[RFC PATCH 2/6] mm/gmem: add arch-independent abstraction to track address mapping status

Weixi Zhu
2023-11-28T12:50:58Z

This patch adds an abstraction layer, struct vm_object, that maintains
per-process virtual-to-physical mapping status stored in struct gm_mapping.
For example, a virtual page may be mapped to a CPU physical page or to a
device physical page. Struct vm_object effectively maintains an
arch-independent page table, which is defined as a "logical page table".
While arch-dependent page table used by a real MMU is named a "physical
page table". The logical page table is useful if Linux core MM is extended
to handle a unified virtual address space with external accelerators using
customized MMUs.

In this patch, struct vm_object utilizes a radix
tree (xarray) to track where a virtual page is mapped to. This adds extra
memory consumption from xarray, but provides a nice abstraction to isolate
mapping status from the machine-dependent layer (PTEs). Besides supporting
accelerators with external MMUs, struct vm_object is planned to further
union with i_pages in struct address_mapping for file-backed memory.

The idea of struct vm_object is originated from FreeBSD VM design, which
provides a unified abstraction for anonymous memory, file-backed memory,
page cache and etc[1].

Currently, Linux utilizes a set of hierarchical page walk functions to
abstract page table manipulations of different CPU architecture. The
problem happens when a device wants to reuse Linux MM code to manage its
page table -- the device page table may not be accessible to the CPU.
Existing solution like Linux HMM utilizes the MMU notifier mechanisms to
invoke device-specific MMU functions, but relies on encoding the mapping
status on the CPU page table entries. This entangles machine-independent
code with machine-dependent code, and also brings unnecessary restrictions.
The PTE size and format vary arch by arch, which harms the extensibility.

[1] https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/vm-design/

Signed-off-by: Weixi Zhu <weixi.zhu@huawei.com>
---
include/linux/gmem.h | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/mm_types.h | 4 +
mm/Makefile | 2 +-
mm/vm_object.c | 184 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 309 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 mm/vm_object.c

diff --git a/include/linux/gmem.h b/include/linux/gmem.h
index fff877873557..529ff6755a99 100644
--- a/include/linux/gmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/gmem.h
@@ -9,11 +9,131 @@
#ifndef _GMEM_H
#define _GMEM_H

