Re: [PATCH v10 1/6] userfaultfd: Add UFFD WP Async support

From: Muhammad Usama Anjum
Date: Mon Feb 20 2023 - 03:36:46 EST


Hi Mike,

Thanks for reviewing.

On 2/17/23 2:37 PM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> Hi Muhammad,
>
> On Thu, Feb 02, 2023 at 04:29:10PM +0500, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
>> Add new WP Async mode (UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC) which resolves the page
>> faults on its own. It can be used to track that which pages have been
>> written-to from the time the pages were write-protected. It is very
>> efficient way to track the changes as uffd is by nature pte/pmd based.
>>
>> UFFD synchronous WP sends the page faults to the userspace where the
>> pages which have been written-to can be tracked. But it is not efficient.
>> This is why this asynchronous version is being added. After setting the
>> WP Async, the pages which have been written to can be found in the pagemap
>> file or information can be obtained from the PAGEMAP_IOCTL.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Changes in v10:
>> - Build fix
>> - Update comments and add error condition to return error from uffd
>> register if hugetlb pages are present when wp async flag is set
>>
>> Changes in v9:
>> - Correct the fault resolution with code contributed by Peter
>>
>> Changes in v7:
>> - Remove UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT_MODE_ASYNC_WP and add UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC
>> - Handle automatic page fault resolution in better way (thanks to Peter)
>>
>> update to wp async
>>
>> uffd wp async
>> ---
>> fs/userfaultfd.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
>> include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h | 11 +++++++++++
>> include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h | 10 +++++++++-
>> mm/memory.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
>> 4 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
>> index 15a5bf765d43..422f2530c63e 100644
>> --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
>> +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
>> @@ -1422,10 +1422,15 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
>> goto out_unlock;
>>
>> /*
>> - * Note vmas containing huge pages
>> + * Note vmas containing huge pages. Hugetlb isn't supported
>> + * with UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC.
>> */
>> - if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(cur))
>> + if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(cur)) {
>> + if (ctx->features & UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC)
>> + goto out_unlock;
>> +
>> basic_ioctls = true;
>> + }
>>
>> found = true;
>> }
>> @@ -1867,6 +1872,10 @@ static int userfaultfd_writeprotect(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
>> mode_wp = uffdio_wp.mode & UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT_MODE_WP;
>> mode_dontwake = uffdio_wp.mode & UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT_MODE_DONTWAKE;
>>
>> + /* The unprotection is not supported if in async WP mode */
>> + if (!mode_wp && (ctx->features & UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC))
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> if (mode_wp && mode_dontwake)
>> return -EINVAL;
>>
>> @@ -1950,6 +1959,13 @@ static int userfaultfd_continue(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx, unsigned long arg)
>> return ret;
>> }
>>
>> +int userfaultfd_wp_async(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>> +{
>> + struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx = vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx;
>> +
>> + return (ctx && (ctx->features & UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC));
>> +}
>> +
>> static inline unsigned int uffd_ctx_features(__u64 user_features)
>> {
>> /*
>> diff --git a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
>> index 9df0b9a762cc..38c92c2beb16 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
>> @@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ extern int userfaultfd_unmap_prep(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
>> unsigned long end, struct list_head *uf);
>> extern void userfaultfd_unmap_complete(struct mm_struct *mm,
>> struct list_head *uf);
>> +extern int userfaultfd_wp_async(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
>>
>> #else /* CONFIG_USERFAULTFD */
>>
>> @@ -189,6 +190,11 @@ static inline vm_fault_t handle_userfault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
>> return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
>> }
>>
>> +static inline void uffd_wp_range(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>> + unsigned long start, unsigned long len, bool enable_wp)
>> +{
>> +}
>> +
>> static inline bool is_mergeable_vm_userfaultfd_ctx(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>> struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx vm_ctx)
>> {
>> @@ -274,6 +280,11 @@ static inline bool uffd_disable_fault_around(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>> return false;
>> }
>>
>> +static inline int userfaultfd_wp_async(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>> +{
>> + return false;
>> +}
>> +
>> #endif /* CONFIG_USERFAULTFD */
>>
>> static inline bool pte_marker_entry_uffd_wp(swp_entry_t entry)
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
>> index 005e5e306266..30a6f32cf564 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
>> @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
>> UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS | \
>> UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM | \
>> UFFD_FEATURE_EXACT_ADDRESS | \
>> - UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM)
>> + UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM | \
>> + UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC)
>> #define UFFD_API_IOCTLS \
>> ((__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_REGISTER | \
>> (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_UNREGISTER | \
>> @@ -203,6 +204,12 @@ struct uffdio_api {
>> *
>> * UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM indicates that userfaultfd
>> * write-protection mode is supported on both shmem and hugetlbfs.
>> + *
>> + * UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC indicates that userfaultfd write-protection
>> + * asynchronous mode is supported in which the write fault is automatically
>> + * resolved and write-protection is un-set. It only supports anon and shmem
>> + * (hugetlb isn't supported). It only takes effect when a vma is registered
>> + * with write-protection mode. Otherwise the flag is ignored.
>> */
>
> Most of mm/ adheres the 80-character limits. Please make your changes to
> follow it as well.
Will update in next version.

