[PATCH v23 1/4] mm: add MAP_DROPPABLE for designating always lazily freeable mappings

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Thu Jul 11 2024 - 21:41:13 EST

The vDSO getrandom() implementation works with a buffer allocated with a
new system call that has certain requirements:

- It shouldn't be written to core dumps.
* Easy: VM_DONTDUMP.
- It should be zeroed on fork.
* Easy: VM_WIPEONFORK.

- It shouldn't be written to swap.
* Uh-oh: mlock is rlimited.
* Uh-oh: mlock isn't inherited by forks.

- It shouldn't reserve actual memory, but it also shouldn't crash when
page faulting in memory if none is available
* Uh-oh: VM_NORESERVE means segfaults.

It turns out that the vDSO getrandom() function has three really nice
characteristics that we can exploit to solve this problem:

1) Due to being wiped during fork(), the vDSO code is already robust to
having the contents of the pages it reads zeroed out midway through
the function's execution.

2) In the absolute worst case of whatever contingency we're coding for,
we have the option to fallback to the getrandom() syscall, and
everything is fine.

3) The buffers the function uses are only ever useful for a maximum of
60 seconds -- a sort of cache, rather than a long term allocation.

These characteristics mean that we can introduce VM_DROPPABLE, which
has the following semantics:

a) It never is written out to swap.
b) Under memory pressure, mm can just drop the pages (so that they're
zero when read back again).
c) It is inherited by fork.
d) It doesn't count against the mlock budget, since nothing is locked.
e) If there's not enough memory to service a page fault, it's not fatal,
and no signal is sent.

This way, allocations used by vDSO getrandom() can use:

VM_DROPPABLE | VM_DONTDUMP | VM_WIPEONFORK | VM_NORESERVE

And there will be no problem with OOMing, crashing on overcommitment,
using memory when not in use, not wiping on fork(), coredumps, or
writing out to swap.

In order to let vDSO getrandom() use this, expose these via mmap(2) as
MAP_DROPPABLE.

Note that this involves removing the MADV_FREE special case from
sort_folio(), which according to Yu Zhao is unnecessary and will simply
result in an extra call to shrink_folio_list() in the worst case. The
chunk removed reenables the swapbacked flag, which we don't want for
VM_DROPPABLE, and we can't conditionalize it here because there isn't a
vma reference available.

Finally, the provided self test ensures that this is working as desired.

Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 1 +
include/linux/mm.h | 7 ++++
include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h | 3 ++
include/trace/events/mmflags.h | 7 ++++
include/uapi/linux/mman.h | 1 +
mm/ksm.c | 2 +-
mm/madvise.c | 5 ++-
mm/memory.c | 4 ++
mm/mempolicy.c | 3 ++
mm/mlock.c | 2 +-
mm/mmap.c | 30 +++++++++++++++
mm/rmap.c | 22 +++++++++--
mm/vmscan.c | 9 -----
tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/droppable.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
17 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/mm/droppable.c

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 71e5039d940d..46f0b0fe9ee3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ static void show_smap_vma_flags(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
[ilog2(VM_SHADOW_STACK)] = "ss",
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+ [ilog2(VM_DROPPABLE)] = "dp",
[ilog2(VM_SEALED)] = "sl",
#endif
};
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index eb7c96d24ac0..e078c2890bf8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -406,6 +406,13 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
#define VM_ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED VM_NONE
#endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+#define VM_DROPPABLE_BIT 40
+#define VM_DROPPABLE BIT(VM_DROPPABLE_BIT)
+#else
+#define VM_DROPPABLE VM_NONE
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
/* VM is sealed, in vm_flags */
#define VM_SEALED _BITUL(63)
diff --git a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
index 05d59f74fc88..a12bcf042551 100644
--- a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
+++ b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ static inline bool vma_can_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
{
vm_flags &= __VM_UFFD_FLAGS;

+ if (vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)
+ return false;
+
if ((vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR) &&
(!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && !vma_is_shmem(vma)))
return false;
diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index e46d6e82765e..b63d211bd141 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ IF_HAVE_PG_ARCH_X(arch_3)
# define IF_HAVE_UFFD_MINOR(flag, name)
#endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+# define IF_HAVE_VM_DROPPABLE(flag, name) {flag, name},
+#else
+# define IF_HAVE_VM_DROPPABLE(flag, name)
+#endif
+
#define __def_vmaflag_names \
{VM_READ, "read" }, \
{VM_WRITE, "write" }, \
@@ -197,6 +203,7 @@ IF_HAVE_VM_SOFTDIRTY(VM_SOFTDIRTY, "softdirty" ) \
{VM_MIXEDMAP, "mixedmap" }, \
{VM_HUGEPAGE, "hugepage" }, \
{VM_NOHUGEPAGE, "nohugepage" }, \
+IF_HAVE_VM_DROPPABLE(VM_DROPPABLE, "droppable" ) \
{VM_MERGEABLE, "mergeable" } \

#define show_vma_flags(flags) \
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mman.h b/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
index a246e11988d5..e89d00528f2f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#define MAP_SHARED 0x01 /* Share changes */
#define MAP_PRIVATE 0x02 /* Changes are private */
#define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0x03 /* share + validate extension flags */
+#define MAP_DROPPABLE 0x08 /* Zero memory under memory pressure. */

/*
* Huge page size encoding when MAP_HUGETLB is specified, and a huge page
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 34c4820e0d3d..8778eb7c40f8 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ static bool vma_ksm_compatible(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE | VM_PFNMAP |
VM_IO | VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_HUGETLB |
- VM_MIXEDMAP))
+ VM_MIXEDMAP| VM_DROPPABLE))
return false; /* just ignore the advice */

if (vma_is_dax(vma))
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index a77893462b92..cba5bc652fc4 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1068,13 +1068,16 @@ static int madvise_vma_behavior(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
new_flags |= VM_WIPEONFORK;
break;
case MADV_KEEPONFORK:
+ if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)
+ return -EINVAL;
new_flags &= ~VM_WIPEONFORK;
break;
case MADV_DONTDUMP:
new_flags |= VM_DONTDUMP;
break;
case MADV_DODUMP:
- if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && new_flags & VM_SPECIAL)
+ if ((!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && new_flags & VM_SPECIAL) ||
+ (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE))
return -EINVAL;
new_flags &= ~VM_DONTDUMP;
break;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index d10e616d7389..18fe893ce96d 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -5690,6 +5690,10 @@ vm_fault_t handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,

lru_gen_exit_fault();

+ /* If the mapping is droppable, then errors due to OOM aren't fatal. */
+ if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)
+ ret &= ~VM_FAULT_OOM;
+
if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_USER) {
mem_cgroup_exit_user_fault();
/*
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index aec756ae5637..32291ab25960 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2300,6 +2300,9 @@ struct folio *vma_alloc_folio_noprof(gfp_t gfp, int order, struct vm_area_struct
pgoff_t ilx;
struct page *page;

+ if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)
+ gfp |= __GFP_NOWARN;
+
pol = get_vma_policy(vma, addr, order, &ilx);
page = alloc_pages_mpol_noprof(gfp | __GFP_COMP, order,
pol, ilx, numa_node_id());
diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 30b51cdea89d..b87b3d8cc9cc 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static int mlock_fixup(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,

if (newflags == oldflags || (oldflags & VM_SPECIAL) ||
is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || vma == get_gate_vma(current->mm) ||
- vma_is_dax(vma) || vma_is_secretmem(vma))
+ vma_is_dax(vma) || vma_is_secretmem(vma) || (oldflags & VM_DROPPABLE))
/* don't set VM_LOCKED or VM_LOCKONFAULT and don't count */
goto out;

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 83b4682ec85c..8aeedeb784c2 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1369,6 +1369,36 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
pgoff = 0;
vm_flags |= VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE;
break;
+ case MAP_DROPPABLE:
+ if (VM_DROPPABLE == VM_NONE)
+ return -ENOTSUPP;
+ /*
+ * A locked or stack area makes no sense to be droppable.
+ *
+ * Also, since droppable pages can just go away at any time
+ * it makes no sense to copy them on fork or dump them.
+ *
+ * And don't attempt to combine with hugetlb for now.
+ */
+ if (flags & (MAP_LOCKED | MAP_HUGETLB))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (vm_flags & (VM_GROWSDOWN | VM_GROWSUP))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ vm_flags |= VM_DROPPABLE;
+
+ /*
+ * If the pages can be dropped, then it doesn't make
+ * sense to reserve them.
+ */
+ vm_flags |= VM_NORESERVE;
+
+ /*
+ * Likewise, they're volatile enough that they
+ * shouldn't survive forks or coredumps.
+ */
+ vm_flags |= VM_WIPEONFORK | VM_DONTDUMP;
+ fallthrough;
case MAP_PRIVATE:
/*
* Set pgoff according to addr for anon_vma.
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index e8fc5ecb59b2..1f9b5a9cb121 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1397,7 +1397,12 @@ void folio_add_new_anon_rmap(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_hugetlb(folio), folio);
VM_BUG_ON_VMA(address < vma->vm_start ||
address + (nr << PAGE_SHIFT) > vma->vm_end, vma);
- __folio_set_swapbacked(folio);
+ /*
+ * VM_DROPPABLE mappings don't swap; instead they're just dropped when
+ * under memory pressure.
+ */
+ if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE))
+ __folio_set_swapbacked(folio);
__folio_set_anon(folio, vma, address, true);

if (likely(!folio_test_large(folio))) {
@@ -1841,7 +1846,13 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* plus the rmap(s) (dropped by discard:).
*/
if (ref_count == 1 + map_count &&
- !folio_test_dirty(folio)) {
+ (!folio_test_dirty(folio) ||
+ /*
+ * Unlike MADV_FREE mappings, VM_DROPPABLE
+ * ones can be dropped even if they've
+ * been dirtied.
+ */
+ (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE))) {
dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
goto discard;
}
@@ -1851,7 +1862,12 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* discarded. Remap the page to page table.
*/
set_pte_at(mm, address, pvmw.pte, pteval);
- folio_set_swapbacked(folio);
+ /*
+ * Unlike MADV_FREE mappings, VM_DROPPABLE ones
+ * never get swap backed on failure to drop.
+ */
+ if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE))
+ folio_set_swapbacked(folio);
ret = false;
page_vma_mapped_walk_done(&pvmw);
break;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 2e34de9cd0d4..5ef0ee4610d6 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4265,15 +4265,6 @@ static bool sort_folio(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio, struct scan_c
return true;
}

- /* dirty lazyfree */
- if (type == LRU_GEN_FILE && folio_test_anon(folio) && folio_test_dirty(folio)) {
- success = lru_gen_del_folio(lruvec, folio, true);
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(!success, folio);
- folio_set_swapbacked(folio);
- lruvec_add_folio_tail(lruvec, folio);
- return true;
- }
-
/* promoted */
if (gen != lru_gen_from_seq(lrugen->min_seq[type])) {
list_move(&folio->lru, &lrugen->folios[gen][type][zone]);
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
index a246e11988d5..e89d00528f2f 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#define MAP_SHARED 0x01 /* Share changes */
#define MAP_PRIVATE 0x02 /* Changes are private */
#define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0x03 /* share + validate extension flags */
+#define MAP_DROPPABLE 0x08 /* Zero memory under memory pressure. */

/*
* Huge page size encoding when MAP_HUGETLB is specified, and a huge page
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore
index 0b9ab987601c..a8beeb43c2b5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ hugetlb_fault_after_madv
hugetlb_madv_vs_map
mseal_test
seal_elf
+droppable
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
index 3b49bc3d0a3b..e3e5740e13e1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES += ksm_functional_tests
TEST_GEN_FILES += mdwe_test
TEST_GEN_FILES += hugetlb_fault_after_madv
TEST_GEN_FILES += hugetlb_madv_vs_map
+TEST_GEN_FILES += droppable

ifneq ($(ARCH),arm64)
TEST_GEN_FILES += soft-dirty
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/droppable.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/droppable.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f3d9ecf96890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/droppable.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <linux/mman.h>
+
+#include "../kselftest.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ size_t alloc_size = 134217728;
+ size_t page_size = getpagesize();
+ void *alloc;
+ pid_t child;
+
+ ksft_print_header();
+ ksft_set_plan(1);
+
+ alloc = mmap(0, alloc_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_DROPPABLE, -1, 0);
+ assert(alloc != MAP_FAILED);
+ memset(alloc, 'A', alloc_size);
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < alloc_size; i += page_size)
+ assert(*(uint8_t *)(alloc + i));
+
+ child = fork();
+ assert(child >= 0);
+ if (!child) {
+ for (;;)
+ *(char *)malloc(page_size) = 'B';
+ }
+
+ for (bool done = false; !done;) {
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < alloc_size; i += page_size) {
+ if (!*(uint8_t *)(alloc + i)) {
+ done = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ kill(child, SIGTERM);
+
+ ksft_test_result_pass("MAP_DROPPABLE: PASS\n");
+ exit(KSFT_PASS);
+}
--
2.45.2