Re: [PATCH 06/12] huge_memory: Allow mappings of PUD sized pages

Dan Williams
2024-09-22T02:09:26Z

Alistair Popple wrote:
> Currently DAX folio/page reference counts are managed differently to
> normal pages. To allow these to be managed the same as normal pages
> introduce dax_insert_pfn_pud. This will map the entire PUD-sized folio
> and take references as it would for a normally mapped page.
>
> This is distinct from the current mechanism, vmf_insert_pfn_pud, which
> simply inserts a special devmap PUD entry into the page table without
> holding a reference to the page for the mapping.

This is missing some description or comment in the code about the
differences. More questions below:

> Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
> ---
> include/linux/huge_mm.h | 4 ++-
> include/linux/rmap.h | 15 +++++++-
> mm/huge_memory.c | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> mm/rmap.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 4 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
> index 6370026..d3a1872 100644
> --- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>
> vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t pfn, bool write);
> vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn_pud(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t pfn, bool write);
> +vm_fault_t dax_insert_pfn_pud(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t pfn, bool write);
>
> enum transparent_hugepage_flag {
> TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_UNSUPPORTED,
> @@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ extern struct kobj_attribute thpsize_shmem_enabled_attr;
> #define HPAGE_PUD_MASK (~(HPAGE_PUD_SIZE - 1))
> #define HPAGE_PUD_SIZE ((1UL) << HPAGE_PUD_SHIFT)
>
> +#define HPAGE_PUD_ORDER (HPAGE_PUD_SHIFT-PAGE_SHIFT)
> +#define HPAGE_PUD_NR (1<<HPAGE_PUD_ORDER)
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
>
> extern unsigned long transparent_hugepage_flags;
> diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
> index 91b5935..c465694 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rmap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
> @@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ typedef int __bitwise rmap_t;
> enum rmap_level {
> RMAP_LEVEL_PTE = 0,
> RMAP_LEVEL_PMD,
> + RMAP_LEVEL_PUD,
> };
>
> static inline void __folio_rmap_sanity_checks(struct folio *folio,
> @@ -228,6 +229,14 @@ static inline void __folio_rmap_sanity_checks(struct folio *folio,
> VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(folio_nr_pages(folio) != HPAGE_PMD_NR, folio);
> VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(nr_pages != HPAGE_PMD_NR, folio);
> break;
> + case RMAP_LEVEL_PUD:
> + /*
> + * Asume that we are creating * a single "entire" mapping of the
> + * folio.
> + */
> + VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(folio_nr_pages(folio) != HPAGE_PUD_NR, folio);
> + VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(nr_pages != HPAGE_PUD_NR, folio);
> + break;
> default:
> VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(true);
> }
> @@ -251,12 +260,16 @@ void folio_add_file_rmap_ptes(struct folio *, struct page *, int nr_pages,
> folio_add_file_rmap_ptes(folio, page, 1, vma)
> void folio_add_file_rmap_pmd(struct folio *, struct page *,
> struct vm_area_struct *);
> +void folio_add_file_rmap_pud(struct folio *, struct page *,
> + struct vm_area_struct *);
> void folio_remove_rmap_ptes(struct folio *, struct page *, int nr_pages,
> struct vm_area_struct *);
> #define folio_remove_rmap_pte(folio, page, vma) \
> folio_remove_rmap_ptes(folio, page, 1, vma)
> void folio_remove_rmap_pmd(struct folio *, struct page *,
> struct vm_area_struct *);
> +void folio_remove_rmap_pud(struct folio *, struct page *,
> + struct vm_area_struct *);
>
> void hugetlb_add_anon_rmap(struct folio *, struct vm_area_struct *,
> unsigned long address, rmap_t flags);
> @@ -341,6 +354,7 @@ static __always_inline void __folio_dup_file_rmap(struct folio *folio,
> atomic_add(orig_nr_pages, &folio->_large_mapcount);
> break;
> case RMAP_LEVEL_PMD:
> + case RMAP_LEVEL_PUD:
> atomic_inc(&folio->_entire_mapcount);
> atomic_inc(&folio->_large_mapcount);
> break;
> @@ -437,6 +451,7 @@ static __always_inline int __folio_try_dup_anon_rmap(struct folio *folio,
> atomic_add(orig_nr_pages, &folio->_large_mapcount);
> break;
> case RMAP_LEVEL_PMD:
> + case RMAP_LEVEL_PUD:
> if (PageAnonExclusive(page)) {
> if (unlikely(maybe_pinned))
> return -EBUSY;
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index c4b45ad..e8985a4 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -1336,21 +1336,19 @@ static void insert_pfn_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
> pgprot_t prot = vma->vm_page_prot;
> pud_t entry;
> - spinlock_t *ptl;
>
> - ptl = pud_lock(mm, pud);
> if (!pud_none(*pud)) {
> if (write) {
> if (pud_pfn(*pud) != pfn_t_to_pfn(pfn)) {
> WARN_ON_ONCE(!is_huge_zero_pud(*pud));
> - goto out_unlock;
> + return;
> }
> entry = pud_mkyoung(*pud);
> entry = maybe_pud_mkwrite(pud_mkdirty(entry), vma);
> if (pudp_set_access_flags(vma, addr, pud, entry, 1))
> update_mmu_cache_pud(vma, addr, pud);
> }
> - goto out_unlock;
> + return;
> }
>
> entry = pud_mkhuge(pfn_t_pud(pfn, prot));
> @@ -1362,9 +1360,6 @@ static void insert_pfn_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> }
> set_pud_at(mm, addr, pud, entry);
> update_mmu_cache_pud(vma, addr, pud);
> -
> -out_unlock:
> - spin_unlock(ptl);
> }
>
> /**
> @@ -1382,6 +1377,7 @@ vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn_pud(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t pfn, bool write)
> unsigned long addr = vmf->address & PUD_MASK;
> struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
> pgprot_t pgprot = vma->vm_page_prot;
> + spinlock_t *ptl;
>
> /*
> * If we had pud_special, we could avoid all these restrictions,
> @@ -1399,10 +1395,52 @@ vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn_pud(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t pfn, bool write)
>
> track_pfn_insert(vma, &pgprot, pfn);
>
> + ptl = pud_lock(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pud);
> insert_pfn_pud(vma, addr, vmf->pud, pfn, write);
> + spin_unlock(ptl);
> +
> return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmf_insert_pfn_pud);
> +
> +/**
> + * dax_insert_pfn_pud - insert a pud size pfn backed by a normal page
> + * @vmf: Structure describing the fault
> + * @pfn: pfn of the page to insert
> + * @write: whether it's a write fault

