Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] mm/memory: split non-tlb flushing part from zap_page_range_single()

From: Lorenzo Stoakes
Date: Fri Apr 11 2025 - 09:13:28 EST


On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 05:00:21PM -0700, SeongJae Park wrote:
> Some of zap_page_range_single() callers such as [process_]madvise() with
> MADV_DONTNEED[_LOCKED] cannot batch tlb flushes because
> zap_page_range_single() flushes tlb for each invocation. Split out the
> body of zap_page_range_single() except mmu_gather object initialization
> and gathered tlb entries flushing for such batched tlb flushing usage.
>
> To avoid hugetlb pages allocation failures from concurrent page faults,
> the tlb flush should be done before hugetlb faults unlocking, though.
> Do the flush and the unlock inside the split out function in the order
> for hugetlb vma case. Refer to commit 2820b0f09be9 ("hugetlbfs: close
> race between MADV_DONTNEED and page fault") for more details about the
> concurrent faults' page allocation failure problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>

LGTM, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> mm/memory.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index fda6d6429a27..690695643dfb 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -1998,36 +1998,65 @@ void unmap_vmas(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct ma_state *mas,
> mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
> }
>
> -/**
> - * zap_page_range_single - remove user pages in a given range
> +/*
> + * zap_page_range_single_batched - remove user pages in a given range
> + * @tlb: pointer to the caller's struct mmu_gather
> * @vma: vm_area_struct holding the applicable pages
> - * @address: starting address of pages to zap
> - * @size: number of bytes to zap
> + * @address: starting address of pages to remove
> + * @size: number of bytes to remove
> * @details: details of shared cache invalidation
> *
> - * The range must fit into one VMA.
> + * @tlb shouldn't be NULL. The range must fit into one VMA. If @vma is for
> + * hugetlb, @tlb is flushed and re-initialized by this function.
> */
> -void zap_page_range_single(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> +static void zap_page_range_single_batched(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> + struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> unsigned long size, struct zap_details *details)
> {
> const unsigned long end = address + size;
> struct mmu_notifier_range range;
> - struct mmu_gather tlb;
> +
> + VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!tlb || tlb->mm != vma->vm_mm);
>
> mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, 0, vma->vm_mm,
> address, end);
> hugetlb_zap_begin(vma, &range.start, &range.end);
> - tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, vma->vm_mm);
> update_hiwater_rss(vma->vm_mm);
> mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
> /*
> * unmap 'address-end' not 'range.start-range.end' as range
> * could have been expanded for hugetlb pmd sharing.
> */
> - unmap_single_vma(&tlb, vma, address, end, details, false);
> + unmap_single_vma(tlb, vma, address, end, details, false);
> mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
> + if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)) {
> + /*
> + * flush tlb and free resources before hugetlb_zap_end(), to
> + * avoid concurrent page faults' allocation failure.
> + */
> + tlb_finish_mmu(tlb);
> + hugetlb_zap_end(vma, details);
> + tlb_gather_mmu(tlb, vma->vm_mm);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * zap_page_range_single - remove user pages in a given range
> + * @vma: vm_area_struct holding the applicable pages
> + * @address: starting address of pages to zap
> + * @size: number of bytes to zap
> + * @details: details of shared cache invalidation
> + *
> + * The range must fit into one VMA.
> + */
> +void zap_page_range_single(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> + unsigned long size, struct zap_details *details)
> +{
> + struct mmu_gather tlb;
> +
> + tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, vma->vm_mm);
> + zap_page_range_single_batched(&tlb, vma, address, size, details);
> tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
> - hugetlb_zap_end(vma, details);
> }
>
> /**
> --
> 2.39.5