[patch 21/26] mm: add_to_swap_cache() must not sleep

Greg KH
2009-10-09T23:18:12Z

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2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>

commit 31a5639623a487d6db996c8138c9e53fef2e2d91 upstream.

After commit 355cfa73 ("mm: modify swap_map and add SWAP_HAS_CACHE flag"),
read_swap_cache_async() will busy-wait while a entry doesn't exist in swap
cache but it has SWAP_HAS_CACHE flag.

Such entries can exist on add/delete path of swap cache. On add path,
add_to_swap_cache() is called soon after SWAP_HAS_CACHE flag is set, and
on delete path, swapcache_free() will be called (SWAP_HAS_CACHE flag is
cleared) soon after __delete_from_swap_cache() is called. So, the
busy-wait works well in most cases.

But this mechanism can cause soft lockup if add_to_swap_cache() sleeps and
read_swap_cache_async() tries to swap-in the same entry on the same cpu.

This patch calls radix_tree_preload() before swapcache_prepare() and
divides add_to_swap_cache() into two part: radix_tree_preload() part and
radix_tree_insert() part(define it as __add_to_swap_cache()).

Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
mm/swap_state.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ void show_swap_cache_info(void)
}

/*
- * add_to_swap_cache resembles add_to_page_cache_locked on swapper_space,
+ * __add_to_swap_cache resembles add_to_page_cache_locked on swapper_space,
* but sets SwapCache flag and private instead of mapping and index.
*/
-int add_to_swap_cache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static int __add_to_swap_cache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry)
{
int error;

@@ -77,28 +77,37 @@ int add_to_swap_cache(struct page *page,
VM_BUG_ON(PageSwapCache(page));
VM_BUG_ON(!PageSwapBacked(page));

+ page_cache_get(page);
+ SetPageSwapCache(page);
+ set_page_private(page, entry.val);
+
+ spin_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+ error = radix_tree_insert(&swapper_space.page_tree, entry.val, page);
+ if (likely(!error)) {
+ total_swapcache_pages++;
+ __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
+ INC_CACHE_INFO(add_total);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+
+ if (unlikely(error)) {
+ set_page_private(page, 0UL);
+ ClearPageSwapCache(page);
+ page_cache_release(page);
+ }
+
+ return error;
+}
+
+
+int add_to_swap_cache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+ int error;
+
error = radix_tree_preload(gfp_mask);
if (!error) {
- page_cache_get(page);
- SetPageSwapCache(page);
- set_page_private(page, entry.val);
-
- spin_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
- error = radix_tree_insert(&swapper_space.page_tree,
- entry.val, page);
- if (likely(!error)) {
- total_swapcache_pages++;
- __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
- INC_CACHE_INFO(add_total);
- }
- spin_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+ error = __add_to_swap_cache(page, entry);
radix_tree_preload_end();
-
- if (unlikely(error)) {
- set_page_private(page, 0UL);
- ClearPageSwapCache(page);
- page_cache_release(page);
- }
}
return error;
}
@@ -289,13 +298,24 @@ struct page *read_swap_cache_async(swp_e
}

/*
+ * call radix_tree_preload() while we can wait.
+ */
+ err = radix_tree_preload(gfp_mask & GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+
+ /*
* Swap entry may have been freed since our caller observed it.
*/
err = swapcache_prepare(entry);
- if (err == -EEXIST) /* seems racy */
+ if (err == -EEXIST) { /* seems racy */
+ radix_tree_preload_end();
continue;
- if (err) /* swp entry is obsolete ? */
+ }
+ if (err) { /* swp entry is obsolete ? */
+ radix_tree_preload_end();
break;
+ }

/*
* Associate the page with swap entry in the swap cache.
@@ -307,8 +327,9 @@ struct page *read_swap_cache_async(swp_e
*/
__set_page_locked(new_page);
SetPageSwapBacked(new_page);
- err = add_to_swap_cache(new_page, entry, gfp_mask & GFP_KERNEL);
+ err = __add_to_swap_cache(new_page, entry);
if (likely(!err)) {
+ radix_tree_preload_end();
/*
* Initiate read into locked page and return.
*/
@@ -316,6 +337,7 @@ struct page *read_swap_cache_async(swp_e
swap_readpage(new_page);
return new_page;
}
+ radix_tree_preload_end();
ClearPageSwapBacked(new_page);
__clear_page_locked(new_page);
swapcache_free(entry, NULL);