Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] mm: userfaultfd: add new UFFDIO_POISON ioctl

[Peter Xu]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 09:09:19AM -0700, James Houghton wrote:
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/swapops.h b/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > index 4c932cb45e0b..8259fee32421 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/swapops.h
> > > @@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ typedef unsigned long pte_marker;
> > >
> > >  #define  PTE_MARKER_UFFD_WP                  BIT(0)
> > >  #define  PTE_MARKER_SWAPIN_ERROR             BIT(1)
> > > -#define  PTE_MARKER_MASK                     (BIT(2) - 1)
> > > +#define  PTE_MARKER_UFFD_POISON                      BIT(2)
> >
> > One more tab.
> >
> > Though I remembered the last time we discussed IIRC we plan to rename
> > SWAPIN_ERROR and reuse it, could you explain why a new bit is still needed?
> >
> > I think I commented this but I'll do it again: IIUC any existing host
> > swapin errors for guest pages should be reported as MCE too, afaict,
> > happened in kvm context.
> 
> I think swapin errors are treated differently than poison. Swapin
> errors get VM_FAULT_SIGBUS, and poison gets VM_FAULT_HWPOISON, so
> UFFDIO_POISON should also get VM_FAULT_HWPOISON (so that's what Axel
> has implemented). And I think that needs a separate PTE marker.

My question was, should we also make SWAPIN_ERROR return VM_FAULT_HWPOISON
always?

Just to recap from what I already commented above - if a guest page got
error in swapin due to block sector failures, it should be treated as
VM_FAULT_HWPOISON too, IMHO.  IOW, I think current SWAPIN_ERROR is wrong
when in kvm context and we should fix it first.

> 
> >
> > > +#define  PTE_MARKER_MASK                     (BIT(3) - 1)
> > >
> > >  static inline swp_entry_t make_pte_marker_entry(pte_marker marker)
> > >  {
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
> > > index ac7b0c96d351..ac8c6854097c 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
> > > @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum mfill_atomic_mode {
> > >       MFILL_ATOMIC_COPY,
> > >       MFILL_ATOMIC_ZEROPAGE,
> > >       MFILL_ATOMIC_CONTINUE,
> > > +     MFILL_ATOMIC_POISON,
> > >       NR_MFILL_ATOMIC_MODES,
> > >  };
> > >
> > > @@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ extern ssize_t mfill_atomic_zeropage(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
> > >  extern ssize_t mfill_atomic_continue(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, unsigned long dst_start,
> > >                                    unsigned long len, atomic_t *mmap_changing,
> > >                                    uffd_flags_t flags);
> > > +extern ssize_t mfill_atomic_poison(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, unsigned long start,
> > > +                                unsigned long len, atomic_t *mmap_changing,
> > > +                                uffd_flags_t flags);
> > >  extern int mwriteprotect_range(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
> > >                              unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
> > >                              bool enable_wp, atomic_t *mmap_changing);
> > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
> > > index 66dd4cd277bd..62151706c5a3 100644
> > > --- a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
> > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
> > > @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
> > >                          UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM |           \
> > >                          UFFD_FEATURE_EXACT_ADDRESS |         \
> > >                          UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM |    \
> > > -                        UFFD_FEATURE_WP_UNPOPULATED)
> > > +                        UFFD_FEATURE_WP_UNPOPULATED |        \
> > > +                        UFFD_FEATURE_POISON)
> > >  #define UFFD_API_IOCTLS                              \
> > >       ((__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_REGISTER |         \
> > >        (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_UNREGISTER |       \
> > > @@ -49,12 +50,14 @@
> > >        (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_COPY |             \
> > >        (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_ZEROPAGE |         \
> > >        (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT |     \
> > > -      (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_CONTINUE)
> > > +      (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_CONTINUE |         \
> > > +      (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_POISON)
> > >  #define UFFD_API_RANGE_IOCTLS_BASIC          \
> > >       ((__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_WAKE |             \
> > >        (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_COPY |             \
> > > +      (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT |     \
> > >        (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_CONTINUE |         \
> > > -      (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_WRITEPROTECT)
> > > +      (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_POISON)
> >
> > May not be a large deal, but it's still better to declare the feature &
> > ioctls after all things implemented.  Maybe make these few lines
> > (UFFD_API*, and the new feature bit) as the last patch to enable the
> > feature?
> 
> I agree. Another option would be to have a separate feature for
> UFFDIO_POISON for hugetlb, but I don't think we should do that. :)

Yeah let's make the features "memory-type-free" if possible. :)

Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu