- 06 Apr, 2023 40 commits
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Lorenzo Stoakes authored
For the time being we still use a bounce buffer for vread(), however in the next patch we will convert this to interact directly with the iterator and eliminate the bounce buffer altogether. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ebe12c8d70eebd71f487d80095605f3ad0d1489c.1679511146.git.lstoakes@gmail.comSigned-off-by:
Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> Reviewed-by:
David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Reviewed-by:
Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Liu Shixin <liushixin2@huawei.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Lorenzo Stoakes authored
Patch series "convert read_kcore(), vread() to use iterators", v8. While reviewing Baoquan's recent changes to permit vread() access to vm_map_ram regions of vmalloc allocations, Willy pointed out [1] that it would be nice to refactor vread() as a whole, since its only user is read_kcore() and the existing form of vread() necessitates the use of a bounce buffer. This patch series does exactly that, as well as adjusting how we read the kernel text section to avoid the use of a bounce buffer in this case as well. This has been tested against the test case which motivated Baoquan's changes in the first place [2] which continues to function correctly, as do the vmalloc self tests. This patch (of 4): Commit df04abfd ("fs/proc/kcore.c: Add bounce buffer for ktext data") introduced the use of a bounce buffer to retrieve kernel text data for /proc/kcore in order to avoid failures arising from hardened user copies enabled by CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY in check_kernel_text_object(). We can avoid doing this if instead of copy_to_user() we use _copy_to_user() which bypasses the hardening check. This is more efficient than using a bounce buffer and simplifies the code. We do so as part an overall effort to eliminate bounce buffer usage in the function with an eye to converting it an iterator read. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1679566220.git.lstoakes@gmail.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y8WfDSRkc%2FOHP3oD@casper.infradead.org/ [1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87ilk6gos2.fsf@oracle.com/T/#u [2] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/fd39b0bfa7edc76d360def7d034baaee71d90158.1679511146.git.lstoakes@gmail.comSigned-off-by:
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Kirill A. Shutemov authored
Normal page init path frees pages during the boot in MAX_ORDER chunks, but deferred page init path does it in pageblock blocks. Change deferred page init path to work in MAX_ORDER blocks. For cases when MAX_ORDER is larger than pageblock, set migrate type to MIGRATE_MOVABLE for all pageblocks covered by the page. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321002415.20843-1-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.comSigned-off-by:
Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by:
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Acked-by:
Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> Acked-by:
Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
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Lorenzo Stoakes authored
This function no longer exists, however the prot != vma->vm_page_prot case discussion has been retained and moved to vmf_insert_pfn_prot() so refer to this instead. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/db403b3622b94a87bd93528cc1d6b44ae88adcdd.1678661628.git.lstoakes@gmail.comSigned-off-by:
Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com> Cc: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> Cc: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Signed-off-by:
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Lorenzo Stoakes authored
This functionality's sole user, the drm ttm module, removed support for it in commit 0d979509 ("drm/ttm: remove ttm_bo_vm_insert_huge()") as the whole approach is currently unworkable without a PMD/PUD special bit and updates to GUP. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/604c2ad79659d4b8a6e3e1611c6219d5d3233988.1678661628.git.lstoakes@gmail.comSigned-off-by:
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Lorenzo Stoakes authored
Patch series "Remove drm/ttm-specific mm changes". Functionality was added specifically for the DRM TTM driver to support mapping memory for VM_MIXEDMAP VMAs with customised protection flags, however this has now been rolled back as issues were found with this approach. This series removes the mm changes too, retaining some of the useful comments. This patch (of 3): The sole user of vmf_insert_mixed_prot(), the drm ttm module, stopped using this in commit f91142c6 ("drm/ttm: nuke VM_MIXEDMAP on BO mappings v3") citing use of VM_MIXEDMAP in this case being terribly broken. Remove this now-dead code and references to it, but retain the useful description of the prot != vma->vm_page_prot case, moving it to vmf_insert_pfn_prot() instead. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1678661628.git.lstoakes@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/a069644388e6f1593a7020d15840e6fc9f39bcaf.1678661628.git.lstoakes@gmail.comSigned-off-by:
