Re: [RFC PATCH v2 11/47] hugetlb: add hugetlb_pmd_alloc and hugetlb_pte_alloc

[Mike Kravetz]

On 10/21/22 16:36, James Houghton wrote:
> These functions are used to allocate new PTEs below the hstate PTE. This
> will be used by hugetlb_walk_step, which implements stepping forwards in
> a HugeTLB high-granularity page table walk.
> 
> The reasons that we don't use the standard pmd_alloc/pte_alloc*
> functions are:
>  1) This prevents us from accidentally overwriting swap entries or
>     attempting to use swap entries as present non-leaf PTEs (see
>     pmd_alloc(); we assume that !pte_none means pte_present and
>     non-leaf).
>  2) Locking hugetlb PTEs can different than regular PTEs. (Although, as
>     implemented right now, locking is the same.)
>  3) We can maintain compatibility with CONFIG_HIGHPTE. That is, HugeTLB
>     HGM won't use HIGHPTE, but the kernel can still be built with it,
>     and other mm code will use it.
> 
> When GENERAL_HUGETLB supports P4D-based hugepages, we will need to
> implement hugetlb_pud_alloc to implement hugetlb_walk_step.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/hugetlb.h |  5 +++
>  mm/hugetlb.c            | 94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 99 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> index d30322108b34..003255b0e40f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> @@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ void hugetlb_pte_copy(struct hugetlb_pte *dest, const struct hugetlb_pte *src)
>  
>  bool hugetlb_pte_present_leaf(const struct hugetlb_pte *hpte, pte_t pte);
>  
> +pmd_t *hugetlb_pmd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
> +		unsigned long addr);
> +pte_t *hugetlb_pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
> +		unsigned long addr);
> +
>  struct hugepage_subpool {
>  	spinlock_t lock;
>  	long count;
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index a0e46d35dabc..e3733388adee 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -341,6 +341,100 @@ static bool has_same_uncharge_info(struct file_region *rg,
>  #endif
>  }
>  
> +pmd_t *hugetlb_pmd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
> +		unsigned long addr)

A little confused as there are no users yet ... Is hpte the 'hstate PTE'
that we are trying to allocate ptes under?  For example, in the case of
a hugetlb_pmd_alloc caller hpte would be a PUD or CONT_PMD size pte?

> +{
> +	spinlock_t *ptl = hugetlb_pte_lockptr(mm, hpte);
> +	pmd_t *new;
> +	pud_t *pudp;
> +	pud_t pud;
> +
> +	if (hpte->level != HUGETLB_LEVEL_PUD)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);

Ah yes, it is PUD level.  However, I guess CONT_PMD would also be valid
on arm64?

> +
> +	pudp = (pud_t *)hpte->ptep;
> +retry:
> +	pud = *pudp;

We might want to consider a READ_ONCE here.  I am not an expert on such
things, but recall a similar as pointed out in the now obsolete commit
27ceae9833843.

-- 
Mike Kravetz

> +	if (likely(pud_present(pud)))
> +		return unlikely(pud_leaf(pud))
> +			? ERR_PTR(-EEXIST)
> +			: pmd_offset(pudp, addr);
> +	else if (!huge_pte_none(huge_ptep_get(hpte->ptep)))
> +		/*
> +		 * Not present and not none means that a swap entry lives here,
> +		 * and we can't get rid of it.
> +		 */
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
> +
> +	new = pmd_alloc_one(mm, addr);
> +	if (!new)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +
> +	spin_lock(ptl);
> +	if (!pud_same(pud, *pudp)) {
> +		spin_unlock(ptl);
> +		pmd_free(mm, new);
> +		goto retry;
> +	}
> +
> +	mm_inc_nr_pmds(mm);
> +	smp_wmb(); /* See comment in pmd_install() */
> +	pud_populate(mm, pudp, new);
> +	spin_unlock(ptl);
> +	return pmd_offset(pudp, addr);
> +}
> +
> +pte_t *hugetlb_pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
> +		unsigned long addr)
> +{
> +	spinlock_t *ptl = hugetlb_pte_lockptr(mm, hpte);
> +	pgtable_t new;
> +	pmd_t *pmdp;
> +	pmd_t pmd;
> +
> +	if (hpte->level != HUGETLB_LEVEL_PMD)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +
> +	pmdp = (pmd_t *)hpte->ptep;
> +retry:
> +	pmd = *pmdp;
> +	if (likely(pmd_present(pmd)))
> +		return unlikely(pmd_leaf(pmd))
> +			? ERR_PTR(-EEXIST)
> +			: pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, addr);
> +	else if (!huge_pte_none(huge_ptep_get(hpte->ptep)))
> +		/*
> +		 * Not present and not none means that a swap entry lives here,
> +		 * and we can't get rid of it.
> +		 */
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * With CONFIG_HIGHPTE, calling `pte_alloc_one` directly may result
> +	 * in page tables being allocated in high memory, needing a kmap to
> +	 * access. Instead, we call __pte_alloc_one directly with
> +	 * GFP_PGTABLE_USER to prevent these PTEs being allocated in high
> +	 * memory.
> +	 */
> +	new = __pte_alloc_one(mm, GFP_PGTABLE_USER);
> +	if (!new)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +
> +	spin_lock(ptl);
> +	if (!pmd_same(pmd, *pmdp)) {
> +		spin_unlock(ptl);
> +		pgtable_pte_page_dtor(new);
> +		__free_page(new);
> +		goto retry;
> +	}
> +
> +	mm_inc_nr_ptes(mm);
> +	smp_wmb(); /* See comment in pmd_install() */
> +	pmd_populate(mm, pmdp, new);
> +	spin_unlock(ptl);
> +	return pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, addr);
> +}
> +
>  static void coalesce_file_region(struct resv_map *resv, struct file_region *rg)
>  {
>  	struct file_region *nrg, *prg;
> -- 
> 2.38.0.135.g90850a2211-goog
>