Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] mm: handle userfaults under VMA lock
From: Suren Baghdasaryan
Date: Wed Jun 28 2023 - 03:56:26 EST
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 12:18 AM Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Enable handle_userfault to operate under VMA lock by releasing VMA lock
> instead of mmap_lock and retrying. Note that FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT
> should never be used when handling faults under per-VMA lock protection
> because that would break the assumption that lock is dropped on retry.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/userfaultfd.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> include/linux/mm.h | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/filemap.c | 8 --------
> mm/memory.c | 9 ---------
> 4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
> index 4e800bb7d2ab..d019e7df6f15 100644
> --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
> +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
> @@ -277,17 +277,16 @@ static inline struct uffd_msg userfault_msg(unsigned long address,
> * hugepmd ranges.
> */
> static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> - struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> - unsigned long address,
> - unsigned long flags,
> - unsigned long reason)
> + struct vm_fault *vmf,
> + unsigned long reason)
> {
> + struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
> pte_t *ptep, pte;
> bool ret = true;
>
> - mmap_assert_locked(ctx->mm);
> + assert_fault_locked(ctx->mm, vmf);
>
> - ptep = hugetlb_walk(vma, address, vma_mmu_pagesize(vma));
> + ptep = hugetlb_walk(vma, vmf->address, vma_mmu_pagesize(vma));
> if (!ptep)
> goto out;
>
> @@ -308,10 +307,8 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> }
> #else
> static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> - struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> - unsigned long address,
> - unsigned long flags,
> - unsigned long reason)
> + struct vm_fault *vmf,
> + unsigned long reason)
> {
> return false; /* should never get here */
> }
> @@ -325,11 +322,11 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> * threads.
> */
> static inline bool userfaultfd_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> - unsigned long address,
> - unsigned long flags,
> + struct vm_fault *vmf,
> unsigned long reason)
> {
> struct mm_struct *mm = ctx->mm;
> + unsigned long address = vmf->address;
> pgd_t *pgd;
> p4d_t *p4d;
> pud_t *pud;
> @@ -337,7 +334,7 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
> pte_t *pte;
> bool ret = true;
>
> - mmap_assert_locked(mm);
> + assert_fault_locked(mm, vmf);
>
> pgd = pgd_offset(mm, address);
> if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
> @@ -445,7 +442,7 @@ vm_fault_t handle_userfault(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long reason)
> * Coredumping runs without mmap_lock so we can only check that
> * the mmap_lock is held, if PF_DUMPCORE was not set.
> */
> - mmap_assert_locked(mm);
> + assert_fault_locked(mm, vmf);
>
> ctx = vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx;
> if (!ctx)
> @@ -522,8 +519,11 @@ vm_fault_t handle_userfault(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long reason)
> * and wait.
> */
> ret = VM_FAULT_RETRY;
> - if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)
> + if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT) {
> + /* Per-VMA lock is expected to be dropped on VM_FAULT_RETRY */
> + BUG_ON(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT);
Sorry, this should have been:
+ BUG_ON(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK);
> goto out;
> + }
>
> /* take the reference before dropping the mmap_lock */
> userfaultfd_ctx_get(ctx);
> @@ -561,15 +561,12 @@ vm_fault_t handle_userfault(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long reason)
> spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->fault_pending_wqh.lock);
>
> if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> - must_wait = userfaultfd_must_wait(ctx, vmf->address, vmf->flags,
> - reason);
> + must_wait = userfaultfd_must_wait(ctx, vmf, reason);
> else
> - must_wait = userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(ctx, vma,
> - vmf->address,
> - vmf->flags, reason);
> + must_wait = userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(ctx, vmf, reason);
> if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(vma);
> - mmap_read_unlock(mm);
> + release_fault_lock(vmf);
>
> if (likely(must_wait && !READ_ONCE(ctx->released))) {
> wake_up_poll(&ctx->fd_wqh, EPOLLIN);
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index fec149585985..70bb2f923e33 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -705,6 +705,17 @@ static inline bool vma_try_start_write(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> return true;
> }
>
> +static inline void vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> + int mm_lock_seq;
> +
> + if (__is_vma_write_locked(vma, &mm_lock_seq))
> + return;
> +
> + lockdep_assert_held(&vma->vm_lock->lock);
> + VM_BUG_ON_VMA(!rwsem_is_locked(&vma->vm_lock->lock), vma);
> +}
> +
> static inline void vma_assert_write_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> {
> int mm_lock_seq;
> @@ -723,6 +734,23 @@ static inline void vma_mark_detached(struct vm_area_struct *vma, bool detached)
> struct vm_area_struct *lock_vma_under_rcu(struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long address);
>
> +static inline
> +void assert_fault_locked(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_fault *vmf)
> +{
> + if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK)
> + vma_assert_locked(vmf->vma);
> + else
> + mmap_assert_locked(mm);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void release_fault_lock(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> +{
> + if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK)
> + vma_end_read(vmf->vma);
> + else
> + mmap_read_unlock(vmf->vma->vm_mm);
> +}
> +
> #else /* CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK */
>
> static inline void vma_init_lock(struct vm_area_struct *vma) {}
> @@ -736,6 +764,17 @@ static inline void vma_assert_write_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma) {}
> static inline void vma_mark_detached(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> bool detached) {}
>
> +static inline
> +void assert_fault_locked(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_fault *vmf)
> +{
> + mmap_assert_locked(mm);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void release_fault_lock(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> +{
> + mmap_read_unlock(vmf->vma->vm_mm);
> +}
> +
> #endif /* CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK */
>
> /*
> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index 7ee078e1a0d2..d4d8f474e0c5 100644
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -1699,14 +1699,6 @@ static int __folio_lock_async(struct folio *folio, struct wait_page_queue *wait)
> return ret;
> }
>
> -static void release_fault_lock(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> -{
> - if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK)
> - vma_end_read(vmf->vma);
> - else
> - mmap_read_unlock(vmf->vma->vm_mm);
> -}
> -
> /*
> * Return values:
> * 0 - folio is locked.
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 76c7907e7286..c6c759922f39 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -5294,15 +5294,6 @@ struct vm_area_struct *lock_vma_under_rcu(struct mm_struct *mm,
> if (!vma_start_read(vma))
> goto inval;
>
> - /*
> - * Due to the possibility of userfault handler dropping mmap_lock, avoid
> - * it for now and fall back to page fault handling under mmap_lock.
> - */
> - if (userfaultfd_armed(vma)) {
> - vma_end_read(vma);
> - goto inval;
> - }
> -
> /* Check since vm_start/vm_end might change before we lock the VMA */
> if (unlikely(address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end)) {
> vma_end_read(vma);
> --
> 2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog
>