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Tomas Mudrunka authored
Currently the memtest results were only presented in dmesg. When running a large fleet of devices without ECC RAM it's currently not easy to do bulk monitoring for memory corruption. You have to parse dmesg, but that's a ring buffer so the error might disappear after some time. In general I do not consider dmesg to be a great API to query RAM status. In several companies I've seen such errors remain undetected and cause issues for way too long. So I think it makes sense to provide a monitoring API, so that we can safely detect and act upon them. This adds /proc/meminfo entry which can be easily used by scripts. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321103430.7130-1-tomas.mudrunka@gmail.comSigned-off-by:
Tomas Mudrunka <tomas.mudrunka@gmail.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
and add mm/mm_init.c to memblock entry in MAINTAINERS Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-15-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
vmalloc_init() is called only from mm_core_init(), there is no need to declare it in include/linux/vmalloc.h Move vmalloc_init() declaration to mm/internal.h Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-14-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
kmem_cache_init() is called only from mm_core_init(), there is no need to declare it in include/linux/slab.h Move kmem_cache_init() declaration to mm/slab.h Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-13-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
mem_init_print_info() is only called from mm_core_init(). Move it close to the caller and make it static. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-12-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
When deferred initialization of struct pages is enabled, page_ext_init() must be called after all the deferred initialization is done, but there is no point to keep it a separate call from kernel_init_freeable() right after page_alloc_init_late(). Fold the call to page_ext_init() into page_alloc_init_late() and localize deferred_struct_pages variable. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-11-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
init_mem_debugging_and_hardening() is only called from mm_core_init(). Move it close to the caller, make it static and rename it to mem_debugging_and_hardening_init() for consistency with surrounding convention. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-10-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
and drop pgtable_init() as it has no real value and its name is misleading. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-9-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
Make mm_init() a part of mm/ codebase. mm_core_init() better describes what the function does and does not clash with mm_init() in kernel/fork.c Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-8-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
Both build_all_zonelists() and page_alloc_init_cpuhp() must be called after SMP setup is complete but before the page allocator is set up. Still, they both are a part of memory management initialization, so move them to mm_init(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-7-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
The page_alloc_init() name is really misleading because all this function does is sets up CPU hotplug callbacks for the page allocator. Rename it to page_alloc_init_cpuhp() so that name will reflect what the function does. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-6-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
The hashdist variable must be initialized before the first call to alloc_large_system_hash() and free_area_init() looks like a better place for it than page_alloc_init(). Move hashdist handling to mm/mm_init.c Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-5-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
The bulk of memory management initialization code is spread all over mm/page_alloc.c and makes navigating through page allocator functionality difficult. Move most of the functions marked __init and __meminit to mm/mm_init.c to make it better localized and allow some more spare room before mm/page_alloc.c reaches 10k lines. No functional changes. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-4-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
Instead of duplicating long static_branch_enabled(&check_pages_enabled) wrap it in a helper function is_check_pages_enabled() Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-3-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
Patch series "mm: move core MM initialization to mm/mm_init.c", v2. This set moves most of the core MM initialization to mm/mm_init.c. This largely includes free_area_init() and its helpers, functions used at boot time, mm_init() from init/main.c and some of the functions it calls. Aside from gaining some more space before mm/page_alloc.c hits 10k lines, this makes mm/page_alloc.c to be mostly about buddy allocator and moves the init code out of the way, which IMO improves maintainability. Besides, this allows to move a couple of declarations out of include/linux and make them private to mm/. And as an added bonus there a slight decrease in vmlinux size. For tinyconfig and defconfig on x86 I've got tinyconfig: text data bss dec hex filename 853206 289376 1200128 2342710 23bf36 a/vmlinux 853198 289344 1200128 2342670 23bf0e b/vmlinux defconfig: text data bss dec hex filename 26152959 9730634 2170884 38054477 244aa4d a/vmlinux 26152945 9730602 2170884 38054431 244aa1f b/vmlinux This patch (of 14): Comment about fixrange_init() says that its called from pgtable_init() while the actual caller is pagetabe_init(). Update comment to match the code. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-1-rppt@kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321170513.2401534-2-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:Philippe Mathieu-Daud <philmd@linaro.org> Reviewed-by:
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Lorenzo Stoakes authored
I have recently been involved in both reviewing and submitting patches to the vmalloc code in mm and would be willing and happy to help out with review going forward if it would be helpful! Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/55f663af6100c84a71a0065ac0ed22463aa340de.1679421959.git.lstoakes@gmail.comSigned-off-by:
Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Signed-off-by:
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Mike Rapoport (IBM) authored
The get_page_from_free_area() helper is only used in mm/page_alloc.c so move it there to reduce noise in include/linux/mmzone.h Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230319114214.2133332-1-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by:
Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Signed-off-by:
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Lorenzo Stoakes authored
All use of this value is now at page granularity, so specify the variable as such too. This simplifies the logic. We maintain the debugfs entry to ensure that there are no user-visible changes. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/4995bad07fe9baa51c786fa0d81819dddfb57654.1679089214.git.lstoakes@gmail.comSigned-off-by:
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Lorenzo Stoakes authored
Patch series "Refactor do_fault_around()" Refactor do_fault_around() to avoid bitwise tricks and rather difficult to follow logic. Additionally, prefer fault_around_pages to fault_around_bytes as the operations are performed at a base page granularity. This patch (of 2): The existing logic is confusing and fails to abstract a number of bitwise tricks. Use ALIGN_DOWN() to perform alignment, pte_index() to obtain a PTE index and represent the address range using PTE offsets, which naturally make it clear that the operation is intended to occur within only a single PTE and prevent spanning of more than one page table. We rely on the fact that fault_around_bytes will always be page-aligned, at least one page in size, a power of two and that it will not exceed PAGE_SIZE * PTRS_PER_PTE in size (i.e. the address space mapped by a PTE). These are all guaranteed by fault_around_bytes_set(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1679089214.git.lstoakes@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/d125db1c3665a63b80cea29d56407825482e2262.1679089214.git.lstoakes@gmail.comSigned-off-by:
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Baolin Wang authored
When trying to isolate a migratable pageblock, it can contain several normal pages or several hugetlb pages (e.g. CONT-PTE 64K hugetlb on arm64) in a pageblock. That means we may hold the lru lock of a normal page to continue to isolate the next hugetlb page by isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page() in the same migratable pageblock. However in the isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(), it may allocate a new hugetlb page and dissolve the old one by alloc_and_dissolve_hugetlb_folio() if the hugetlb's refcount is zero. That means we can still enter the direct compaction path to allocate a new hugetlb page under the current lru lock, which may cause possible deadlock. To avoid this possible deadlock, we should release the lru lock when trying to isolate a hugetbl page. Moreover it does not make sense to take the lru lock to isolate a hugetlb, which is not in the lru list. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/7ab3bffebe59fb419234a68dec1e4572a2518563.1678962352.git.baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com Fixes: 369fa227 ("mm: make alloc_contig_range handle free hugetlb pages") Signed-off-by:
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com> Reviewed-by:
Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Acked-by:
Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de> Cc: William Lam <william.lam@bytedance.com> Signed-off-by:
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Baolin Wang authored
commit b717d6b9 ("mm: compaction: include compound page count for scanning in pageblock isolation") added compound page statistics for scanning in pageblock isolation, to make sure the number of scanned pages is always larger than the number of isolated pages when isolating mirgratable or free pageblock. However, when failing to isolate the pages when scanning the migratable or free pageblocks, the isolation failure path did not consider the scanning statistics of the compound pages, which result in showing the incorrect number of scanned pages in tracepoints or in vmstats which will confuse people about the page scanning pressure in memory compaction. Thus we should take into account the number of scanning pages when failing to isolate the compound pages to make the statistics accurate. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/73d6250a90707649cc010731aedc27f946d722ed.1678962352.git.baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.comSigned-off-by:
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Vlastimil Babka authored
This effectively reverts d014cd7c ("mm, mremap: fix mremap() expanding for vma's with vm_ops->close()"). After the recent changes, vma_merge() is able to handle the expansion properly even when the vma being expanded has a vm_ops->close operation, so we don't need to special case it anymore. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-11-vbabka@suse.czSigned-off-by:
Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Signed-off-by:
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Vlastimil Babka authored
Since pre-git times, is_mergeable_vma() returns false for a vma with vm_ops->close, so that no owner assumptions are violated in case the vma is removed as part of the merge. This check is currently very conservative and can prevent merging even situations where vma can't be removed, such as simple expansion of previous vma, as evidenced by commit d014cd7c ("mm, mremap: fix mremap() expanding for vma's with vm_ops->close()") In order to allow more merging when appropriate and simplify the code that was made more complex by commit d014cd7c, start distinguishing cases where the vma can be really removed, and allow merging with vm_ops->close otherwise. As a first step, add a may_remove_vma parameter to is_mergeable_vma(). can_vma_merge_before() sets it to true, because when called from vma_merge(), a removal of the vma is possible. In can_vma_merge_after(), pass the parameter as false, because no removal can occur in each of its callers: - vma_merge() calls it on the 'prev' vma, which is never removed - mmap_region() and do_brk_flags() call it to determine if it can expand a vma, which is not removed As a result, vma's with vm_ops->close may now merge with compatible ranges in more situations than previously. We can also revert commit d014cd7c as the next step to simplify mremap code again. [vbabka@suse.cz: adjust comment as suggested by Lorenzo] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/74f2ea6c-f1a9-6dd7-260c-25e660f42379@suse.cz Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-10-vbabka@suse.czSigned-off-by:
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Vlastimil Babka authored
The comments already mention returning 'true' so make the code match them. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-9-vbabka@suse.czSigned-off-by:
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Vlastimil Babka authored
The variable 'adj_next' holds the value by which we adjust vm_start of a vma in variable 'adjust', that's either 'next' or 'mid', so the current name is inaccurate. Rename it to 'adj_start'. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-8-vbabka@suse.czSigned-off-by:
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Vlastimil Babka authored
There are several places where we test if 'mid' is really the area NNNN in the diagram and the tests have two variants and are non-obvious to follow. Instead, set 'mid' to NULL up-front if it's not the NNNN area, and simplify the tests. Also update the description in comment accordingly. [vbabka@suse.cz: adjust/add comments as suggested by Lorenzo] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/def43190-53f7-a607-d1b0-b657565f4288@suse.cz Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-7-vbabka@suse.czSigned-off-by:
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Vlastimil Babka authored
It is more intuitive to go from prev to mid and then next. No functional change. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-6-vbabka@suse.czSigned-off-by:
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Vlastimil Babka authored
Almost all cases now use the 'next' pointer for the vma following the merged area, and the cases diagram shows it as XXXX. Case 4 is different as it uses 'mid' and NNNN, so change it for consistency. No functional change. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-5-vbabka@suse.czSigned-off-by:
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Vlastimil Babka authored
Case 1 is now shown in the comment as next vma being merged with prev, so use 'next' instead of 'mid'. In case 1 they both point to the same vma. As a consequence, in case 6, the dup_anon_vma() is now tried first on 'next' and then on 'mid', before it was the opposite order. This is not a functional change, as those two vma's cannnot have a different anon_vma, as that would have prevented the merging in the first place. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-4-vbabka@suse.czSigned-off-by:
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Vlastimil Babka authored
