[PATCH v2 01/32] mm: use pmdp_get_lockless() without surplus barrier()

Hugh Dickins
2023-06-09T01:07:10Z

Use pmdp_get_lockless() in preference to READ_ONCE(*pmdp), to get a more
reliable result with PAE (or READ_ONCE as before without PAE); and remove
the unnecessary extra barrier()s which got left behind in its callers.

HOWEVER: Note the small print in linux/pgtable.h, where it was designed
specifically for fast GUP, and depends on interrupts being disabled for
its full guarantee: most callers which have been added (here and before)
do NOT have interrupts disabled, so there is still some need for caution.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Acked-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Acked-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
---
fs/userfaultfd.c | 10 +---------
include/linux/pgtable.h | 17 -----------------
mm/gup.c | 6 +-----
mm/hmm.c | 2 +-
mm/khugepaged.c | 5 -----
mm/ksm.c | 3 +--
mm/memory.c | 14 ++------------
mm/mprotect.c | 5 -----
mm/page_vma_mapped.c | 2 +-
9 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 0fd96d6e39ce..f7a0817b1ec0 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -349,15 +349,7 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
if (!pud_present(*pud))
goto out;
pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address);
- /*
- * READ_ONCE must function as a barrier with narrower scope
- * and it must be equivalent to:
- * _pmd = *pmd; barrier();
- *
- * This is to deal with the instability (as in
- * pmd_trans_unstable) of the pmd.
- */
- _pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmd);
+ _pmd = pmdp_get_lockless(pmd);
if (pmd_none(_pmd))
goto out;

diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index c5a51481bbb9..8ec27fe69dc8 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -1344,23 +1344,6 @@ static inline int pud_trans_unstable(pud_t *pud)
static inline int pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad(pmd_t *pmd)
{
pmd_t pmdval = pmdp_get_lockless(pmd);
- /*
- * The barrier will stabilize the pmdval in a register or on
- * the stack so that it will stop changing under the code.
- *
- * When CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y on x86 32bit PAE,
- * pmdp_get_lockless is allowed to return a not atomic pmdval
- * (for example pointing to an hugepage that has never been
- * mapped in the pmd). The below checks will only care about
- * the low part of the pmd with 32bit PAE x86 anyway, with the
- * exception of pmd_none(). So the important thing is that if
- * the low part of the pmd is found null, the high part will
- * be also null or the pmd_none() check below would be
- * confused.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
- barrier();
-#endif
/*
* !pmd_present() checks for pmd migration entries
*
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index bbe416236593..3bd5d3854c51 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -653,11 +653,7 @@ static struct page *follow_pmd_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;

pmd = pmd_offset(pudp, address);
- /*
- * The READ_ONCE() will stabilize the pmdval in a register or
- * on the stack so that it will stop changing under the code.
- */
- pmdval = READ_ONCE(*pmd);
+ pmdval = pmdp_get_lockless(pmd);
if (pmd_none(pmdval))
return no_page_table(vma, flags);
if (!pmd_present(pmdval))
diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index 6a151c09de5e..e23043345615 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int hmm_vma_walk_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp,
pmd_t pmd;

again:
- pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
+ pmd = pmdp_get_lockless(pmdp);
if (pmd_none(pmd))
return hmm_vma_walk_hole(start, end, -1, walk);

diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 6b9d39d65b73..732f9ac393fc 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -961,11 +961,6 @@ static int find_pmd_or_thp_or_none(struct mm_struct *mm,
return SCAN_PMD_NULL;

pmde = pmdp_get_lockless(*pmd);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
- /* See comments in pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad() */
- barrier();
-#endif
if (pmd_none(pmde))
return SCAN_PMD_NONE;
if (!pmd_present(pmde))
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 0156bded3a66..df2aa281d49d 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -1194,8 +1194,7 @@ static int replace_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
* without holding anon_vma lock for write. So when looking for a
* genuine pmde (in which to find pte), test present and !THP together.
*/
- pmde = *pmd;
- barrier();
+ pmde = pmdp_get_lockless(pmd);
if (!pmd_present(pmde) || pmd_trans_huge(pmde))
goto out;

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index f69fbc251198..2eb54c0d5d3c 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4925,18 +4925,9 @@ static vm_fault_t handle_pte_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
* So now it's safe to run pte_offset_map().
*/
vmf->pte = pte_offset_map(vmf->pmd, vmf->address);
- vmf->orig_pte = *vmf->pte;
+ vmf->orig_pte = ptep_get_lockless(vmf->pte);
vmf->flags |= FAULT_FLAG_ORIG_PTE_VALID;

- /*
- * some architectures can have larger ptes than wordsize,
- * e.g.ppc44x-defconfig has CONFIG_PTE_64BIT=y and
- * CONFIG_32BIT=y, so READ_ONCE cannot guarantee atomic
- * accesses. The code below just needs a consistent view
- * for the ifs and we later double check anyway with the
- * ptl lock held. So here a barrier will do.
- */
- barrier();
if (pte_none(vmf->orig_pte)) {
pte_unmap(vmf->pte);
vmf->pte = NULL;
@@ -5060,9 +5051,8 @@ static vm_fault_t __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
return ret;
} else {
- vmf.orig_pmd = *vmf.pmd;
+ vmf.orig_pmd = pmdp_get_lockless(vmf.pmd);

- barrier();
if (unlikely(is_swap_pmd(vmf.orig_pmd))) {
VM_BUG_ON(thp_migration_supported() &&
!is_pmd_migration_entry(vmf.orig_pmd));
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 92d3d3ca390a..c5a13c0f1017 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -309,11 +309,6 @@ static inline int pmd_none_or_clear_bad_unless_trans_huge(pmd_t *pmd)
{
pmd_t pmdval = pmdp_get_lockless(pmd);

- /* See pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad for info on barrier */
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
- barrier();
-#endif
-
if (pmd_none(pmdval))
return 1;
if (pmd_trans_huge(pmdval))
diff --git a/mm/page_vma_mapped.c b/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
index 4e448cfbc6ef..64aff6718bdb 100644
--- a/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
+++ b/mm/page_vma_mapped.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ bool page_vma_mapped_walk(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw)
* compiler and used as a stale value after we've observed a
* subsequent update.
*/
- pmde = READ_ONCE(*pvmw->pmd);
+ pmde = pmdp_get_lockless(pvmw->pmd);

if (pmd_trans_huge(pmde) || is_pmd_migration_entry(pmde) ||
(pmd_present(pmde) && pmd_devmap(pmde))) {
--
2.35.3