+#include <linux/mm_types.h>
+
#ifdef CONFIG_GMEM
+
+#define GM_PAGE_CPU 0x10 /* Determines whether page is a pointer or a pfn number. */
+#define GM_PAGE_DEVICE 0x20
+#define GM_PAGE_NOMAP 0x40
+#define GM_PAGE_WILLNEED 0x80
+
+#define GM_PAGE_TYPE_MASK (GM_PAGE_CPU | GM_PAGE_DEVICE | GM_PAGE_NOMAP)
+
+struct gm_mapping {
+ unsigned int flag;
+
+ union {
+ struct page *page; /* CPU node */
+ struct gm_dev *dev; /* hetero-node. TODO: support multiple devices */
+ unsigned long pfn;
+ };
+
+ struct mutex lock;
+};
+
+static inline void gm_mapping_flags_set(struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping, int flags)
+{
+ if (flags & GM_PAGE_TYPE_MASK)
+ gm_mapping->flag &= ~GM_PAGE_TYPE_MASK;
+
+ gm_mapping->flag |= flags;
+}
+
+static inline void gm_mapping_flags_clear(struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping, int flags)
+{
+ gm_mapping->flag &= ~flags;
+}
+
+static inline bool gm_mapping_cpu(struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping)
+{
+ return !!(gm_mapping->flag & GM_PAGE_CPU);
+}
+
+static inline bool gm_mapping_device(struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping)
+{
+ return !!(gm_mapping->flag & GM_PAGE_DEVICE);
+}
+
+static inline bool gm_mapping_nomap(struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping)
+{
+ return !!(gm_mapping->flag & GM_PAGE_NOMAP);
+}
+
+static inline bool gm_mapping_willneed(struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping)
+{
+ return !!(gm_mapping->flag & GM_PAGE_WILLNEED);
+}
+
/* h-NUMA topology */
void __init hnuma_init(void);
+
+/* vm object */
+/*
+ * Each per-process vm_object tracks the mapping status of virtual pages from
+ * all VMAs mmap()-ed with MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_PEER_SHARED.
+ */
+struct vm_object {
+ spinlock_t lock;
+
+ /*
+ * The logical_page_table is a container that holds the mapping
+ * information between a VA and a struct page.
+ */
+ struct xarray *logical_page_table;
+ atomic_t nr_pages;
+};
+
+int __init vm_object_init(void);
+struct vm_object *vm_object_create(struct mm_struct *mm);
+void vm_object_drop_locked(struct mm_struct *mm);
+
+struct gm_mapping *alloc_gm_mapping(void);
+void free_gm_mappings(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+struct gm_mapping *vm_object_lookup(struct vm_object *obj, unsigned long va);
+void vm_object_mapping_create(struct vm_object *obj, unsigned long start);
+void unmap_gm_mappings_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
+ unsigned long end);
+void munmap_in_peer_devices(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
+ unsigned long end);
#else
static inline void hnuma_init(void) {}
+static inline void __init vm_object_init(void)
+{
+}
+static inline struct vm_object *vm_object_create(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ return NULL;
+}
+static inline void vm_object_drop_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+}
+static inline struct gm_mapping *alloc_gm_mapping(void)
+{
+ return NULL;
+}
+static inline void free_gm_mappings(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+}
+static inline struct gm_mapping *vm_object_lookup(struct vm_object *obj,
+ unsigned long va)
+{
+ return NULL;
+}
+static inline void vm_object_mapping_create(struct vm_object *obj,
+ unsigned long start)
+{
+}
+static inline void unmap_gm_mappings_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long start,
+ unsigned long end)
+{
+}
+static inline void munmap_in_peer_devices(struct mm_struct *mm,
+ unsigned long start,
+ unsigned long end)
+{
+}
#endif

#endif /* _GMEM_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 957ce38768b2..4e50dc019d75 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@

struct address_space;
struct mem_cgroup;
+struct vm_object;

/*
* Each physical page in the system has a struct page associated with
@@ -974,6 +975,9 @@ struct mm_struct {
#endif
} lru_gen;
#endif /* CONFIG_LRU_GEN */
+#ifdef CONFIG_GMEM
+ struct vm_object *vm_obj;
+#endif
} __randomize_layout;

