Re: [PATCH 4/4] MADV_VOLATILE: Add page purging logic & SIGBUS trap

Minchan Kim
2014-05-08T05:13:58Z

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 02:21:23PM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> This patch adds the hooks in the vmscan logic to purge volatile pages
> and mark their pte as purged. With this, volatile pages will be purged
> under pressure, and their ptes swap entry's marked. If the purged pages
> are accessed before being marked non-volatile, we catch this and send a
> SIGBUS.
>
> This is a simplified implementation that uses logic from Minchan's earlier
> efforts, so credit to Minchan for his work.
>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
> Cc: Robert Love <rlove@google.com>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
> Cc: Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
> Cc: Taras Glek <tglek@mozilla.com>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com>
> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
> Cc: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org <linux-mm@kvack.org>
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
> ---
> include/linux/mvolatile.h | 1 +
> mm/internal.h | 2 -
> mm/memory.c | 7 +++
> mm/mvolatile.c | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/rmap.c | 5 ++
> mm/vmscan.c | 12 +++++
> 6 files changed, 144 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mvolatile.h b/include/linux/mvolatile.h
> index f53396b..8b797b7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mvolatile.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mvolatile.h
> @@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
> #define _LINUX_MVOLATILE_H
>
> int madvise_volatile(int bhv, unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
> +extern int purge_volatile_page(struct page *page);
>
> #endif /* _LINUX_MVOLATILE_H */
> diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
> index 07b6736..2213055 100644
> --- a/mm/internal.h
> +++ b/mm/internal.h
> @@ -240,10 +240,8 @@ static inline void mlock_migrate_page(struct page *newpage, struct page *page)
>
> extern pmd_t maybe_pmd_mkwrite(pmd_t pmd, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> extern unsigned long vma_address(struct page *page,
> struct vm_area_struct *vma);
> -#endif
> #else /* !CONFIG_MMU */
> static inline int mlocked_vma_newpage(struct vm_area_struct *v, struct page *p)
> {
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 037b812..cf024bd 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
> #include <linux/string.h>
> #include <linux/dma-debug.h>
> #include <linux/debugfs.h>
> +#include <linux/mvolatile.h>
>
> #include <asm/io.h>
> #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
> @@ -3067,6 +3068,12 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> migration_entry_wait(mm, pmd, address);
> } else if (is_hwpoison_entry(entry)) {
> ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON;
> + } else if (is_purged_entry(entry)) {
> + page_table = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, address,
> + &ptl);
> + if (likely(pte_same(*page_table, orig_pte)))
> + ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> + goto unlock;
> } else {
> print_bad_pte(vma, address, orig_pte, NULL);
> ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> diff --git a/mm/mvolatile.c b/mm/mvolatile.c
> index 555d5c4..a7831d3 100644
> --- a/mm/mvolatile.c
> +++ b/mm/mvolatile.c
> @@ -232,3 +232,122 @@ out:
>
> return ret;
> }
> +
> +
> +/**
> + * try_to_purge_one - Purge a volatile page from a vma
> + * @page: page to purge
> + * @vma: vma to purge page from
> + *
> + * Finds the pte for a page in a vma, marks the pte as purged
> + * and release the page.
> + */
> +static void try_to_purge_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> + struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
> + pte_t *pte;
> + pte_t pteval;
> + spinlock_t *ptl;
> + unsigned long addr;
> +
> + VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
> +
> + addr = vma_address(page, vma);
> + pte = page_check_address(page, mm, addr, &ptl, 0);
> + if (!pte)
> + return;
> +
> + BUG_ON(vma->vm_flags & (VM_SPECIAL|VM_LOCKED|VM_MIXEDMAP|VM_HUGETLB));
> +
> + flush_cache_page(vma, addr, page_to_pfn(page));
> + pteval = ptep_clear_flush(vma, addr, pte);
> +
> + update_hiwater_rss(mm);
> + if (PageAnon(page))
> + dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
> + else
> + dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_FILEPAGES);

We can add file-backed page part later when we move to suppport vrange-file.

