[PATCH v7 1/6] userfaultfd: add minor fault registration mode

From: Axel Rasmussen
Date: Thu Feb 18 2021 - 19:49:34 EST

This feature allows userspace to intercept "minor" faults. By "minor"
faults, I mean the following situation:

Let there exist two mappings (i.e., VMAs) to the same page(s). One of
the mappings is registered with userfaultfd (in minor mode), and the
other is not. Via the non-UFFD mapping, the underlying pages have
already been allocated & filled with some contents. The UFFD mapping
has not yet been faulted in; when it is touched for the first time,
this results in what I'm calling a "minor" fault. As a concrete
example, when working with hugetlbfs, we have huge_pte_none(), but
find_lock_page() finds an existing page.

This commit adds the new registration mode, and sets the relevant flag
on the VMAs being registered. In the hugetlb fault path, if we find
that we have huge_pte_none(), but find_lock_page() does indeed find an
existing page, then we have a "minor" fault, and if the VMA has the
userfaultfd registration flag, we call into userfaultfd to handle it.

This is implemented as a new registration mode, instead of an API
feature. This is because the alternative implementation has significant
drawbacks [1].

However, doing it this was requires we allocate a VM_* flag for the new
registration mode. On 32-bit systems, there are no unused bits, so this
feature is only supported on architectures with
CONFIG_ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS. When attempting to register a VMA in
MINOR mode on 32-bit architectures, we return -EINVAL.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1380226/

Signed-off-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 3 ++
fs/userfaultfd.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
include/linux/mm.h | 7 +++
include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h | 15 +++++-
include/trace/events/mmflags.h | 9 +++-
include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h | 15 +++++-
init/Kconfig | 5 ++
mm/hugetlb.c | 32 +++++++++++++
10 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 31bd885b79eb..822ff6d2a0f6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ config ARM64
select SWIOTLB
select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
select THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+ select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR if USERFAULTFD
help
ARM 64-bit (AArch64) Linux support.

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 4cd5bfa91d88..0330d5dda3aa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ config X86
select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD if X86_64
select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_WP if X86_64 && USERFAULTFD
+ select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR if X86_64 && USERFAULTFD
select HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK if X86_64
select HAVE_ARCH_WITHIN_STACK_FRAMES
select HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 3cec6fbef725..e1c9095ebe70 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -661,6 +661,9 @@ static void show_smap_vma_flags(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
[ilog2(VM_PKEY_BIT4)] = "",
#endif
#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PKEYS */
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
+ [ilog2(VM_UFFD_MINOR)] = "ui",
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR */
};
size_t i;

diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index e5ce3b4e6c3d..041449e47870 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -197,24 +197,21 @@ static inline struct uffd_msg userfault_msg(unsigned long address,
msg_init(&msg);
msg.event = UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT;
msg.arg.pagefault.address = address;
+ /*
+ * These flags indicate why the userfault occurred:
+ * - UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP indicates a write protect fault.
+ * - UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_MINOR indicates a minor fault.
+ * - Neither of these flags being set indicates a MISSING fault.
+ *
+ * Separately, UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WRITE indicates it was a write
+ * fault. Otherwise, it was a read fault.
+ */
if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
- /*
- * If UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP was set in the
- * uffdio_api.features and UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WRITE
- * was not set in a UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT, it means it
- * was a read fault, otherwise if set it means it's
- * a write fault.
- */
msg.arg.pagefault.flags |= UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
if (reason & VM_UFFD_WP)
- /*
- * If UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP was set in the
- * uffdio_api.features and UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP was
- * not set in a UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT, it means it was
- * a missing fault, otherwise if set it means it's a
- * write protect fault.
- */
msg.arg.pagefault.flags |= UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP;
+ if (reason & VM_UFFD_MINOR)
+ msg.arg.pagefault.flags |= UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_MINOR;
if (features & UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID)
msg.arg.pagefault.feat.ptid = task_pid_vnr(current);
return msg;
@@ -401,8 +398,10 @@ vm_fault_t handle_userfault(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long reason)