/*
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index f48ea2eb4a44..d2dfab012c96 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -138,4 +138,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IO_MAPPING) += io-mapping.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE) += bootmem_info.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IOREMAP) += ioremap.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SHRINKER_DEBUG) += shrinker_debug.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_GMEM) += gmem.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_GMEM) += gmem.o vm_object.o
diff --git a/mm/vm_object.c b/mm/vm_object.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e76737e0ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/vm_object.c
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * arch/alpha/boot/bootp.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1997 Jay Estabrook
+ *
+ * This file is used for creating a bootp file for the Linux/AXP kernel
+ *
+ * based significantly on the arch/alpha/boot/main.c of Linus Torvalds
+ */
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/gmem.h>
+
+/*
+ * Sine VM_OBJECT maintains the logical page table under each VMA, and each VMA
+ * points to a VM_OBJECT. Ultimately VM_OBJECTs must be maintained as long as VMA
+ * gets changed: merge, split, adjust
+ */
+static struct kmem_cache *vm_object_cachep;
+static struct kmem_cache *gm_mapping_cachep;
+
+static inline void release_gm_mapping(struct gm_mapping *mapping)
+{
+ kmem_cache_free(gm_mapping_cachep, mapping);
+}
+
+static inline struct gm_mapping *lookup_gm_mapping(struct vm_object *obj,
+ unsigned long pindex)
+{
+ return xa_load(obj->logical_page_table, pindex);
+}
+
+int __init vm_object_init(void)
+{
+ vm_object_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(vm_object, 0);
+ if (!vm_object_cachep)
+ goto out;
+
+ gm_mapping_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(gm_mapping, 0);
+ if (!gm_mapping_cachep)
+ goto free_vm_object;
+
+ return 0;
+free_vm_object:
+ kmem_cache_destroy(vm_object_cachep);
+out:
+ return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create a VM_OBJECT and attach it to a mm_struct
+ * This should be called when a task_struct is created.
+ */
+struct vm_object *vm_object_create(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ struct vm_object *obj = kmem_cache_alloc(vm_object_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ if (!obj)
+ return NULL;
+
+ spin_lock_init(&obj->lock);
+
+ /*
+ * The logical page table maps va >> PAGE_SHIFT
+ * to pointers of struct gm_mapping.
+ */
+ obj->logical_page_table = kmalloc(sizeof(struct xarray), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!obj->logical_page_table) {
+ kmem_cache_free(vm_object_cachep, obj);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ xa_init(obj->logical_page_table);
+ atomic_set(&obj->nr_pages, 0);
+
+ return obj;
+}
+
+/* This should be called when a mm no longer refers to a VM_OBJECT */
+void vm_object_drop_locked(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ struct vm_object *obj = mm->vm_obj;
+
+ if (!obj)
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * We must enter this with VMA write-locked, which is unfortunately a
+ * giant lock.
+ */
+ mmap_assert_write_locked(mm);
+ mm->vm_obj = NULL;
+
+ xa_destroy(obj->logical_page_table);
+ kfree(obj->logical_page_table);
+ kmem_cache_free(vm_object_cachep, obj);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given a VA, the page_index is computed by
+ * page_index = address >> PAGE_SHIFT
+ */
+struct gm_mapping *vm_object_lookup(struct vm_object *obj, unsigned long va)
+{
+ return lookup_gm_mapping(obj, va >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vm_object_lookup);
+
+void vm_object_mapping_create(struct vm_object *obj, unsigned long start)
+{
+
+ unsigned long index = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping;
+
+ if (!obj)
+ return;
+
+ gm_mapping = alloc_gm_mapping();
+ if (!gm_mapping)
+ return;
+
+ __xa_store(obj->logical_page_table, index, gm_mapping, GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+
+/* gm_mapping will not be release dynamically */
+struct gm_mapping *alloc_gm_mapping(void)
+{
+ struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping = kmem_cache_zalloc(gm_mapping_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ if (!gm_mapping)
+ return NULL;
+
+ gm_mapping_flags_set(gm_mapping, GM_PAGE_NOMAP);
+ mutex_init(&gm_mapping->lock);
+
+ return gm_mapping;
+}
+
+/* This should be called when a PEER_SHAERD vma is freed */
+void free_gm_mappings(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping;
+ struct vm_object *obj;
+
+ obj = vma->vm_mm->vm_obj;
+ if (!obj)
+ return;
+
+ XA_STATE(xas, obj->logical_page_table, vma->vm_start >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ xa_lock(obj->logical_page_table);
+ xas_for_each(&xas, gm_mapping, vma->vm_end >> PAGE_SHIFT) {
+ release_gm_mapping(gm_mapping);
+ xas_store(&xas, NULL);
+ }
+ xa_unlock(obj->logical_page_table);
+}
+
+void unmap_gm_mappings_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
+ unsigned long end)
+{
+ struct xarray *logical_page_table;
+ struct gm_mapping *gm_mapping;
+ struct page *page = NULL;
+
+ if (!vma->vm_mm->vm_obj)
+ return;
+
+ logical_page_table = vma->vm_mm->vm_obj->logical_page_table;
+ if (!logical_page_table)
+ return;
+
+ XA_STATE(xas, logical_page_table, start >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ xa_lock(logical_page_table);
+ xas_for_each(&xas, gm_mapping, end >> PAGE_SHIFT) {
+ page = gm_mapping->page;
+ if (page && (page_ref_count(page) != 0)) {
+ put_page(page);
+ gm_mapping->page = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+ xa_unlock(logical_page_table);
+}
--
2.25.1