In case 3 we we use 'next' for everything but vma_pgoff. So use 'next' for that as well, instead of 'mid', for consistency. Then in case 8 we have to use 'mid' explicitly, which should also make the intent more obvious. Adjust the diagram for cases 1-3 in the comment to match the code - we are using 'next' for case 3 so mark the range with XXXX instead of NNNN. For case 2 that's a no-op as the code doesn't touch 'next' or 'mid'. For case 1 it's now wrong but that will be fixed next. No functional change. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-3-vbabka@suse.czSigned-off-by:
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Vlastimil Babka authored
Patch series "cleanup vma_merge() and improve mergeability tests". My initial goal here was to try making the check for vm_ops->close in is_mergeable_vma() only be applied for vma's that would be truly removed as part of the merge (see Patch 9). This would then allow reverting the quick fix d014cd7c ("mm, mremap: fix mremap() expanding for vma's with vm_ops->close()"). This was successful enough to allow the revert (Patch 10). Checks using can_vma_merge_before() are still pessimistic about possible vma removal, and making them precise would probably complicate the vma_merge() code too much. Liam's 6.3-rc1 simplification of vma_merge() and removal of __vma_adjust() was very much helpful in understanding the vma_merge() implementation and especially when vma removals can happen, which is now very obvious. While studing the code, I've found ways to make it hopefully even more easy to follow, so that's the patches 1-8. That made me also notice a bug that's now already fixed in 6.3-rc1. This patch (of 10): In the merging preparation part of vma_merge(), some vma pointer variables are assigned for later execution of the merge, but also read from in the block itself. The code is easier follow and check against the cases diagram in the comment if the code reads only from the "primary" vma variables prev, mid, next instead. No functional change. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-1-vbabka@suse.cz Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-2-vbabka@suse.czSigned-off-by:
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Axel Rasmussen authored
UFFDIO_COPY already has UFFDIO_COPY_MODE_WP, so when installing a new PTE to resolve a missing fault, one can install a write-protected one. This is useful when using UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_{MISSING,WP} in combination. This was motivated by testing HugeTLB HGM [1], and in particular its interaction with userfaultfd features. Existing userfaultfd code supports using WP and MINOR modes together (i.e. you can register an area with both enabled), but without this CONTINUE flag the combination is in practice unusable. So, add an analogous UFFDIO_CONTINUE_MODE_WP, which does the same thing as UFFDIO_COPY_MODE_WP, but for *minor* faults. Update the selftest to do some very basic exercising of the new flag. Update Documentation/ to describe how these flags are used (neither the COPY nor the new CONTINUE versions of this mode flag were described there before). [1]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mm/cover/20230218002819.1486479-1-jthoughton@google.com/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230314221250.682452-5-axelrasmussen@google.comSigned-off-by:Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com> Acked-by:
Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> Acked-by:
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Axel Rasmussen authored
Many userfaultfd ioctl functions take both a 'mode' and a 'wp_copy' argument. In future commits we plan to plumb the flags through to more places, so we'd be proliferating the very long argument list even further. Let's take the time to simplify the argument list. Combine the two arguments into one - and generalize, so when we add more flags in the future, it doesn't imply more function arguments. Since the modes (copy, zeropage, continue) are mutually exclusive, store them as an integer value (0, 1, 2) in the low bits. Place combine-able flag bits in the high bits. This is quite similar to an earlier patch proposed by Nadav Amit ("userfaultfd: introduce uffd_flags" [1]). The main difference is that patch only handled flags, whereas this patch *also* combines the "mode" argument into the same type to shorten the argument list. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220619233449.181323-2-namit@vmware.com/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230314221250.682452-4-axelrasmussen@google.comSigned-off-by:James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com> Acked-by:
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Axel Rasmussen authored
Quite a few userfaultfd functions took both mm and vma pointers as arguments. Since the mm is trivially accessible via vma->vm_mm, there's no reason to pass both; it just needlessly extends the already long argument list. Get rid of the mm pointer, where possible, to shorten the argument list. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230314221250.682452-3-axelrasmussen@google.comSigned-off-by:
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