It strikes me that this documentation is not useful for recalling why
both vmf_insert_pfn_pud() and dax_insert_pfn_pud() exist. It looks like
the only difference is that the "dax_" flavor takes a reference on the
page. So maybe all these dax_insert_pfn{,_pmd,_pud} helpers should be
unified in a common vmf_insert_page() entry point where the caller is
responsible for initializing the compound page metadata before calling
the helper?

> + *
> + * Return: vm_fault_t value.
> + */
> +vm_fault_t dax_insert_pfn_pud(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t pfn, bool write)
> +{
> + struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
> + unsigned long addr = vmf->address & PUD_MASK;
> + pud_t *pud = vmf->pud;
> + pgprot_t prot = vma->vm_page_prot;
> + struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
> + spinlock_t *ptl;
> + struct folio *folio;
> + struct page *page;
> +
> + if (addr < vma->vm_start || addr >= vma->vm_end)
> + return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> +
> + track_pfn_insert(vma, &prot, pfn);
> +
> + ptl = pud_lock(mm, pud);
> + if (pud_none(*vmf->pud)) {
> + page = pfn_t_to_page(pfn);
> + folio = page_folio(page);
> + folio_get(folio);
> + folio_add_file_rmap_pud(folio, page, vma);
> + add_mm_counter(mm, mm_counter_file(folio), HPAGE_PUD_NR);
> + }
> + insert_pfn_pud(vma, addr, vmf->pud, pfn, write);
> + spin_unlock(ptl);
> +
> + return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_insert_pfn_pud);
> #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD */
>
> void touch_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> @@ -1947,7 +1985,8 @@ int zap_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> zap_deposited_table(tlb->mm, pmd);
> spin_unlock(ptl);
> } else if (is_huge_zero_pmd(orig_pmd)) {
> - zap_deposited_table(tlb->mm, pmd);
> + if (!vma_is_dax(vma) || arch_needs_pgtable_deposit())
> + zap_deposited_table(tlb->mm, pmd);