>
>> #define UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP (1<<0)
>> #define UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK (1<<1)
>> @@ -217,6 +224,7 @@ struct uffdio_api {
>> #define UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM (1<<10)
>> #define UFFD_FEATURE_EXACT_ADDRESS (1<<11)
>> #define UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM (1<<12)
>> +#define UFFD_FEATURE_WP_ASYNC (1<<13)
>> __u64 features;
>>
>> __u64 ioctls;
>> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
>> index 4000e9f017e0..75331fbf7cb4 100644
>> --- a/mm/memory.c
>> +++ b/mm/memory.c
>> @@ -3351,8 +3351,21 @@ static vm_fault_t do_wp_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>>
>> if (likely(!unshare)) {
>> if (userfaultfd_pte_wp(vma, *vmf->pte)) {
>> - pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
>> - return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_WP);
>> + if (userfaultfd_wp_async(vma)) {
>> + /*
>> + * Nothing needed (cache flush, TLB invalidations,
>> + * etc.) because we're only removing the uffd-wp bit,
>> + * which is completely invisible to the user.
>> + */
>> + pte_t pte = pte_clear_uffd_wp(*vmf->pte);
>> +
>> + set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, vmf->address, vmf->pte, pte);
>> + /* Update this to be prepared for following up CoW handling */
>> + vmf->orig_pte = pte;
>> + } else {
>> + pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
>> + return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_WP);
>> + }
>
> You can revert the condition here and reduce the nesting:
>
> if (!userfaultfd_wp_async(vma)) {
> pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
> return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_WP);
> }
>
> /* handle async WP */
I'll update in next version.

>
>> }
>>
>> /*
>> @@ -4812,8 +4825,11 @@ static inline vm_fault_t wp_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>>
>> if (vma_is_anonymous(vmf->vma)) {
>> if (likely(!unshare) &&
>> - userfaultfd_huge_pmd_wp(vmf->vma, vmf->orig_pmd))
>> + userfaultfd_huge_pmd_wp(vmf->vma, vmf->orig_pmd)) {
>> + if (userfaultfd_wp_async(vmf->vma))
>> + goto split;
>> return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_WP);
>> + }
>> return do_huge_pmd_wp_page(vmf);
>> }
>>
>> @@ -4825,6 +4841,7 @@ static inline vm_fault_t wp_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>> }
>> }
>>
>> +split:
>> /* COW or write-notify handled on pte level: split pmd. */
>> __split_huge_pmd(vmf->vma, vmf->pmd, vmf->address, false, NULL);
>>
>> --
>> 2.30.2
>>
>

--
BR,
Muhammad Usama Anjum