Re: [PATCH v3 2/8] binder: concurrent page installation

[David Hildenbrand]

On 12.11.24 15:43, Carlos Llamas wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 12:10:20PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > On 08.11.24 20:10, Carlos Llamas wrote:
> > > +	ret = vm_insert_page(vma, addr, page);
> > > +	switch (ret) {
> > > +	case -EBUSY:
> > > +		/*
> > > +		 * EBUSY is ok. Someone installed the pte first but the
> > > +		 * lru_page->page_ptr has not been updated yet. Discard
> > > +		 * our page and look up the one already installed.
> > > +		 */
> > > +		ret = 0;
> > > +		__free_page(page);
> > > +		npages = get_user_pages_remote(alloc->mm, addr, 1, 0, &page, NULL);
> >
> > This will trigger a page fault if we don't find what we expect (are races
> > with e.g., MADV_DONTNEED possible?), is that really desired or not a
> > problem?
>
> This is fine. As of now, binder blocks its page faults:
>
> 	static vm_fault_t binder_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> 	{
> 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> 	}
>
> If we race with something like MADV_DONTNEED then we would just
> propagate the -EFAULT error. I could add FOLL_NOFAULT to the gup remote
> call to make it evident we don't care though.

Might make it clearer ... or at least adding a comment how this is 
supposed to work. :)

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb