[PATCHv8 25/34] x86/vdso: On timens page fault prefault also VVAR page

Dmitry Safonov
2019-11-12T01:27:14Z

As timens page has offsets to data on VVAR page VVAR is going
to be accessed shortly. Set it up with timens in one page fault
as optimization.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Co-developed-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@arista.com>
---
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
index f6e13ab29d94..d6cb8a16f368 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
@@ -169,8 +169,23 @@ static vm_fault_t vvar_fault(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
* offset.
* See also the comment near timens_setup_vdso_data().
*/
- if (timens_page)
+ if (timens_page) {
+ unsigned long addr;
+ vm_fault_t err;
+
+ /*
+ * Optimization: inside time namespace pre-fault
+ * VVAR page too. As on timens page there are only
+ * offsets for clocks on VVAR, it'll be faulted
+ * shortly by VDSO code.
+ */
+ addr = vmf->address + (image->sym_timens_page - sym_offset);
+ err = vmf_insert_pfn(vma, addr, pfn);
+ if (unlikely(err & VM_FAULT_ERROR))
+ return err;
+
pfn = page_to_pfn(timens_page);
+ }

return vmf_insert_pfn(vma, vmf->address, pfn);
} else if (sym_offset == image->sym_pvclock_page) {
--
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