> +
> + page_remove_rmap(page);
> + page_cache_release(page);
> +
> + set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, swp_entry_to_pte(make_purged_entry()));
> +
> + pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
> + mmu_notifier_invalidate_page(mm, addr);
> +}
> +
> +
> +/**
> + * try_to_purge_vpage - check vma chain and purge from vmas marked volatile
> + * @page: page to purge
> + *
> + * Goes over all the vmas that hold a page, and where the vmas are volatile,
> + * purge the page from the vma.
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
> + */
> +static int try_to_purge_vpage(struct page *page)
> +{
> + struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
> + struct anon_vma_chain *avc;
> + pgoff_t pgoff;
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> + anon_vma = page_lock_anon_vma_read(page);
> + if (!anon_vma)
> + return -1;
> +
> + pgoff = page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT);
> + /*
> + * During interating the loop, some processes could see a page as
> + * purged while others could see a page as not-purged because we have
> + * no global lock between parent and child for protecting mvolatile
> + * system call during this loop. But it's not a problem because the
> + * page is not *SHARED* page but *COW* page so parent and child can
> + * see other data anytime. The worst case by this race is a page was
> + * purged but couldn't be discarded so it makes unnecessary pagefault
> + * but it wouldn't be severe.
> + */
> + anon_vma_interval_tree_foreach(avc, &anon_vma->rb_root, pgoff, pgoff) {
> + struct vm_area_struct *vma = avc->vma;
> +
> + if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_VOLATILE)) {
> + ret = -1;
> + break;
> + }
> + try_to_purge_one(page, vma);
> + }
> + page_unlock_anon_vma_read(anon_vma);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +
> +/**
> + * purge_volatile_page - If possible, purge the specified volatile page
> + * @page: page to purge
> + *
> + * Attempts to purge a volatile page, and if needed frees the swap page
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
> + */
> +int purge_volatile_page(struct page *page)
> +{
> + VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
> + VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
> +
> + /* XXX - for now we only support anonymous volatile pages */
> + if (!PageAnon(page))
> + return -1;
> +
> + if (!try_to_purge_vpage(page)) {
> + if (PageSwapCache(page))
> + try_to_free_swap(page);
> +
> + if (page_freeze_refs(page, 1)) {
> + unlock_page(page);
> + return 0;
> + }
> + }
> + return -1;
> +}
> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index 9c3e773..efb5c61 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -728,6 +728,11 @@ int page_referenced_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> referenced++;
> }
> pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
> + if (vma->vm_flags & VM_VOLATILE) {
> + pra->mapcount = 0;
> + pra->vm_flags |= VM_VOLATILE;
> + return SWAP_FAIL;
> + }
> }
>
> if (referenced) {
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 3f56c8d..a267926 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
> #include <linux/sysctl.h>
> #include <linux/oom.h>
> #include <linux/prefetch.h>
> +#include <linux/mvolatile.h>
>
> #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
> #include <asm/div64.h>
> @@ -697,6 +698,7 @@ enum page_references {
> PAGEREF_RECLAIM,
> PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN,
> PAGEREF_KEEP,
> + PAGEREF_PURGE,
> PAGEREF_ACTIVATE,
> };
>
> @@ -717,6 +719,13 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
> if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
> return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
>
> + /*
> + * If volatile page is reached on LRU's tail, we discard the
> + * page without considering recycle the page.
> + */
> + if (vm_flags & VM_VOLATILE)
> + return PAGEREF_PURGE;
> +
> if (referenced_ptes) {
> if (PageSwapBacked(page))
> return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
> @@ -944,6 +953,9 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> switch (references) {
> case PAGEREF_ACTIVATE:
> goto activate_locked;
> + case PAGEREF_PURGE:
> + if (!purge_volatile_page(page))
> + goto free_it;
> case PAGEREF_KEEP:
> goto keep_locked;
> case PAGEREF_RECLAIM:
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim