[PATCH 1/1] mm: protect xa split stuff under lruvec->lru_lock during migration

From: zhaoyang.huang
Date: Tue Apr 16 2024 - 04:02:59 EST


From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Livelock in [1] is reported multitimes since v515, where the zero-ref
folio is repeatly found on the page cache by find_get_entry. A possible
timing sequence is proposed in [2], which can be described briefly as
the lockless xarray operation could get harmed by an illegal folio
remaining on the slot[offset]. This commit would like to protect
the xa split stuff(folio_ref_freeze and __split_huge_page) under
lruvec->lock to remove the race window.

[1]
[167789.800297] rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
[167726.780305] rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-7): P155
[167726.780319] (detected by 3, t=17256977 jiffies, g=19883597, q=2397394)
[167726.780325] task:kswapd0 state:R running task stack: 24 pid: 155 ppid: 2 flags:0x00000008
[167789.800308] rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-7): P155
[167789.800322] (detected by 3, t=17272732 jiffies, g=19883597, q=2397470)
[167789.800328] task:kswapd0 state:R running task stack: 24 pid: 155 ppid: 2 flags:0x00000008
[167789.800339] Call trace:
[167789.800342] dump_backtrace.cfi_jt+0x0/0x8
[167789.800355] show_stack+0x1c/0x2c
[167789.800363] sched_show_task+0x1ac/0x27c
[167789.800370] print_other_cpu_stall+0x314/0x4dc
[167789.800377] check_cpu_stall+0x1c4/0x36c
[167789.800382] rcu_sched_clock_irq+0xe8/0x388
[167789.800389] update_process_times+0xa0/0xe0
[167789.800396] tick_sched_timer+0x7c/0xd4
[167789.800404] __run_hrtimer+0xd8/0x30c
[167789.800408] hrtimer_interrupt+0x1e4/0x2d0
[167789.800414] arch_timer_handler_phys+0x5c/0xa0
[167789.800423] handle_percpu_devid_irq+0xbc/0x318
[167789.800430] handle_domain_irq+0x7c/0xf0
[167789.800437] gic_handle_irq+0x54/0x12c
[167789.800445] call_on_irq_stack+0x40/0x70
[167789.800451] do_interrupt_handler+0x44/0xa0
[167789.800457] el1_interrupt+0x34/0x64
[167789.800464] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x1c/0x2c
[167789.800470] el1h_64_irq+0x7c/0x80
[167789.800474] xas_find+0xb4/0x28c
[167789.800481] find_get_entry+0x3c/0x178
[167789.800487] find_lock_entries+0x98/0x2f8
[167789.800492] __invalidate_mapping_pages.llvm.3657204692649320853+0xc8/0x224
[167789.800500] invalidate_mapping_pages+0x18/0x28
[167789.800506] inode_lru_isolate+0x140/0x2a4
[167789.800512] __list_lru_walk_one+0xd8/0x204
[167789.800519] list_lru_walk_one+0x64/0x90
[167789.800524] prune_icache_sb+0x54/0xe0
[167789.800529] super_cache_scan+0x160/0x1ec
[167789.800535] do_shrink_slab+0x20c/0x5c0
[167789.800541] shrink_slab+0xf0/0x20c
[167789.800546] shrink_node_memcgs+0x98/0x320
[167789.800553] shrink_node+0xe8/0x45c
[167789.800557] balance_pgdat+0x464/0x814
[167789.800563] kswapd+0xfc/0x23c
[167789.800567] kthread+0x164/0x1c8
[167789.800573] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

[2]
Thread_isolate:
1. alloc_contig_range->isolate_migratepages_block isolate a certain of
pages to cc->migratepages via pfn
(folio has refcount: 1 + n (alloc_pages, page_cache))

2. alloc_contig_range->migrate_pages->folio_ref_freeze(folio, 1 +
extra_pins) set the folio->refcnt to 0

3. alloc_contig_range->migrate_pages->xas_split split the folios to
each slot as folio from slot[offset] to slot[offset + sibs]

4. alloc_contig_range->migrate_pages->__split_huge_page->folio_lruvec_lock
failed which have the folio be failed in setting refcnt to 2

5. Thread_kswapd enter the livelock by the chain below
rcu_read_lock();
retry:
find_get_entry
folio = xas_find
if(!folio_try_get_rcu)
xas_reset;
goto retry;
rcu_read_unlock();

5'. Thread_holdlock as the lruvec->lru_lock holder could be stalled in
the same core of Thread_kswapd.

Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 9859aa4f7553..418e8d03480a 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2891,7 +2891,7 @@ static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
{
struct folio *folio = page_folio(page);
struct page *head = &folio->page;
- struct lruvec *lruvec;
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = folio_lruvec(folio);
struct address_space *swap_cache = NULL;
unsigned long offset = 0;
int i, nr_dropped = 0;
@@ -2908,8 +2908,6 @@ static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
xa_lock(&swap_cache->i_pages);
}

- /* lock lru list/PageCompound, ref frozen by page_ref_freeze */
- lruvec = folio_lruvec_lock(folio);

ClearPageHasHWPoisoned(head);

@@ -2942,7 +2940,6 @@ static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,

folio_set_order(new_folio, new_order);
}
- unlock_page_lruvec(lruvec);
/* Caller disabled irqs, so they are still disabled here */

split_page_owner(head, order, new_order);
@@ -2961,7 +2958,6 @@ static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
folio_ref_add(folio, 1 + new_nr);
xa_unlock(&folio->mapping->i_pages);
}
- local_irq_enable();

if (nr_dropped)
shmem_uncharge(folio->mapping->host, nr_dropped);
@@ -3048,6 +3044,7 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list_to_order(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
int extra_pins, ret;
pgoff_t end;
bool is_hzp;
+ struct lruvec *lruvec;

VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_locked(folio), folio);
VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_large(folio), folio);
@@ -3159,6 +3156,14 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list_to_order(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,

/* block interrupt reentry in xa_lock and spinlock */
local_irq_disable();
+
+ /*
+ * take lruvec's lock before freeze the folio to prevent the folio
+ * remains in the page cache with refcnt == 0, which could lead to
+ * find_get_entry enters livelock by iterating the xarray.
+ */
+ lruvec = folio_lruvec_lock(folio);
+
if (mapping) {
/*
* Check if the folio is present in page cache.
@@ -3203,12 +3208,16 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list_to_order(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
}

__split_huge_page(page, list, end, new_order);
+ unlock_page_lruvec(lruvec);
+ local_irq_enable();
ret = 0;
} else {
spin_unlock(&ds_queue->split_queue_lock);
fail:
if (mapping)
xas_unlock(&xas);
+
+ unlock_page_lruvec(lruvec);
local_irq_enable();
remap_page(folio, folio_nr_pages(folio));
ret = -EAGAIN;
--
2.25.1