[RFC v2 04/10] mm: remove set_page_count() from page_frag_alloc_align

From: Pasha Tatashin
Date: Tue Nov 16 2021 - 20:21:25 EST


set_page_count() unconditionally resets the value of _ref_count and that
is dangerous, as it is not programmatically verified. Instead we rely on
comments like: "OK, page count is 0, we can safely set it".

Add a new refcount function: page_ref_add_return() to return the new
refcount value after adding to it. Use the return value to verify that
the _ref_count was indeed the expected one.

Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/page_ref.h | 11 +++++++++++
mm/page_alloc.c | 6 ++++--
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page_ref.h b/include/linux/page_ref.h
index f3c61dc6344a..27880aca2e2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_ref.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_ref.h
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ static inline void init_page_count(struct page *page)
set_page_count(page, 1);
}

+static inline int page_ref_add_return(struct page *page, int nr)
+{
+ int old_val = atomic_fetch_add(nr, &page->_refcount);
+ int new_val = old_val + nr;
+
+ VM_BUG_ON_PAGE((unsigned int)new_val < (unsigned int)old_val, page);
+ if (page_ref_tracepoint_active(page_ref_mod_and_return))
+ __page_ref_mod_and_return(page, nr, new_val);
+ return new_val;
+}
+
static inline void page_ref_add(struct page *page, int nr)
{
int old_val = atomic_fetch_add(nr, &page->_refcount);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index c5952749ad40..e8e88111028a 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5516,6 +5516,7 @@ void *page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int size = PAGE_SIZE;
struct page *page;
int offset;
+ int refcnt;

if (unlikely(!nc->va)) {
refill:
@@ -5554,8 +5555,9 @@ void *page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
/* if size can vary use size else just use PAGE_SIZE */
size = nc->size;
#endif
- /* OK, page count is 0, we can safely set it */
- set_page_count(page, PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE + 1);
+ /* page count is 0, set it to PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE + 1 */
+ refcnt = page_ref_add_return(page, PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE + 1);
+ VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(refcnt != PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE + 1, page);

/* reset page count bias and offset to start of new frag */
nc->pagecnt_bias = PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE + 1;
--
2.34.0.rc1.387.gb447b232ab-goog