Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] alloc_tag: populate memory for module tags as needed

From: Suren Baghdasaryan
Date: Tue Oct 15 2024 - 10:49:36 EST


On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 5:19 AM 'Mike Rapoport' via kernel-team
<kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 01:36:44PM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > The memory reserved for module tags does not need to be backed by
> > physical pages until there are tags to store there. Change the way
> > we reserve this memory to allocate only virtual area for the tags
> > and populate it with physical pages as needed when we load a module.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/execmem.h | 11 ++++++
> > include/linux/vmalloc.h | 9 +++++
> > lib/alloc_tag.c | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> > mm/execmem.c | 16 ++++++++
> > mm/vmalloc.c | 4 +-
> > 5 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/execmem.h b/include/linux/execmem.h
> > index 7436aa547818..a159a073270a 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/execmem.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/execmem.h
> > @@ -127,6 +127,17 @@ void *execmem_alloc(enum execmem_type type, size_t size);
> > */
> > void execmem_free(void *ptr);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * execmem_vmap - create virtual mapping for executable memory
> > + * @type: type of the allocation
> > + * @size: size of the virtual mapping in bytes
> > + *
> > + * Maps virtually contiguous area that can be populated with executable code.
> > + *
> > + * Return: the area descriptor on success or %NULL on failure.
> > + */
> > +struct vm_struct *execmem_vmap(enum execmem_type type, size_t size);
> > +
>
> I think it's better limit it to EXECMEM_MODULE_DATA

Ack.

>
> > /**
> > * execmem_update_copy - copy an update to executable memory
> > * @dst: destination address to update
> > diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> > index 9a012cd4fad2..9d64cc6f24d1 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> > @@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ extern int remap_vmalloc_range_partial(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > extern int remap_vmalloc_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, void *addr,
> > unsigned long pgoff);
> >
> > +int vmap_pages_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
> > + pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages, unsigned int page_shift);
> > +
> >
> > /*
> > * Architectures can set this mask to a combination of PGTBL_P?D_MODIFIED values
> > * and let generic vmalloc and ioremap code know when arch_sync_kernel_mappings()
> > @@ -239,6 +242,12 @@ extern struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size,
> > unsigned long flags,
> > unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> > const void *caller);
> > +struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_node(unsigned long size,
> > + unsigned long align, unsigned long shift,
> > + unsigned long flags, unsigned long start,
> > + unsigned long end, int node, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> > + const void *caller);
> > +
>
> This is not used outside mm/, let's put it into mm/internal.h

Ack.

>
> > void free_vm_area(struct vm_struct *area);
> > extern struct vm_struct *remove_vm_area(const void *addr);
> > extern struct vm_struct *find_vm_area(const void *addr);
> > diff --git a/lib/alloc_tag.c b/lib/alloc_tag.c
> > index b10e7f17eeda..648f32d52b8d 100644
> > --- a/lib/alloc_tag.c
> > +++ b/lib/alloc_tag.c
> > @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
> > #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> > #include <linux/seq_buf.h>
> > #include <linux/seq_file.h>
> > +#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> >
> > static struct codetag_type *alloc_tag_cttype;
> >
> > @@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ static void __init procfs_init(void)
> > #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> >
> > static struct maple_tree mod_area_mt = MTREE_INIT(mod_area_mt, MT_FLAGS_ALLOC_RANGE);
> > +static struct vm_struct *vm_module_tags;
> > /* A dummy object used to indicate an unloaded module */
> > static struct module unloaded_mod;
> > /* A dummy object used to indicate a module prepended area */
> > @@ -195,6 +197,25 @@ static void clean_unused_module_areas_locked(void)
> > }
> > }
> >
> > +static int vm_module_tags_grow(unsigned long addr, unsigned long bytes)
> > +{
> > + struct page **next_page = vm_module_tags->pages + vm_module_tags->nr_pages;
> > + unsigned long more_pages = ALIGN(bytes, PAGE_SIZE) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > + unsigned long nr;
> > +
> > + nr = alloc_pages_bulk_array_node(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN,
> > + NUMA_NO_NODE, more_pages, next_page);
> > + if (nr != more_pages)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > + vm_module_tags->nr_pages += nr;
> > + if (vmap_pages_range(addr, addr + (nr << PAGE_SHIFT),
> > + PAGE_KERNEL, next_page, PAGE_SHIFT) < 0)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > static void *reserve_module_tags(struct module *mod, unsigned long size,
> > unsigned int prepend, unsigned long align)
> > {
> > @@ -202,7 +223,7 @@ static void *reserve_module_tags(struct module *mod, unsigned long size,
> > MA_STATE(mas, &mod_area_mt, 0, section_size - 1);
> > bool cleanup_done = false;
> > unsigned long offset;
> > - void *ret;
> > + void *ret = NULL;
> >
> > /* If no tags return NULL */
> > if (size < sizeof(struct alloc_tag))
> > @@ -239,7 +260,7 @@ static void *reserve_module_tags(struct module *mod, unsigned long size,
> > goto repeat;
> > } else {
> > ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> > - goto out;
> > + goto unlock;
> > }
> >
> > found:
> > @@ -254,7 +275,7 @@ static void *reserve_module_tags(struct module *mod, unsigned long size,
> > mas_store(&mas, &prepend_mod);
> > if (mas_is_err(&mas)) {
> > ret = ERR_PTR(xa_err(mas.node));
> > - goto out;
> > + goto unlock;
> > }
> > mas.index = offset;
> > mas.last = offset + size - 1;
> > @@ -263,7 +284,7 @@ static void *reserve_module_tags(struct module *mod, unsigned long size,
> > ret = ERR_PTR(xa_err(mas.node));
> > mas.index = pad_start;
> > mas_erase(&mas);
> > - goto out;
> > + goto unlock;
> > }
> >
> > } else {
> > @@ -271,18 +292,33 @@ static void *reserve_module_tags(struct module *mod, unsigned long size,
> > mas_store(&mas, mod);
> > if (mas_is_err(&mas)) {
> > ret = ERR_PTR(xa_err(mas.node));
> > - goto out;
> > + goto unlock;
> > }
> > }
> > +unlock:
> > + mas_unlock(&mas);
> > + if (IS_ERR(ret))
> > + return ret;
> >
> > - if (module_tags.size < offset + size)
> > - module_tags.size = offset + size;
> > + if (module_tags.size < offset + size) {
> > + unsigned long phys_size = vm_module_tags->nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
> >
> > - ret = (struct alloc_tag *)(module_tags.start_addr + offset);
> > -out:
> > - mas_unlock(&mas);
> > + module_tags.size = offset + size;
> > + if (phys_size < module_tags.size) {
> > + int grow_res;
> > +
> > + grow_res = vm_module_tags_grow(module_tags.start_addr + phys_size,
> > + module_tags.size - phys_size);
> > + if (grow_res) {
> > + static_branch_disable(&mem_alloc_profiling_key);
> > + pr_warn("Failed to allocate tags memory for module %s. Memory profiling is disabled!\n",
> > + mod->name);
> > + return ERR_PTR(grow_res);
> > + }
> > + }
> > + }
>
> The diff for reserve_module_tags() is hard to read, and the function itself
> becomes really complex to follow with all the gotos back and forth.
> Maybe it's possible to split out some parts of it as helpers?

Got it. Will refactor this function to make it easier to review.

Thanks for the prompt review, Mike!

>
> > - return ret;
> > + return (struct alloc_tag *)(module_tags.start_addr + offset);
> > }
> >
>
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.
>
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