Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] vmcore: Introduce remap_oldmem_pfn_range()

[Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 09:32:37PM +0200, Michael Holzheu wrote:
> For zfcpdump we can't map the HSA storage because it is only available
> via a read interface. Therefore, for the new vmcore mmap feature we have
> introduce a new mechanism to create mappings on demand.
> 
> This patch introduces a new architecture function remap_oldmem_pfn_range()
> that should be used to create mappings with remap_pfn_range() for oldmem
> areas that can be directly mapped. For zfcpdump this is everything besides
> of the HSA memory. For the areas that are not mapped by remap_oldmem_pfn_range()
> a generic vmcore a new generic vmcore fault handler mmap_vmcore_fault()
> is called.
> 
> This handler works as follows:
> 
> * Get already available or new page from page cache (find_or_create_page)
> * Check if /proc/vmcore page is filled with data (PageUptodate)
> * If yes:
>   Return that page
> * If no:
>   Fill page using __vmcore_read(), set PageUptodate, and return page
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

In general vmcore related changes look fine to me. I am not very familiar
with the logic of finding pages in page cache and using page uptodate
flag.

Hatayama, can you please review it.

Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>

Thanks
Vivek

> ---
>  fs/proc/vmcore.c           | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  include/linux/crash_dump.h |  3 ++
>  2 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> index c28189c..77312c7 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
>  #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
>  #include <linux/list.h>
>  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> +#include <linux/pagemap.h>
>  #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>  #include <asm/io.h>
>  #include "internal.h"
> @@ -153,11 +154,35 @@ ssize_t __weak elfcorehdr_read_notes(char *buf, size_t count, u64 *ppos)
>  	return read_from_oldmem(buf, count, ppos, 0);
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Architectures may override this function to map oldmem
> + */
> +int __weak remap_oldmem_pfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +				  unsigned long from, unsigned long pfn,
> +				  unsigned long size, pgprot_t prot)
> +{
> +	return remap_pfn_range(vma, from, pfn, size, prot);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Copy to either kernel or user space
> + */
> +static int copy_to(void *target, void *src, size_t size, int userbuf)
> +{
> +	if (userbuf) {
> +		if (copy_to_user(target, src, size))
> +			return -EFAULT;
> +	} else {
> +		memcpy(target, src, size);
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  /* Read from the ELF header and then the crash dump. On error, negative value is
>   * returned otherwise number of bytes read are returned.
>   */
> -static ssize_t read_vmcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
> -				size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
> +static ssize_t __read_vmcore(char *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos,
> +			     int userbuf)
>  {
>  	ssize_t acc = 0, tmp;
>  	size_t tsz;
> @@ -174,7 +199,7 @@ static ssize_t read_vmcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
>  	/* Read ELF core header */
>  	if (*fpos < elfcorebuf_sz) {
>  		tsz = min(elfcorebuf_sz - (size_t)*fpos, buflen);
> -		if (copy_to_user(buffer, elfcorebuf + *fpos, tsz))
> +		if (copy_to(buffer, elfcorebuf + *fpos, tsz, userbuf))
>  			return -EFAULT;
>  		buflen -= tsz;
>  		*fpos += tsz;
> @@ -192,7 +217,7 @@ static ssize_t read_vmcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
>  
>  		tsz = min(elfcorebuf_sz + elfnotes_sz - (size_t)*fpos, buflen);
>  		kaddr = elfnotes_buf + *fpos - elfcorebuf_sz;
> -		if (copy_to_user(buffer, kaddr, tsz))
> +		if (copy_to(buffer, kaddr, tsz, userbuf))
>  			return -EFAULT;
>  		buflen -= tsz;
>  		*fpos += tsz;
> @@ -208,7 +233,7 @@ static ssize_t read_vmcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
>  		if (*fpos < m->offset + m->size) {
>  			tsz = min_t(size_t, m->offset + m->size - *fpos, buflen);
>  			start = m->paddr + *fpos - m->offset;
> -			tmp = read_from_oldmem(buffer, tsz, &start, 1);
> +			tmp = read_from_oldmem(buffer, tsz, &start, userbuf);
>  			if (tmp < 0)
>  				return tmp;
>  			buflen -= tsz;
> @@ -225,6 +250,48 @@ static ssize_t read_vmcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
>  	return acc;
>  }
>  
> +static ssize_t read_vmcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
> +			   size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
> +{
> +	return __read_vmcore(buffer, buflen, fpos, 1);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * The vmcore fault handler uses the page cache and fills data using the
> + * standard __vmcore_read() function.
> + */
> +static int mmap_vmcore_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
> +{
> +	struct address_space *mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
> +	pgoff_t index = vmf->pgoff;
> +	struct page *page;
> +	loff_t src;
> +	char *buf;
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	page = find_or_create_page(mapping, index, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!page)
> +		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
> +	if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
> +		src = index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
> +		buf = (void *) (page_to_pfn(page) << PAGE_SHIFT);
> +		rc = __read_vmcore(buf, PAGE_SIZE, &src, 0);
> +		if (rc < 0) {
> +			unlock_page(page);
> +			page_cache_release(page);
> +			return (rc == -ENOMEM) ? VM_FAULT_OOM : VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> +		}
> +		SetPageUptodate(page);
> +	}
> +	unlock_page(page);
> +	vmf->page = page;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct vm_operations_struct vmcore_mmap_ops = {
> +	.fault = mmap_vmcore_fault,
> +};
> +
>  static int mmap_vmcore(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  {
>  	size_t size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
> @@ -242,6 +309,7 @@ static int mmap_vmcore(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  
>  	vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC);
>  	vma->vm_flags |= VM_MIXEDMAP;
> +	vma->vm_ops = &vmcore_mmap_ops;
>  
>  	len = 0;
>  
> @@ -283,9 +351,9 @@ static int mmap_vmcore(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  
>  			tsz = min_t(size_t, m->offset + m->size - start, size);
>  			paddr = m->paddr + start - m->offset;
> -			if (remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start + len,
> -					    paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT, tsz,
> -					    vma->vm_page_prot))
> +			if (remap_oldmem_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start + len,
> +						   paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT, tsz,
> +						   vma->vm_page_prot))
>  				goto fail;
>  			size -= tsz;
>  			start += tsz;
> diff --git a/include/linux/crash_dump.h b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
> index 6571f82..fe68a5a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/crash_dump.h
> +++ b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
> @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ extern int __weak elfcorehdr_alloc(unsigned long long *addr,
>  extern void __weak elfcorehdr_free(unsigned long long addr);
>  extern ssize_t __weak elfcorehdr_read(char *buf, size_t count, u64 *ppos);
>  extern ssize_t __weak elfcorehdr_read_notes(char *buf, size_t count, u64 *ppos);
> +extern int __weak remap_oldmem_pfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +					 unsigned long from, unsigned long pfn,
> +					 unsigned long size, pgprot_t prot);
>  
>  extern ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long, char *, size_t,
>  						unsigned long, int);
> -- 
> 1.8.2.2

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