Re: [PATCH v7 2/3] mm/arm64: override clear_young_dirty_ptes() batch helper

From: Ryan Roberts
Date: Tue Apr 16 2024 - 12:30:44 EST


On 16/04/2024 04:34, Lance Yang wrote:
> The per-pte get_and_clear/modify/set approach would result in
> unfolding/refolding for contpte mappings on arm64. So we need
> to override clear_young_dirty_ptes() for arm64 to avoid it.
>
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Barry Song <21cnbao@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lance Yang <ioworker0@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 84 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
> index 9fd8613b2db2..1303d30287dc 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
> @@ -1223,6 +1223,46 @@ static inline void __wrprotect_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
> __ptep_set_wrprotect(mm, address, ptep);
> }
>
> +static inline void __clear_young_dirty_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
> + pte_t pte, cydp_t flags)
> +{
> + pte_t old_pte;
> +
> + do {
> + old_pte = pte;
> +
> + if (flags & CYDP_CLEAR_YOUNG)
> + pte = pte_mkold(pte);
> + if (flags & CYDP_CLEAR_DIRTY)
> + pte = pte_mkclean(pte);
> +
> + pte_val(pte) = cmpxchg_relaxed(&pte_val(*ptep),
> + pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
> + } while (pte_val(pte) != pte_val(old_pte));
> +}
> +
> +static inline void __clear_young_dirty_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
> + unsigned int nr, cydp_t flags)
> +{
> + pte_t pte;
> +
> + for (;;) {
> + pte = __ptep_get(ptep);
> +
> + if (flags == (CYDP_CLEAR_YOUNG | CYDP_CLEAR_DIRTY))
> + __set_pte(ptep, pte_mkclean(pte_mkold(pte)));
> + else
> + __clear_young_dirty_pte(vma, addr, ptep, pte, flags);
> +
> + if (--nr == 0)
> + break;
> + ptep++;
> + addr += PAGE_SIZE;
> + }
> +}
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> #define __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_SET_WRPROTECT
> static inline void pmdp_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm,
> @@ -1379,6 +1419,9 @@ extern void contpte_wrprotect_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> extern int contpte_ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
> pte_t entry, int dirty);
> +extern void contpte_clear_young_dirty_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
> + unsigned int nr, cydp_t flags);
>
> static __always_inline void contpte_try_fold(struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
> @@ -1603,6 +1646,17 @@ static inline int ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> return contpte_ptep_set_access_flags(vma, addr, ptep, entry, dirty);
> }
>
> +#define clear_young_dirty_ptes clear_young_dirty_ptes
> +static inline void clear_young_dirty_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
> + unsigned int nr, cydp_t flags)
> +{
> + if (likely(nr == 1 && !pte_cont(__ptep_get(ptep))))
> + __clear_young_dirty_ptes(vma, addr, ptep, nr, flags);
> + else
> + contpte_clear_young_dirty_ptes(vma, addr, ptep, nr, flags);
> +}
> +
> #else /* CONFIG_ARM64_CONTPTE */
>
> #define ptep_get __ptep_get
> @@ -1622,6 +1676,7 @@ static inline int ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> #define wrprotect_ptes __wrprotect_ptes
> #define __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_SET_ACCESS_FLAGS
> #define ptep_set_access_flags __ptep_set_access_flags
> +#define clear_young_dirty_ptes __clear_young_dirty_ptes
>
> #endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_CONTPTE */
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c b/arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c
> index 1b64b4c3f8bf..9f9486de0004 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c
> @@ -361,6 +361,35 @@ void contpte_wrprotect_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(contpte_wrprotect_ptes);
>
> +void contpte_clear_young_dirty_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
> + unsigned int nr, cydp_t flags)
> +{
> + /*
> + * We can safely clear access/dirty without needing to unfold from
> + * the architectures perspective, even when contpte is set. If the
> + * range starts or ends midway through a contpte block, we can just
> + * expand to include the full contpte block. While this is not
> + * exactly what the core-mm asked for, it tracks access/dirty per
> + * folio, not per page. And since we only create a contpte block
> + * when it is covered by a single folio, we can get away with
> + * clearing access/dirty for the whole block.
> + */
> + unsigned long start = addr;
> + unsigned long end = start + nr;
> +
> + if (pte_cont(__ptep_get(ptep + nr - 1)))
> + end = ALIGN(end, CONT_PTE_SIZE);
> +
> + if (pte_cont(__ptep_get(ptep))) {
> + start = ALIGN_DOWN(start, CONT_PTE_SIZE);
> + ptep = contpte_align_down(ptep);
> + }
> +
> + __clear_young_dirty_ptes(vma, start, ptep, end - start, flags);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(contpte_clear_young_dirty_ptes);
> +
> int contpte_ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
> pte_t entry, int dirty)