Re: [PATCH 3/8] hugetlb: add per-hstate mutex to synchronize user adjustments

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Thu Mar 25 2021 - 06:48:03 EST


On Wed 24-03-21 17:28:30, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> The helper routine hstate_next_node_to_alloc accesses and modifies the
> hstate variable next_nid_to_alloc. The helper is used by the routines
> alloc_pool_huge_page and adjust_pool_surplus. adjust_pool_surplus is
> called with hugetlb_lock held. However, alloc_pool_huge_page can not
> be called with the hugetlb lock held as it will call the page allocator.
> Two instances of alloc_pool_huge_page could be run in parallel or
> alloc_pool_huge_page could run in parallel with adjust_pool_surplus
> which may result in the variable next_nid_to_alloc becoming invalid
> for the caller and pages being allocated on the wrong node.
>
> Both alloc_pool_huge_page and adjust_pool_surplus are only called from
> the routine set_max_huge_pages after boot. set_max_huge_pages is only
> called as the reusult of a user writing to the proc/sysfs nr_hugepages,
> or nr_hugepages_mempolicy file to adjust the number of hugetlb pages.
>
> It makes little sense to allow multiple adjustment to the number of
> hugetlb pages in parallel. Add a mutex to the hstate and use it to only
> allow one hugetlb page adjustment at a time. This will synchronize
> modifications to the next_nid_to_alloc variable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

I would just recommend s@mutex@resize_lock@ so that the intention is
more clear from the name.
> ---
> include/linux/hugetlb.h | 1 +
> mm/hugetlb.c | 5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> index a7f7d5f328dc..8817ec987d68 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> @@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ HPAGEFLAG(Freed, freed)
> #define HSTATE_NAME_LEN 32
> /* Defines one hugetlb page size */
> struct hstate {
> + struct mutex mutex;
> int next_nid_to_alloc;
> int next_nid_to_free;
> unsigned int order;
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index f9ba63fc1747..404b0b1c5258 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -2616,6 +2616,8 @@ static int set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count, int nid,
> else
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> + /* mutex prevents concurrent adjustments for the same hstate */
> + mutex_lock(&h->mutex);
> spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
>
> /*
> @@ -2648,6 +2650,7 @@ static int set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count, int nid,
> if (hstate_is_gigantic(h) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CONTIG_ALLOC)) {
> if (count > persistent_huge_pages(h)) {
> spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
> + mutex_unlock(&h->mutex);
> NODEMASK_FREE(node_alloc_noretry);
> return -EINVAL;
> }
> @@ -2722,6 +2725,7 @@ static int set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count, int nid,
> out:
> h->max_huge_pages = persistent_huge_pages(h);
> spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
> + mutex_unlock(&h->mutex);
>
> NODEMASK_FREE(node_alloc_noretry);
>
> @@ -3209,6 +3213,7 @@ void __init hugetlb_add_hstate(unsigned int order)
> BUG_ON(hugetlb_max_hstate >= HUGE_MAX_HSTATE);
> BUG_ON(order == 0);
> h = &hstates[hugetlb_max_hstate++];
> + mutex_init(&h->mutex);
> h->order = order;
> h->mask = ~(huge_page_size(h) - 1);
> for (i = 0; i < MAX_NUMNODES; ++i)
> --
> 2.30.2
>

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs