[RFC v2 07/10] mm: remove set_page_count()

From: Pasha Tatashin
Date: Tue Nov 16 2021 - 20:21:26 EST


set_page_count() is dangerous because it resets _refcount to an
arbitrary value. Instead we now initialize _refcount to 1 only once,
and the rest of the time we are using add/dec/cmpxchg to have a
contiguous track of the counter.

Remove set_page_count() and add new tracing hooks to page_ref_init().

Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/page_ref.h | 27 ++++++++-----------
include/trace/events/page_ref.h | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
mm/debug_page_ref.c | 8 +++---
3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page_ref.h b/include/linux/page_ref.h
index ff946d753df8..c7033f506d68 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_ref.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_ref.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/page-flags.h>
#include <linux/tracepoint-defs.h>

-DECLARE_TRACEPOINT(page_ref_set);
+DECLARE_TRACEPOINT(page_ref_init);
DECLARE_TRACEPOINT(page_ref_mod);
DECLARE_TRACEPOINT(page_ref_mod_and_test);
DECLARE_TRACEPOINT(page_ref_mod_and_return);
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DECLARE_TRACEPOINT(page_ref_unfreeze);
*/
#define page_ref_tracepoint_active(t) tracepoint_enabled(t)

-extern void __page_ref_set(struct page *page, int v);
+extern void __page_ref_init(struct page *page);
extern void __page_ref_mod(struct page *page, int v);
extern void __page_ref_mod_and_test(struct page *page, int v, int ret);
extern void __page_ref_mod_and_return(struct page *page, int v, int ret);
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ extern void __page_ref_unfreeze(struct page *page, int v);

#define page_ref_tracepoint_active(t) false

-static inline void __page_ref_set(struct page *page, int v)
+static inline void __page_ref_init(struct page *page)
{
}
static inline void __page_ref_mod(struct page *page, int v)
@@ -94,18 +94,6 @@ static inline int page_count(const struct page *page)
return folio_ref_count(page_folio(page));
}

-static inline void set_page_count(struct page *page, int v)
-{
- atomic_set(&page->_refcount, v);
- if (page_ref_tracepoint_active(page_ref_set))
- __page_ref_set(page, v);
-}
-
-static inline void folio_set_count(struct folio *folio, int v)
-{
- set_page_count(&folio->page, v);
-}
-
/*
* Setup the page refcount to one before being freed into the page allocator.
* The memory might not be initialized and therefore there cannot be any
@@ -116,7 +104,14 @@ static inline void folio_set_count(struct folio *folio, int v)
*/
static inline void page_ref_init(struct page *page)
{
- set_page_count(page, 1);
+ atomic_set(&page->_refcount, 1);
+ if (page_ref_tracepoint_active(page_ref_init))
+ __page_ref_init(page);
+}
+
+static inline void folio_ref_init(struct folio *folio)
+{
+ page_ref_init(&folio->page);
}

static inline int page_ref_add_return(struct page *page, int nr)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/page_ref.h b/include/trace/events/page_ref.h
index c32d6d161cdb..2b8e5a4df53b 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/page_ref.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/page_ref.h
@@ -10,6 +10,45 @@
#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
#include <trace/events/mmflags.h>

+DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(page_ref_init_template,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct page *page),
+
+ TP_ARGS(page),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(unsigned long, pfn)
+ __field(unsigned long, flags)
+ __field(int, count)
+ __field(int, mapcount)
+ __field(void *, mapping)
+ __field(int, mt)
+ __field(int, val)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
+ __entry->flags = page->flags;
+ __entry->count = page_ref_count(page);
+ __entry->mapcount = page_mapcount(page);
+ __entry->mapping = page->mapping;
+ __entry->mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("pfn=0x%lx flags=%s count=%d mapcount=%d mapping=%p mt=%d",
+ __entry->pfn,
+ show_page_flags(__entry->flags & PAGEFLAGS_MASK),
+ __entry->count,
+ __entry->mapcount, __entry->mapping, __entry->mt)
+);
+
+DEFINE_EVENT(page_ref_init_template, page_ref_init,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct page *page),
+
+ TP_ARGS(page)
+);
+
DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(page_ref_mod_template,

TP_PROTO(struct page *page, int v),
@@ -44,13 +83,6 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(page_ref_mod_template,
__entry->val)
);

-DEFINE_EVENT(page_ref_mod_template, page_ref_set,
-
- TP_PROTO(struct page *page, int v),
-
- TP_ARGS(page, v)
-);
-
DEFINE_EVENT(page_ref_mod_template, page_ref_mod,

TP_PROTO(struct page *page, int v),
diff --git a/mm/debug_page_ref.c b/mm/debug_page_ref.c
index 1426d6887b01..ad21abfec463 100644
--- a/mm/debug_page_ref.c
+++ b/mm/debug_page_ref.c
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include <trace/events/page_ref.h>

-void __page_ref_set(struct page *page, int v)
+void __page_ref_init(struct page *page)
{
- trace_page_ref_set(page, v);
+ trace_page_ref_init(page);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_ref_set);
-EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(page_ref_set);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_ref_init);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(page_ref_init);

void __page_ref_mod(struct page *page, int v)
{
--
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