This looks subtle to me. Why is it needed to skip zap_deposited_table()
(I assume it is some THP assumption about the page being from the page
allocator)? Why is it ok to to force the zap if the arch demands it?

> spin_unlock(ptl);
> } else {
> struct folio *folio = NULL;
> @@ -2435,12 +2474,24 @@ int zap_huge_pud(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> orig_pud = pudp_huge_get_and_clear_full(vma, addr, pud, tlb->fullmm);
> arch_check_zapped_pud(vma, orig_pud);
> tlb_remove_pud_tlb_entry(tlb, pud, addr);
> - if (vma_is_special_huge(vma)) {
> + if (!vma_is_dax(vma) && vma_is_special_huge(vma)) {

If vma_is_special_huge() is true vma_is_dax() will always be false, so
not clear to me why this check is combined?

> spin_unlock(ptl);
> /* No zero page support yet */
> } else {
> - /* No support for anonymous PUD pages yet */
> - BUG();
> + struct page *page = NULL;
> + struct folio *folio;
> +
> + /* No support for anonymous PUD pages or migration yet */
> + BUG_ON(vma_is_anonymous(vma) || !pud_present(orig_pud));
> +
> + page = pud_page(orig_pud);
> + folio = page_folio(page);
> + folio_remove_rmap_pud(folio, page, vma);
> + VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHead(page), page);
> + add_mm_counter(tlb->mm, mm_counter_file(folio), -HPAGE_PUD_NR);
> +
> + spin_unlock(ptl);
> + tlb_remove_page_size(tlb, page, HPAGE_PUD_SIZE);
> }
> return 1;
> }
> @@ -2448,6 +2499,8 @@ int zap_huge_pud(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> static void __split_huge_pud_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pud_t *pud,
> unsigned long haddr)
> {
> + pud_t old_pud;
> +
> VM_BUG_ON(haddr & ~HPAGE_PUD_MASK);
> VM_BUG_ON_VMA(vma->vm_start > haddr, vma);
> VM_BUG_ON_VMA(vma->vm_end < haddr + HPAGE_PUD_SIZE, vma);
> @@ -2455,7 +2508,23 @@ static void __split_huge_pud_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pud_t *pud,
>
> count_vm_event(THP_SPLIT_PUD);
>
> - pudp_huge_clear_flush(vma, haddr, pud);
> + old_pud = pudp_huge_clear_flush(vma, haddr, pud);
> + if (is_huge_zero_pud(old_pud))
> + return;
> +
> + if (vma_is_dax(vma)) {
> + struct page *page = pud_page(old_pud);
> + struct folio *folio = page_folio(page);
> +
> + if (!folio_test_dirty(folio) && pud_dirty(old_pud))
> + folio_mark_dirty(folio);
> + if (!folio_test_referenced(folio) && pud_young(old_pud))
> + folio_set_referenced(folio);
> + folio_remove_rmap_pud(folio, page, vma);
> + folio_put(folio);
> + add_mm_counter(vma->vm_mm, mm_counter_file(folio),
> + -HPAGE_PUD_NR);
> + }

So this does not split anything (no follow-on set_ptes()) it just clears
and updates some folio metadata. Something is wrong if we get this far
since the only dax mechanism that attempts PUD mappings is device-dax,
and device-dax is not prepared for PUD mappings to be fractured.

Peter Xu recently fixed mprotect() vs DAX PUD mappings, I need to check
how that interacts with this.