush_ceiling || !list_empty(&pgtables))
flush_tlb_all();
+ else
+ on_each_cpu(__cpa_flush_tlb, cpa, 1);
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &pgtables, lru) {
+ list_del(&page->lru);
+ __free_page(page);
+ }

if (!cache)
return;
@@ -1075,6 +1109,153 @@ static int split_large_page(struct cpa_data *cpa, pte_t *kpte,
return 0;
}

+static void restore_pmd_page(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
+ struct list_head *pgtables)
+{
+ pgprot_t pgprot;
+ pmd_t _pmd, old_pmd;
+ pte_t *pte, first;
+ int i = 0;
+
+ pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
+ first = *pte;
+
+ /* Make sure alignment is suitable */
+ if (PFN_PHYS(pte_pfn(first)) & ~PMD_MASK)
+ return;
+
+ /* The page is 4k intentionally */
+ if (pte_flags(first) & _PAGE_KERNEL_4K)
+ return;
+
+ /* Check that the rest of PTEs are compatible with the first one */
+ for (i = 1, pte++; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++, pte++) {
+ pte_t entry = *pte;
+ if (!pte_present(entry))
+ return;
+ if (pte_flags(entry) != pte_flags(first))
+ return;
+ if (pte_pfn(entry) - pte_pfn(first) != i)
+ return;
+ }
+
+ old_pmd = *pmd;
+
+ /* Success: set up a large page */
+ pgprot = pgprot_4k_2_large(pte_pgprot(first));
+ pgprot_val(pgprot) |= _PAGE_PSE;
+ _pmd = pfn_pmd(pte_pfn(first), pgprot);
+ set_pmd(pmd, _pmd);
+
+ /* Queue the page table to be freed after TLB flush */
+ list_add(&pmd_page(old_pmd)->lru, pgtables);
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_32) && !SHARED_KERNEL_PMD) {
+ struct page *page;
+
+ /* Update all PGD tables to use the same large page */
+ list_for_each_entry(page, &pgd_list, lru) {
+ pgd_t *pgd = (pgd_t *)page_address(page) + pgd_index(addr);
+ p4d_t *p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
+ pud_t *pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
+ pmd_t *pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
+ /* Something is wrong if entries doesn't match */
+ if (WARN_ON(pmd_val(old_pmd) != pmd_val(*pmd)))
+ continue;
+ set_pmd(pmd, _pmd);
+ }
+ }
+ pr_debug("2M restored at %#lx\n", addr);
+}
+
+static void restore_pud_page(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
+ struct list_head *pgtables)
+{
+ bool restore_pud = direct_gbpages;
+ pmd_t *pmd, first;
+ int i;
+
+ pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
+ first = *pmd;
+
+ /* Try to restore large page if possible */
+ if (pmd_present(first) && !pmd_large(first)) {
+ restore_pmd_page(pmd, addr, pgtables);
+ first = *pmd;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * To restore PUD page all PMD entries must be large and
+ * have suitable alignment
+ */
+ if (!pmd_large(first) || (PFN_PHYS(pmd_pfn(first)) & ~PUD_MASK))
+ restore_pud = false;
+
+ /*
+ * Restore all PMD large pages when possible and track if we can
+ * restore PUD page.
+ *
+ * To restore PUD page, all following PMDs must be compatible with the
+ * first one.
+ */
+ for (i = 1, pmd++, addr += PMD_SIZE; i < PTRS_PER_PMD; i++, pmd++, addr += PMD_SIZE) {
+ pmd_t entry = *pmd;
+ if (!pmd_present(entry)) {
+ restore_pud = false;
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (!pmd_large(entry)) {
+ restore_pmd_page(pmd, addr, pgtables);
+ entry = *pmd;
+ }
+ if (!pmd_large(entry))
+ restore_pud = false;
+ if (pmd_flags(entry) != pmd_flags(first))
+ restore_pud = false;
+ if (pmd_pfn(entry) - pmd_pfn(first) != i * PTRS_PER_PTE)
+ restore_pud = false;
+ }
+
+ /* Restore PUD page and queue page table to be freed after TLB flush */
+ if (restore_pud) {
+ list_add(&pud_page(*pud)->lru, pgtables);
+ set_pud(pud, pfn_pud(pmd_pfn(first), pmd_pgprot(first)));
+ pr_debug("1G restored at %#lx\n", addr - PUD_SIZE);
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Restore PMD and PUD pages in the kernel mapping around the address where
+ * possible.
+ *
+ * Caller must flush TLB and free page tables queued on the list before
+ * touching the new entries. CPU must not see TLB entries of different size
+ * with different attributes.
+ */
+static void restore_large_pages(unsigned long addr, struct list_head *pgtables)
+{
+ pgd_t *pgd;
+ p4d_t *p4d;
+ pud_t *pud;
+
+ addr &= PUD_MASK;
+
+ spin_lock(&pgd_lock);
+ pgd = pgd_offset_k(addr);
+ if (pgd_none(*pgd))
+ goto out;
+ p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
+ if (p4d_none(*p4d))
+ goto out;
+ pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
+ if (!pud_present(*pud) || pud_large(*pud))
+ goto out;
+
+ restore_pud_page(pud, addr, pgtables);
+out:
+ spin_unlock(&pgd_lock);
+}
+
static bool try_to_free_pte_page(pte_t *pte)
{
int i;
@@ -1948,8 +2129,8 @@ int set_memory_np_noalias(unsigned long addr, int numpages)

int set_memory_4k(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
{
- return change_page_attr_set_clr(&addr, numpages, __pgprot(0),
- __pgprot(0), 1, 0, NULL);
+ return change_page_attr_set_clr(&addr, numpages,
+ __pgprot(_PAGE_KERNEL_4K), __pgprot(0), 1, 0, NULL);
}

int set_memory_nonglobal(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
--
2.26.1