[PATCH v4 2/6] ksm: support unsharing zero pages placed by KSM

[yang.yang29]

From: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>

use_zero_pages may be very useful, not just because of cache colouring
as described in doc, but also because use_zero_pages can accelerate
merging empty pages when there are plenty of empty pages (full of zeros)
as the time of page-by-page comparisons (unstable_tree_search_insert) is
saved.

But when enabling use_zero_pages, madvise(addr, len, MADV_UNMERGEABLE) and
other ways (like write 2 to /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run) to trigger unsharing
will *not* actually unshare the shared zeropage as placed by KSM (which is
against the MADV_UNMERGEABLE documentation). As these KSM-placed zero pages
are out of the control of KSM, the related counts of ksm pages don't expose
how many zero pages are placed by KSM (these special zero pages are different
from those initially mapped zero pages, because the zero pages mapped to
MADV_UNMERGEABLE areas are expected to be a complete and unshared page)

To not blindly unshare all shared zero_pages in applicable VMAs, the patch
introduces a dedicated flag ZERO_PAGE_FLAG to mark the rmap_items of those
shared zero_pages. and guarantee that these rmap_items will be not freed
during the time of zero_pages not being writing, so we can only unshare
the *KSM-placed* zero_pages.

The patch will not degrade the performance of use_zero_pages as it doesn't
change the way of merging empty pages in use_zero_pages's feature.

Signed-off-by: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Xuexin Jiang <jiang.xuexin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Xiaokai Ran <ran.xiaokai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/ksm.c | 141 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 111 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 8d6336ef0750..b7fc7d86d11a 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ struct ksm_rmap_item {
 #define SEQNR_MASK	0x0ff	/* low bits of unstable tree seqnr */
 #define UNSTABLE_FLAG	0x100	/* is a node of the unstable tree */
 #define STABLE_FLAG	0x200	/* is listed from the stable tree */
+#define ZERO_PAGE_FLAG 0x400 /* is zero page placed by KSM */

 /* The stable and unstable tree heads */
 static struct rb_root one_stable_tree[1] = { RB_ROOT };
@@ -420,6 +421,11 @@ static inline bool ksm_test_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	return atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) == 0;
 }

+enum break_ksm_pmd_entry_return_flag {
+	HAVE_KSM_PAGE = 1,
+	HAVE_ZERO_PAGE
+};
+
 static int break_ksm_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long next,
 			struct mm_walk *walk)
 {
@@ -427,6 +433,7 @@ static int break_ksm_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long nex
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	pte_t *pte;
 	int ret;
+	bool is_zero_page = false;

 	if (pmd_leaf(*pmd) || !pmd_present(*pmd))
 		return 0;
@@ -434,6 +441,8 @@ static int break_ksm_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long nex
 	pte = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
 	if (pte_present(*pte)) {
 		page = vm_normal_page(walk->vma, addr, *pte);
+		if (!page)
+			is_zero_page = is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(*pte));
 	} else if (!pte_none(*pte)) {
 		swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(*pte);

@@ -444,7 +453,14 @@ static int break_ksm_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long nex
 		if (is_migration_entry(entry))
 			page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(entry);
 	}
-	ret = page && PageKsm(page);
+
+	if (page && PageKsm(page))
+		ret = HAVE_KSM_PAGE;
+	else if (is_zero_page)
+		ret = HAVE_ZERO_PAGE;
+	else
+		ret = 0;
+
 	pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -466,19 +482,22 @@ static const struct mm_walk_ops break_ksm_ops = {
  * of the process that owns 'vma'.  We also do not want to enforce
  * protection keys here anyway.
  */
-static int break_ksm(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
+static int break_ksm(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+				     bool unshare_zero_page)
 {
 	vm_fault_t ret = 0;

 	do {
-		int ksm_page;
+		int walk_result;

 		cond_resched();
-		ksm_page = walk_page_range_vma(vma, addr, addr + 1,
+		walk_result = walk_page_range_vma(vma, addr, addr + 1,
 					       &break_ksm_ops, NULL);
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ksm_page < 0))
-			return ksm_page;
-		if (!ksm_page)
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(walk_result < 0))
+			return walk_result;
+		if (!walk_result)
+			return 0;
+		if (walk_result == HAVE_ZERO_PAGE && !unshare_zero_page)
 			return 0;
 		ret = handle_mm_fault(vma, addr,
 				      FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE | FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE,
@@ -539,7 +558,7 @@ static void break_cow(struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item)
 	mmap_read_lock(mm);
 	vma = find_mergeable_vma(mm, addr);
 	if (vma)
-		break_ksm(vma, addr);
+		break_ksm(vma, addr, false);
 	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 }

@@ -764,6 +783,30 @@ static struct page *get_ksm_page(struct ksm_stable_node *stable_node,
 	return NULL;
 }

+/*
+ * Cleaning the rmap_item's ZERO_PAGE_FLAG
+ * This function will be called when unshare or writing on zero pages.
+ */
+static inline void clean_rmap_item_zero_flag(struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item)
+{
+	if (rmap_item->address & ZERO_PAGE_FLAG)
+		rmap_item->address &= PAGE_MASK;
+}
+
+/* Only called when rmap_item is going to be freed */
+static inline void unshare_zero_pages(struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+
+	if (rmap_item->address & ZERO_PAGE_FLAG) {
+		vma = vma_lookup(rmap_item->mm, rmap_item->address);
+		if (vma && !ksm_test_exit(rmap_item->mm))
+			break_ksm(vma, rmap_item->address, true);
+	}
+	/* Put at last. */
+	clean_rmap_item_zero_flag(rmap_item);
+}
+
 /*
  * Removing rmap_item from stable or unstable tree.
  * This function will clean the information from the stable/unstable tree.
@@ -824,6 +867,7 @@ static void remove_trailing_rmap_items(struct ksm_rmap_item **rmap_list)
 		struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item = *rmap_list;
 		*rmap_list = rmap_item->rmap_list;
 		remove_rmap_item_from_tree(rmap_item);
+		unshare_zero_pages(rmap_item);
 		free_rmap_item(rmap_item);
 	}
 }
@@ -853,7 +897,7 @@ static int unmerge_ksm_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		if (signal_pending(current))
 			err = -ERESTARTSYS;
 		else
-			err = break_ksm(vma, addr);
+			err = break_ksm(vma, addr, false);
 	}
 	return err;
 }
@@ -2044,6 +2088,39 @@ static void stable_tree_append(struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item,
 	rmap_item->mm->ksm_merging_pages++;
 }

+static int try_to_merge_with_kernel_zero_page(struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item,
+									struct page *page)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * It should not take ZERO_PAGE_FLAG because on one hand,
+	 * get_next_rmap_item don't return zero pages' rmap_item.
+	 * On the other hand, even if zero page was writen as
+	 * anonymous page, rmap_item has been cleaned after
+	 * stable_tree_search
+	 */
+	if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(rmap_item->address & ZERO_PAGE_FLAG)) {
+		struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+
+		mmap_read_lock(mm);
+		vma = find_mergeable_vma(mm, rmap_item->address);
+		if (vma) {
+			err = try_to_merge_one_page(vma, page,
+						ZERO_PAGE(rmap_item->address));
+			if (!err)
+				rmap_item->address |= ZERO_PAGE_FLAG;
+		} else {
+			/* If the vma is out of date, we do not need to continue. */
+			err = 0;
+		}
+		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 /*
  * cmp_and_merge_page - first see if page can be merged into the stable tree;
  * if not, compare checksum to previous and if it's the same, see if page can
@@ -2055,7 +2132,6 @@ static void stable_tree_append(struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item,
  */
 static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item)
 {
-	struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm;
 	struct ksm_rmap_item *tree_rmap_item;
 	struct page *tree_page = NULL;
 	struct ksm_stable_node *stable_node;
@@ -2092,6 +2168,7 @@ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_ite
 	}

 	remove_rmap_item_from_tree(rmap_item);
+	clean_rmap_item_zero_flag(rmap_item);

 	if (kpage) {
 		if (PTR_ERR(kpage) == -EBUSY)
@@ -2128,29 +2205,16 @@ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_ite
 	 * Same checksum as an empty page. We attempt to merge it with the
 	 * appropriate zero page if the user enabled this via sysfs.
 	 */
-	if (ksm_use_zero_pages && (checksum == zero_checksum)) {
-		struct vm_area_struct *vma;
-
-		mmap_read_lock(mm);
-		vma = find_mergeable_vma(mm, rmap_item->address);
-		if (vma) {
-			err = try_to_merge_one_page(vma, page,
-					ZERO_PAGE(rmap_item->address));
-		} else {
+	if (ksm_use_zero_pages) {
+		if (checksum == zero_checksum)
 			/*
-			 * If the vma is out of date, we do not need to
-			 * continue.
+			 * In case of failure, the page was not really empty, so we
+			 * need to continue. Otherwise we're done.
 			 */
-			err = 0;
-		}
-		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
-		/*
-		 * In case of failure, the page was not really empty, so we
-		 * need to continue. Otherwise we're done.
-		 */
-		if (!err)
-			return;
+			if (!try_to_merge_with_kernel_zero_page(rmap_item, page))
+				return;
 	}
+
 	tree_rmap_item =
 		unstable_tree_search_insert(rmap_item, page, &tree_page);
 	if (tree_rmap_item) {
@@ -2226,6 +2290,7 @@ static struct ksm_rmap_item *try_to_get_old_rmap_item(unsigned long addr,
 		*rmap_list = rmap_item->rmap_list;
 		/* Running here indicates it's vma has been UNMERGEABLE */
 		remove_rmap_item_from_tree(rmap_item);
+		unshare_zero_pages(rmap_item);
 		free_rmap_item(rmap_item);
 	}

@@ -2350,6 +2415,22 @@ static struct ksm_rmap_item *scan_get_next_rmap_item(struct page **page)
 			}
 			if (is_zone_device_page(*page))
 				goto next_page;
+			if (is_zero_pfn(page_to_pfn(*page))) {
+				/*
+				 * To monitor ksm zero pages which becomes non-anonymous,
+				 * we have to save each rmap_item of zero pages by
+				 * try_to_get_old_rmap_item() walking on
+				 * ksm_scan.rmap_list, otherwise their rmap_items will be
+				 * freed by the next turn of get_next_rmap_item(). The
+				 * function get_next_rmap_item() will free all "skipped"
+				 * rmap_items because it thinks its areas as UNMERGEABLE.
+				 */
+				rmap_item = try_to_get_old_rmap_item(ksm_scan.address,
+									ksm_scan.rmap_list);
+				if (rmap_item && (rmap_item->address & ZERO_PAGE_FLAG))
+					ksm_scan.rmap_list = &rmap_item->rmap_list;
+				goto next_page;
+			}
 			if (PageAnon(*page)) {
 				flush_anon_page(vma, *page, ksm_scan.address);
 				flush_dcache_page(*page);
-- 
2.15.2