BUG_ON(ctx->mm != mm);

- VM_BUG_ON(reason & ~(VM_UFFD_MISSING|VM_UFFD_WP));
- VM_BUG_ON(!(reason & VM_UFFD_MISSING) ^ !!(reason & VM_UFFD_WP));
+ /* Any unrecognized flag is a bug. */
+ VM_BUG_ON(reason & ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS);
+ /* 0 or > 1 flags set is a bug; we expect exactly 1. */
+ VM_BUG_ON(!reason || !!(reason & (reason - 1)));

if (ctx->features & UFFD_FEATURE_SIGBUS)
goto out;
@@ -612,7 +611,7 @@ static void userfaultfd_event_wait_completion(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next)
if (vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx == release_new_ctx) {
vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
- vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_MISSING);
+ vma->vm_flags &= ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
}
mmap_write_unlock(mm);

@@ -644,7 +643,7 @@ int dup_userfaultfd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct list_head *fcs)
octx = vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx;
if (!octx || !(octx->features & UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK)) {
vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
- vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_MISSING);
+ vma->vm_flags &= ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
return 0;
}

@@ -726,7 +725,7 @@ void mremap_userfaultfd_prep(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
} else {
/* Drop uffd context if remap feature not enabled */
vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
- vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_MISSING);
+ vma->vm_flags &= ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
}
}

@@ -867,12 +866,12 @@ static int userfaultfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
cond_resched();
BUG_ON(!!vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx ^
- !!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP)));
+ !!(vma->vm_flags & __VM_UFFD_FLAGS));
if (vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx != ctx) {
prev = vma;
continue;
}
- new_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~(VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP);
+ new_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
new_flags, vma->anon_vma,
vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
@@ -1262,9 +1261,19 @@ static inline bool vma_can_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long vm_flags)
{
/* FIXME: add WP support to hugetlbfs and shmem */
- return vma_is_anonymous(vma) ||
- ((is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || vma_is_shmem(vma)) &&
- !(vm_flags & VM_UFFD_WP));
+ if (vm_flags & VM_UFFD_WP) {
+ if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || vma_is_shmem(vma))
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ if (vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR) {
+ /* FIXME: Add minor fault interception for shmem. */
+ if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return vma_is_anonymous(vma) || is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) ||
+ vma_is_shmem(vma);
}

static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
@@ -1290,14 +1299,20 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
ret = -EINVAL;
if (!uffdio_register.mode)
goto out;
- if (uffdio_register.mode & ~(UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING|
- UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_WP))
+ if (uffdio_register.mode & ~UFFD_API_REGISTER_MODES)
goto out;
vm_flags = 0;
if (uffdio_register.mode & UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING)
vm_flags |= VM_UFFD_MISSING;
if (uffdio_register.mode & UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_WP)
vm_flags |= VM_UFFD_WP;
+ if (uffdio_register.mode & UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR) {
+ /* VM_UFFD_MINOR == VM_NONE if this arch doesn't support it. */
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ if (!VM_UFFD_MINOR)
+ goto out;
+ vm_flags |= VM_UFFD_MINOR;
+ }

ret = validate_range(mm, &uffdio_register.range.start,
uffdio_register.range.len);
@@ -1341,7 +1356,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
cond_resched();

BUG_ON(!!cur->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx ^
- !!(cur->vm_flags & (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP)));
+ !!(cur->vm_flags & __VM_UFFD_FLAGS));

/* check not compatible vmas */
ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -1421,8 +1436,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
start = vma->vm_start;
vma_end = min(end, vma->vm_end);

- new_flags = (vma->vm_flags &
- ~(VM_UFFD_MISSING|VM_UFFD_WP)) | vm_flags;
+ new_flags = (vma->vm_flags & ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS) | vm_flags;
prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, start, vma_end, new_flags,
vma->anon_vma, vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
vma_policy(vma),
@@ -1544,7 +1558,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_unregister(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
cond_resched();

BUG_ON(!!cur->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx ^
- !!(cur->vm_flags & (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP)));
+ !!(cur->vm_flags & __VM_UFFD_FLAGS));

/*
* Check not compatible vmas, not strictly required
@@ -1595,7 +1609,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_unregister(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
wake_userfault(vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx, &range);
}

- new_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~(VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP);
+ new_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, start, vma_end, new_flags,
vma->anon_vma, vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
vma_policy(vma),
@@ -1863,6 +1877,9 @@ static int userfaultfd_api(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
goto err_out;
/* report all available features and ioctls to userland */
uffdio_api.features = UFFD_API_FEATURES;
+#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
+ uffdio_api.features &= ~UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS;
+#endif
uffdio_api.ioctls = UFFD_API_IOCTLS;
ret = -EFAULT;
if (copy_to_user(buf, &uffdio_api, sizeof(uffdio_api)))
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 77e64e3eac80..5ed1316d6ed6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -362,6 +362,13 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
# define VM_GROWSUP VM_NONE
#endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
+# define VM_UFFD_MINOR_BIT 37
+# define VM_UFFD_MINOR BIT(VM_UFFD_MINOR_BIT) /* UFFD minor faults */
+#else /* !CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR */
+# define VM_UFFD_MINOR VM_NONE
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR */
+
/* Bits set in the VMA until the stack is in its final location */
#define VM_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP (VM_RAND_READ | VM_SEQ_READ)

diff --git a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
index c63ccdae3eab..0390e5ac63b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
+++ b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <asm-generic/pgtable_uffd.h>

+/* The set of all possible UFFD-related VM flags. */
+#define __VM_UFFD_FLAGS (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_MINOR)
+
/*
* CAREFUL: Check include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h when defining
* new flags, since they might collide with O_* ones. We want
@@ -71,6 +74,11 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return vma->vm_flags & VM_UFFD_WP;
}

+static inline bool userfaultfd_minor(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ return vma->vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR;
+}
+
static inline bool userfaultfd_pte_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
pte_t pte)
{
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_pmd_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma,

static inline bool userfaultfd_armed(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
- return vma->vm_flags & (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP);
+ return vma->vm_flags & __VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
}

extern int dup_userfaultfd(struct vm_area_struct *, struct list_head *);
@@ -132,6 +140,11 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return false;
}

+static inline bool userfaultfd_minor(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
static inline bool userfaultfd_pte_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
pte_t pte)
{
diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index 67018d367b9f..a743a0f9ebde 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ IF_HAVE_PG_ARCH_2(PG_arch_2, "arch_2" )
#define IF_HAVE_VM_SOFTDIRTY(flag,name)
#endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
+# define IF_HAVE_UFFD_MINOR(flag, name) {flag, name},
+#else
+# define IF_HAVE_UFFD_MINOR(flag, name)
+#endif
+
#define __def_vmaflag_names \
{VM_READ, "read" }, \
{VM_WRITE, "write" }, \
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@ IF_HAVE_PG_ARCH_2(PG_arch_2, "arch_2" )
{VM_MAYSHARE, "mayshare" }, \
{VM_GROWSDOWN, "growsdown" }, \
{VM_UFFD_MISSING, "uffd_missing" }, \
+IF_HAVE_UFFD_MINOR(VM_UFFD_MINOR, "uffd_minor" ) \
{VM_PFNMAP, "pfnmap" }, \
{VM_DENYWRITE, "denywrite" }, \
{VM_UFFD_WP, "uffd_wp" }, \
@@ -169,7 +176,7 @@ IF_HAVE_VM_SOFTDIRTY(VM_SOFTDIRTY, "softdirty" ) \
{VM_MIXEDMAP, "mixedmap" }, \
{VM_HUGEPAGE, "hugepage" }, \
{VM_NOHUGEPAGE, "nohugepage" }, \
- {VM_MERGEABLE, "mergeable" } \
+ {VM_MERGEABLE, "mergeable" }

#define show_vma_flags(flags) \
(flags) ? __print_flags(flags, "|", \
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
index 5f2d88212f7c..f24dd4fcbad9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@
* means the userland is reading).
*/
#define UFFD_API ((__u64)0xAA)
+#define UFFD_API_REGISTER_MODES (UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING | \
+ UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_WP | \
+ UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR)
#define UFFD_API_FEATURES (UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP | \
UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK | \
UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_REMAP | \
- UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_REMOVE | \
+ UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_REMOVE | \
UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_UNMAP | \
UFFD_FEATURE_MISSING_HUGETLBFS | \
UFFD_FEATURE_MISSING_SHMEM | \
UFFD_FEATURE_SIGBUS | \
- UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID)
+ UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID | \
+ UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS)
#define UFFD_API_IOCTLS \
((__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_REGISTER | \
(__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_UNREGISTER | \
@@ -127,6 +131,7 @@ struct uffd_msg {
/* flags for UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT */
#define UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WRITE (1<<0) /* If this was a write fault */
#define UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP (1<<1) /* If reason is VM_UFFD_WP */
+#define UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_MINOR (1<<2) /* If reason is VM_UFFD_MINOR */

struct uffdio_api {
/* userland asks for an API number and the features to enable */
@@ -171,6 +176,10 @@ struct uffdio_api {
*
* UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID pid of the page faulted task_struct will
* be returned, if feature is not requested 0 will be returned.
+ *
+ * UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS indicates that minor faults
+ * can be intercepted (via REGISTER_MODE_MINOR) for
+ * hugetlbfs-backed pages.
*/
#define UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP (1<<0)
#define UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK (1<<1)
@@ -181,6 +190,7 @@ struct uffdio_api {
#define UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_UNMAP (1<<6)
#define UFFD_FEATURE_SIGBUS (1<<7)
#define UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID (1<<8)
+#define UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS (1<<9)
__u64 features;

__u64 ioctls;
@@ -195,6 +205,7 @@ struct uffdio_register {
struct uffdio_range range;
#define UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING ((__u64)1<<0)
#define UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_WP ((__u64)1<<1)
+#define UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR ((__u64)1<<2)
__u64 mode;

/*
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 6ad83e133f69..04e93740cadc 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1622,6 +1622,11 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_WP
help
Arch has userfaultfd write protection support

+config HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
+ bool
+ help
+ Arch has userfaultfd minor fault support
+
config MEMBARRIER
bool "Enable membarrier() system call" if EXPERT
default y
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 3bfba75f6cbd..0388107da4b1 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4352,6 +4352,38 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
VM_FAULT_SET_HINDEX(hstate_index(h));
goto backout_unlocked;
}
+
+ /* Check for page in userfault range. */
+ if (userfaultfd_minor(vma)) {
+ u32 hash;
+ struct vm_fault vmf = {
+ .vma = vma,
+ .address = haddr,
+ .flags = flags,
+ /*
+ * Hard to debug if it ends up being used by a
+ * callee that assumes something about the
+ * other uninitialized fields... same as in
+ * memory.c
+ */
+ };
+
+ unlock_page(page);
+
+ /*
+ * hugetlb_fault_mutex and i_mmap_rwsem must be dropped
+ * before handling userfault. Reacquire after handling
+ * fault to make calling code simpler.
+ */
+
+ hash = hugetlb_fault_mutex_hash(mapping, idx);
+ mutex_unlock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]);
+ i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping);
+ ret = handle_userfault(&vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
+ i_mmap_lock_read(mapping);
+ mutex_lock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]);
+ goto out;
+ }
}

/*
--
2.30.0.617.g56c4b15f3c-goog