Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm/khugepaged: skip shmem with userfaultfd

From: David Stevens
Date: Thu Feb 16 2023 - 21:00:39 EST

On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 11:41 PM Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 10:37:47AM +0900, David Stevens wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 7:48 AM Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 04:57:10PM +0900, David Stevens wrote:
> > > > From: David Stevens <stevensd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Make sure that collapse_file respects any userfaultfds registered with
> > > > MODE_MISSING. If userspace has any such userfaultfds registered, then
> > > > for any page which it knows to be missing, it may expect a
> > > > UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT. This means collapse_file needs to take care when
> > > > collapsing a shmem range would result in replacing an empty page with a
> > > > THP, so that it doesn't break userfaultfd.
> > > >
> > > > Synchronization when checking for userfaultfds in collapse_file is
> > > > tricky because the mmap locks can't be used to prevent races with the
> > > > registration of new userfaultfds. Instead, we provide synchronization by
> > > > ensuring that userspace cannot observe the fact that pages are missing
> > > > before we check for userfaultfds. Although this allows registration of a
> > > > userfaultfd to race with collapse_file, it ensures that userspace cannot
> > > > observe any pages transition from missing to present after such a race.
> > > > This makes such a race indistinguishable to the collapse occurring
> > > > immediately before the userfaultfd registration.
> > > >
> > > > The first step to provide this synchronization is to stop filling gaps
> > > > during the loop iterating over the target range, since the page cache
> > > > lock can be dropped during that loop. The second step is to fill the
> > > > gaps with XA_RETRY_ENTRY after the page cache lock is acquired the final
> > > > time, to avoid races with accesses to the page cache that only take the
> > > > RCU read lock.
> > > >
> > > > This fix is targeted at khugepaged, but the change also applies to
> > > > MADV_COLLAPSE. MADV_COLLAPSE on a range with a userfaultfd will now
> > > > return EBUSY if there are any missing pages (instead of succeeding on
> > > > shmem and returning EINVAL on anonymous memory). There is also now a
> > > > window during MADV_COLLAPSE where a fault on a missing page will cause
> > > > the syscall to fail with EAGAIN.
> > > >
> > > > The fact that intermediate page cache state can no longer be observed
> > > > before the rollback of a failed collapse is also technically a
> > > > userspace-visible change (via at least SEEK_DATA and SEEK_END), but it
> > > > is exceedingly unlikely that anything relies on being able to observe
> > > > that transient state.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: David Stevens <stevensd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > mm/khugepaged.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > > > 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> > > > index b648f1053d95..8c2e2349e883 100644
> > > > --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> > > > +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> > > > @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ enum scan_result {
> > > > SCAN_CGROUP_CHARGE_FAIL,
> > > > SCAN_TRUNCATED,
> > > > SCAN_PAGE_HAS_PRIVATE,
> > > > + SCAN_PAGE_FILLED,
> > >
> > > PS: You may want to also touch SCAN_STATUS in huge_memory.h next time.
> > >
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
> > > > @@ -1725,8 +1726,8 @@ static int retract_page_tables(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t pgoff,
> > > > * - allocate and lock a new huge page;
> > > > * - scan page cache replacing old pages with the new one
> > > > * + swap/gup in pages if necessary;
> > > > - * + fill in gaps;
> > >
> > > IIUC it's not a complete removal, but just moved downwards:
> > >
> > > > * + keep old pages around in case rollback is required;
> > > > + * - finalize updates to the page cache;
> > >
> > > + fill in gaps with RETRY entries
> > > + detect race conditions with userfaultfds
> > >
> > > > * - if replacing succeeds:
> > > > * + copy data over;
> > > > * + free old pages;
> > > > @@ -1805,13 +1806,12 @@ static int collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> > > > result = SCAN_TRUNCATED;
> > > > goto xa_locked;
> > > > }
> > > > - xas_set(&xas, index);
> > > > + xas_set(&xas, index + 1);
> > > > }
> > > > if (!shmem_charge(mapping->host, 1)) {
> > > > result = SCAN_FAIL;
> > > > goto xa_locked;
> > > > }
> > > > - xas_store(&xas, hpage);
> > > > nr_none++;
> > > > continue;
> > > > }
> > > > @@ -1970,6 +1970,56 @@ static int collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> > > > put_page(page);
> > > > goto xa_unlocked;
> > > > }
> > > > +
> > > > + if (nr_none) {
> > > > + struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> > > > + int nr_none_check = 0;
> > > > +
> > > > + xas_unlock_irq(&xas);
> > > > + i_mmap_lock_read(mapping);
> > > > + xas_lock_irq(&xas);
> > > > +
> > > > + xas_set(&xas, start);
> > > > + for (index = start; index < end; index++) {
> > > > + if (!xas_next(&xas)) {
> > > > + xas_store(&xas, XA_RETRY_ENTRY);
> > > > + nr_none_check++;
> > > > + }
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > + if (nr_none != nr_none_check) {
> > > > + result = SCAN_PAGE_FILLED;
> > > > + goto immap_locked;
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > + /*
> > > > + * If userspace observed a missing page in a VMA with an armed
> > > > + * userfaultfd, then it might expect a UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT for
> > > > + * that page, so we need to roll back to avoid suppressing such
> > > > + * an event. Any userfaultfds armed after this point will not be
> > > > + * able to observe any missing pages due to the previously
> > > > + * inserted retry entries.
> > > > + */
> > > > + vma_interval_tree_foreach(vma, &mapping->i_mmap, start, start) {
> > > > + if (userfaultfd_missing(vma)) {
> > > > + result = SCAN_EXCEED_NONE_PTE;
> > > > + goto immap_locked;
> > > > + }
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > +immap_locked:
> > > > + i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping);
> > > > + if (result != SCAN_SUCCEED) {
> > > > + xas_set(&xas, start);
> > > > + for (index = start; index < end; index++) {
> > > > + if (xas_next(&xas) == XA_RETRY_ENTRY)
> > > > + xas_store(&xas, NULL);
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > + goto xa_locked;
> > > > + }
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > >
> > > Until here, all look fine to me (ignoring patch 1 for now; assuming the
> > > hpage is always uptodate).
> > >
> > > My question is after here we'll release page cache lock again before
> > > try_to_unmap_flush(), but is it safe to keep RETRY entries after releasing
> > > page cache lock? It means other threads can be spinning. I assume page
> > > lock is always safe and sleepable, but not sure about the page cache lock
> > > here.
> >
> > We insert the multi-index entry for hpage before releasing the page
> > cache lock, which should replace all of the XA_RETRY_ENTRYs. So the
> > page cache will be fully up to date when we release the lock, at least
> > in terms of which pages it contains.
>
> IIUC we released it before copying the pages:
>
> xa_locked:
> xas_unlock_irq(&xas); <-------------------------------- here
> xa_unlocked:
>
> /*
> * If collapse is successful, flush must be done now before copying.
> * If collapse is unsuccessful, does flush actually need to be done?
> * Do it anyway, to clear the state.
> */
> try_to_unmap_flush();
>
> Before insertion of the multi-index:
>
> /* Join all the small entries into a single multi-index entry. */
> xas_set_order(&xas, start, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
> xas_store(&xas, hpage);

Okay, I realize what's going on. There is a change in mm-everything
[1] that significantly rewrites collapse_file, and my patch is going
to conflict with that patch. I'll see if I can rework my patches on
top of that change.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221205234059.42971-3-jiaqiyan@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u

-David