[PATCH] mm/gup_test: keep longterm pin state per file
From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)
Date: Fri Jun 12 2026 - 03:22:25 EST
The pin longterm test currently stores its data globally, shared among
multiple concurrent users of the interface (multiple open file
descriptors -> multiple "struct file"'s). That makes
the gup_test interface problematic to use concurrently: two users, such
as concurrent selftest runs, can interfere with the same longterm
pin state.
While this has not been observed as a problem so far in practice, let's
just handle it cleanly. There could be a way to trigger selftest
failures by e.g., running the cow.c and gup_longerm.c selftests
concurrently, but we usually run them sequentially. Let's add a "Fixes"
tag to be safe.
Fixes: c77369b437f9 ("mm/gup_test: start/stop/read functionality for PIN LONGTERM test")
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/gup_test.c | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/gup_test.c b/mm/gup_test.c
index 9dd48db897b9..16916056677e 100644
--- a/mm/gup_test.c
+++ b/mm/gup_test.c
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include "gup_test.h"
+struct gup_test_data {
+ struct mutex longterm_mutex;
+ struct page **longterm_pages;
+ unsigned long longterm_nr_pages;
+};
+
static void put_back_pages(unsigned int cmd, struct page **pages,
unsigned long nr_pages, unsigned int gup_test_flags)
{
@@ -204,23 +210,20 @@ static int __gup_test_ioctl(unsigned int cmd,
return ret;
}
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(pin_longterm_test_mutex);
-static struct page **pin_longterm_test_pages;
-static unsigned long pin_longterm_test_nr_pages;
-
-static inline void pin_longterm_test_stop(void)
+static inline void pin_longterm_test_stop(struct gup_test_data *data)
{
- if (pin_longterm_test_pages) {
- if (pin_longterm_test_nr_pages)
- unpin_user_pages(pin_longterm_test_pages,
- pin_longterm_test_nr_pages);
- kvfree(pin_longterm_test_pages);
- pin_longterm_test_pages = NULL;
- pin_longterm_test_nr_pages = 0;
+ if (data->longterm_pages) {
+ if (data->longterm_nr_pages)
+ unpin_user_pages(data->longterm_pages,
+ data->longterm_nr_pages);
+ kvfree(data->longterm_pages);
+ data->longterm_pages = NULL;
+ data->longterm_nr_pages = 0;
}
}
-static inline int pin_longterm_test_start(unsigned long arg)
+static inline int pin_longterm_test_start(struct gup_test_data *data,
+ unsigned long arg)
{
long nr_pages, cur_pages, addr, remaining_pages;
int gup_flags = FOLL_LONGTERM;
@@ -229,7 +232,7 @@ static inline int pin_longterm_test_start(unsigned long arg)
int ret = 0;
bool fast;
- if (pin_longterm_test_pages)
+ if (data->longterm_pages)
return -EINVAL;
if (copy_from_user(&args, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(args)))
@@ -259,12 +262,12 @@ static inline int pin_longterm_test_start(unsigned long arg)
return -EINTR;
}
- pin_longterm_test_pages = pages;
- pin_longterm_test_nr_pages = 0;
+ data->longterm_pages = pages;
+ data->longterm_nr_pages = 0;
- while (nr_pages - pin_longterm_test_nr_pages) {
- remaining_pages = nr_pages - pin_longterm_test_nr_pages;
- addr = args.addr + pin_longterm_test_nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
+ while (nr_pages - data->longterm_nr_pages) {
+ remaining_pages = nr_pages - data->longterm_nr_pages;
+ addr = args.addr + data->longterm_nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
if (fast)
cur_pages = pin_user_pages_fast(addr, remaining_pages,
@@ -273,11 +276,11 @@ static inline int pin_longterm_test_start(unsigned long arg)
cur_pages = pin_user_pages(addr, remaining_pages,
gup_flags, pages);
if (cur_pages < 0) {
- pin_longterm_test_stop();
+ pin_longterm_test_stop(data);
ret = cur_pages;
break;
}
- pin_longterm_test_nr_pages += cur_pages;
+ data->longterm_nr_pages += cur_pages;
pages += cur_pages;
}
@@ -286,19 +289,20 @@ static inline int pin_longterm_test_start(unsigned long arg)
return ret;
}
-static inline int pin_longterm_test_read(unsigned long arg)
+static inline int pin_longterm_test_read(struct gup_test_data *data,
+ unsigned long arg)
{
__u64 user_addr;
unsigned long i;
- if (!pin_longterm_test_pages)
+ if (!data->longterm_pages)
return -EINVAL;
if (copy_from_user(&user_addr, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(user_addr)))
return -EFAULT;
- for (i = 0; i < pin_longterm_test_nr_pages; i++) {
- void *addr = kmap_local_page(pin_longterm_test_pages[i]);
+ for (i = 0; i < data->longterm_nr_pages; i++) {
+ void *addr = kmap_local_page(data->longterm_pages[i]);
unsigned long ret;
ret = copy_to_user((void __user *)(unsigned long)user_addr, addr,
@@ -314,25 +318,26 @@ static inline int pin_longterm_test_read(unsigned long arg)
static long pin_longterm_test_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd,
unsigned long arg)
{
+ struct gup_test_data *data = filep->private_data;
int ret = -EINVAL;
- if (mutex_lock_killable(&pin_longterm_test_mutex))
+ if (mutex_lock_killable(&data->longterm_mutex))
return -EINTR;
switch (cmd) {
case PIN_LONGTERM_TEST_START:
- ret = pin_longterm_test_start(arg);
+ ret = pin_longterm_test_start(data, arg);
break;
case PIN_LONGTERM_TEST_STOP:
- pin_longterm_test_stop();
+ pin_longterm_test_stop(data);
ret = 0;
break;
case PIN_LONGTERM_TEST_READ:
- ret = pin_longterm_test_read(arg);
+ ret = pin_longterm_test_read(data, arg);
break;
}
- mutex_unlock(&pin_longterm_test_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&data->longterm_mutex);
return ret;
}
@@ -371,15 +376,39 @@ static long gup_test_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd,
return 0;
}
+static int gup_test_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ struct gup_test_data *data;
+ int ret;
+
+ data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!data)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ ret = nonseekable_open(inode, file);
+ if (ret) {
+ kfree(data);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ mutex_init(&data->longterm_mutex);
+ file->private_data = data;
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int gup_test_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
- pin_longterm_test_stop();
+ struct gup_test_data *data = file->private_data;
+
+ pin_longterm_test_stop(data);
+ kfree(data);
+ file->private_data = NULL;
return 0;
}
static const struct file_operations gup_test_fops = {
- .open = nonseekable_open,
+ .open = gup_test_open,
.unlocked_ioctl = gup_test_ioctl,
.compat_ioctl = compat_ptr_ioctl,
.release = gup_test_release,
--
2.43.0
Can you review+test that change? Thanks!
--
Cheers,
David