[PATCH V5 3/7] mm: Introduce VM_LOCKONFAULT

Eric B Munson
2015-07-24T21:29:21Z

The cost of faulting in all memory to be locked can be very high when
working with large mappings. If only portions of the mapping will be
used this can incur a high penalty for locking.

For the example of a large file, this is the usage pattern for a large
statical language model (probably applies to other statical or graphical
models as well). For the security example, any application transacting
in data that cannot be swapped out (credit card data, medical records,
etc).

This patch introduces the ability to request that pages are not
pre-faulted, but are placed on the unevictable LRU when they are finally
faulted in. The VM_LOCKONFAULT flag will be used together with
VM_LOCKED and has no effect when set without VM_LOCKED. Setting the
VM_LOCKONFAULT flag for a VMA will cause pages faulted into that VMA to
be added to the unevictable LRU when they are faulted or if they are
already present, but will not cause any missing pages to be faulted in.

Exposing this new lock state means that we cannot overload the meaning
of the FOLL_POPULATE flag any longer. Prior to this patch it was used
to mean that the VMA for a fault was locked. This means we need the
new FOLL_MLOCK flag to communicate the locked state of a VMA.
FOLL_POPULATE will now only control if the VMA should be populated and
in the case of VM_LOCKONFAULT, it will not be set.

Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@akamai.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vm.c | 8 +++++++-
fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 1 +
include/linux/mm.h | 2 ++
kernel/fork.c | 2 +-
mm/debug.c | 1 +
mm/gup.c | 10 ++++++++--
mm/huge_memory.c | 2 +-
mm/hugetlb.c | 4 ++--
mm/mlock.c | 2 +-
mm/mmap.c | 2 +-
mm/rmap.c | 4 ++--
11 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vm.c
index aab49ee..103a5f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vm.c
@@ -699,9 +699,15 @@ int drm_vma_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
(void *)(unsigned long)virt_to_phys(high_memory));

list_for_each_entry(pt, &dev->vmalist, head) {
+ char lock_flag = '-';
+
vma = pt->vma;
if (!vma)
continue;
+ if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKONFAULT)
+ lock_flag = 'f';
+ else if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
+ lock_flag = 'l';
seq_printf(m,
"\n%5d 0x%pK-0x%pK %c%c%c%c%c%c 0x%08lx000",
pt->pid,
@@ -710,7 +716,7 @@ int drm_vma_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE ? 'w' : '-',
vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC ? 'x' : '-',
vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE ? 's' : 'p',
- vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED ? 'l' : '-',
+ lock_flag,
vma->vm_flags & VM_IO ? 'i' : '-',
vma->vm_pgoff);

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index ca1e091..38d69fc 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ static void show_smap_vma_flags(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MPX
[ilog2(VM_MPX)] = "mp",
#endif
+ [ilog2(VM_LOCKONFAULT)] = "lf",
[ilog2(VM_LOCKED)] = "lo",
[ilog2(VM_IO)] = "io",
[ilog2(VM_SEQ_READ)] = "sr",
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 2e872f9..c2f3551 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
#define VM_PFNMAP 0x00000400 /* Page-ranges managed without "struct page", just pure PFN */
#define VM_DENYWRITE 0x00000800 /* ETXTBSY on write attempts.. */

+#define VM_LOCKONFAULT 0x00001000 /* Lock the pages covered when they are faulted in */
#define VM_LOCKED 0x00002000
#define VM_IO 0x00004000 /* Memory mapped I/O or similar */

@@ -2043,6 +2044,7 @@ static inline struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
#define FOLL_NUMA 0x200 /* force NUMA hinting page fault */
#define FOLL_MIGRATION 0x400 /* wait for page to replace migration entry */
#define FOLL_TRIED 0x800 /* a retry, previous pass started an IO */
+#define FOLL_MLOCK 0x1000 /* lock present pages */

