Re: [PATCH v2] mm: re-allow pinning of zero pfns (again)

John Hubbard
2022-08-28T00:59:40Z

On 8/10/22 09:53, Alex Williamson wrote:
> The below referenced commit makes the same error as 1c563432588d ("mm: fix
> is_pinnable_page against a cma page"), re-interpreting the logic to exclude
> pinning of the zero page, which breaks device assignment with vfio.
>
> To avoid further subtle mistakes, split the logic into discrete tests.
>
> Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
> Suggested-by: Felix Kuehling <felix.kuehling@amd.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/165490039431.944052.12458624139225785964.stgit@omen
> Fixes: f25cbb7a95a2 ("mm: add zone device coherent type memory support")
> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
> ---
> include/linux/mm.h | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Hi Alex,

Looks good. I'm suggesting a simpler comment, below, because
even though the VFIO folks are thinking about VFIO, here we
are deep in the mm layer and there are lots of non-VFIO callers
that may pin the zero page.

>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 18e01474cf6b..835106a9718f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -1544,9 +1544,20 @@ static inline bool is_longterm_pinnable_page(struct page *page)
> if (mt == MIGRATE_CMA || mt == MIGRATE_ISOLATE)
> return false;
> #endif
> - return !(is_device_coherent_page(page) ||
> - is_zone_movable_page(page) ||
> - is_zero_pfn(page_to_pfn(page)));
> + /*
> + * The zero page might reside in a movable zone, however it may not
> + * be migrated and can therefore be pinned. The vfio subsystem pins
> + * user mappings including the zero page for IOMMU translation.
> + */

Those notes are all about (some of) the callers. But it's a simple
answer, really, so how about just this:

/* The zero page is always allowed to be pinned. */

?

> + if (is_zero_pfn(page_to_pfn(page)))
> + return true;
> +
> + /* Coherent device memory must always allow eviction. */
> + if (is_device_coherent_page(page))
> + return false;
> +
> + /* Otherwise, non-movable zone pages can be pinned. */
> + return !is_zone_movable_page(page);
> }
> #else
> static inline bool is_longterm_pinnable_page(struct page *page)
>
>
>

Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>

thanks,

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John Hubbard
NVIDIA