typedef int (*pte_fn_t)(pte_t *pte, pgtable_t token, unsigned long addr,
void *data);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index dbd9b8d..a949228 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
tmp->vm_mm = mm;
if (anon_vma_fork(tmp, mpnt))
goto fail_nomem_anon_vma_fork;
- tmp->vm_flags &= ~VM_LOCKED;
+ tmp->vm_flags &= ~(VM_LOCKED | VM_LOCKONFAULT);
tmp->vm_next = tmp->vm_prev = NULL;
file = tmp->vm_file;
if (file) {
diff --git a/mm/debug.c b/mm/debug.c
index 76089dd..25176bb 100644
--- a/mm/debug.c
+++ b/mm/debug.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static const struct trace_print_flags vmaflags_names[] = {
{VM_GROWSDOWN, "growsdown" },
{VM_PFNMAP, "pfnmap" },
{VM_DENYWRITE, "denywrite" },
+ {VM_LOCKONFAULT, "lockonfault" },
{VM_LOCKED, "locked" },
{VM_IO, "io" },
{VM_SEQ_READ, "seqread" },
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 6297f6b..e632908 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ retry:
*/
mark_page_accessed(page);
}
- if ((flags & FOLL_POPULATE) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)) {
+ if ((flags & FOLL_MLOCK) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)) {
/*
* The preliminary mapping check is mainly to avoid the
* pointless overhead of lock_page on the ZERO_PAGE
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ static int faultin_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned int fault_flags = 0;
int ret;

+ /* mlock all present pages, but do not fault in new pages */
+ if ((*flags & (FOLL_POPULATE | FOLL_MLOCK)) == FOLL_MLOCK)
+ return -ENOENT;
/* For mm_populate(), just skip the stack guard page. */
if ((*flags & FOLL_POPULATE) &&
(stack_guard_page_start(vma, address) ||
@@ -850,7 +853,10 @@ long populate_vma_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
VM_BUG_ON_VMA(end > vma->vm_end, vma);
VM_BUG_ON_MM(!rwsem_is_locked(&mm->mmap_sem), mm);

- gup_flags = FOLL_TOUCH | FOLL_POPULATE;
+ gup_flags = FOLL_TOUCH | FOLL_MLOCK;
+ if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED | VM_LOCKONFAULT)) == VM_LOCKED)
+ gup_flags |= FOLL_POPULATE;
+
/*
* We want to touch writable mappings with a write fault in order
* to break COW, except for shared mappings because these don't COW
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index c107094..5e22d90 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ struct page *follow_trans_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
pmd, _pmd, 1))
update_mmu_cache_pmd(vma, addr, pmd);
}
- if ((flags & FOLL_POPULATE) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)) {
+ if ((flags & FOLL_MLOCK) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED )) {
if (page->mapping && trylock_page(page)) {
lru_add_drain();
if (page->mapping)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index a8c3087..82caa48 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3764,8 +3764,8 @@ static unsigned long page_table_shareable(struct vm_area_struct *svma,
unsigned long s_end = sbase + PUD_SIZE;

/* Allow segments to share if only one is marked locked */
- unsigned long vm_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~VM_LOCKED;
- unsigned long svm_flags = svma->vm_flags & ~VM_LOCKED;
+ unsigned long vm_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~(VM_LOCKED | VM_LOCKONFAULT);
+ unsigned long svm_flags = svma->vm_flags & ~(VM_LOCKED | VM_LOCKONFAULT);

/*
* match the virtual addresses, permission and the alignment of the
diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index c9c6a0f..e98bdd4 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static unsigned long __munlock_pagevec_fill(struct pagevec *pvec,
void munlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
- vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_LOCKED;
+ vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_LOCKED | VM_LOCKONFAULT);

while (start < end) {
struct page *page = NULL;
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index aa632ad..bdbefc3 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ out:
vma == get_gate_vma(current->mm)))
mm->locked_vm += (len >> PAGE_SHIFT);
else
- vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_LOCKED;
+ vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_LOCKED | VM_LOCKONFAULT);
}

if (file)
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 171b687..47c855a 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static int page_referenced_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,

if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
spin_unlock(ptl);
- pra->vm_flags |= VM_LOCKED;
+ pra->vm_flags |= (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED | VM_LOCKONFAULT));
return SWAP_FAIL; /* To break the loop */
}

@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ static int page_referenced_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,

if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
- pra->vm_flags |= VM_LOCKED;
+ pra->vm_flags |= (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED | VM_LOCKONFAULT));
return SWAP_FAIL; /* To break the loop */
}

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