[PATCH] mmu notifiers #v6

From: Andrea Arcangeli
Date: Wed Feb 20 2008 - 05:39:59 EST


Given Nick's comments I ported my version of the mmu notifiers to
latest mainline. There are no known bugs AFIK and it's obviously safe
(nothing is allowed to schedule inside rcu_read_lock taken by
mmu_notifier() with my patch).

XPMEM simply can't use RCU for the registration locking if it wants to
schedule inside the mmu notifier calls. So I guess it's better to add
the XPMEM invalidate_range_end/begin/external-rmap as a whole
different subsystem that will have to use a mutex (not RCU) to
serialize, and at the same time that CONFIG_XPMEM will also have to
switch the i_mmap_lock to a mutex. I doubt xpmem fits inside a
CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER anymore, or we'll all run a bit slower because of
it. It's really a call of how much we want to optimize the MMU
notifier, by keeping things like RCU for the registration.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
__young = ptep_test_and_clear_young(__vma, __address, __ptep); \
if (__young) \
flush_tlb_page(__vma, __address); \
+ __young |= mmu_notifier_age_page((__vma)->vm_mm, __address); \
__young; \
})
#endif
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ do { \
pte_t __pte; \
__pte = ptep_get_and_clear((__vma)->vm_mm, __address, __ptep); \
flush_tlb_page(__vma, __address); \
+ mmu_notifier(invalidate_page, (__vma)->vm_mm, __address); \
__pte; \
})
#endif
diff --git a/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h b/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h
--- a/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_clear_flush(str
{
pte_t pte = *ptep;
ptep_invalidate(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep);
+ mmu_notifier(invalidate_page, vma->vm_mm, address);
return pte;
}

diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/rbtree.h>
#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
#include <asm/page.h>
#include <asm/mmu.h>

@@ -228,6 +229,8 @@ struct mm_struct {
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT
struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup;
#endif
+
+ struct mmu_notifier_head mmu_notifier; /* MMU notifier list */
};

#endif /* _LINUX_MM_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_MMU_NOTIFIER_H
+#define _LINUX_MMU_NOTIFIER_H
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
+struct mmu_notifier;
+
+struct mmu_notifier_ops {
+ /*
+ * Called when nobody can register any more notifier in the mm
+ * and after the "mn" notifier has been disarmed already.
+ */
+ void (*release)(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
+ struct mm_struct *mm);
+
+ /*
+ * invalidate_page[s] is called in atomic context
+ * after any pte has been updated and before
+ * dropping the PT lock required to update any Linux pte.
+ * Once the PT lock will be released the pte will have its
+ * final value to export through the secondary MMU.
+ * Before this is invoked any secondary MMU is still ok
+ * to read/write to the page previously pointed by the
+ * Linux pte because the old page hasn't been freed yet.
+ * If required set_page_dirty has to be called internally
+ * to this method.
+ */
+ void (*invalidate_page)(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
+ struct mm_struct *mm,
+ unsigned long address);
+ void (*invalidate_pages)(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
+ struct mm_struct *mm,
+ unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
+
+ /*
+ * Age page is called in atomic context inside the PT lock
+ * right after the VM is test-and-clearing the young/accessed
+ * bitflag in the pte. This way the VM will provide proper aging
+ * to the accesses to the page through the secondary MMUs
+ * and not only to the ones through the Linux pte.
+ */
+ int (*age_page)(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
+ struct mm_struct *mm,
+ unsigned long address);
+};
+
+struct mmu_notifier {
+ struct hlist_node hlist;
+ const struct mmu_notifier_ops *ops;
+};
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER
+
+struct mmu_notifier_head {
+ struct hlist_head head;
+ spinlock_t lock;
+};
+
+#include <linux/mm_types.h>
+
+/*
+ * RCU is used to traverse the list. A quiescent period needs to pass
+ * before the notifier is guaranteed to be visible to all threads.
+ */
+extern void mmu_notifier_register(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
+ struct mm_struct *mm);
+/*
+ * RCU is used to traverse the list. A quiescent period needs to pass
+ * before the "struct mmu_notifier" can be freed. Alternatively it
+ * can be synchronously freed inside ->release when the list can't
+ * change anymore and nobody could possibly walk it.
+ */
+extern void mmu_notifier_unregister(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
+ struct mm_struct *mm);
+extern void mmu_notifier_release(struct mm_struct *mm);
+extern int mmu_notifier_age_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
+ unsigned long address);
+
+static inline void mmu_notifier_head_init(struct mmu_notifier_head *mnh)
+{
+ INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&mnh->head);
+ spin_lock_init(&mnh->lock);
+}
+
+#define mmu_notifier(function, mm, args...) \
+ do { \
+ struct mmu_notifier *__mn; \
+ struct hlist_node *__n; \
+ \
+ if (unlikely(!hlist_empty(&(mm)->mmu_notifier.head))) { \
+ rcu_read_lock(); \
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(__mn, __n, \
+ &(mm)->mmu_notifier.head, \
+ hlist) \
+ if (__mn->ops->function) \
+ __mn->ops->function(__mn, \
+ mm, \
+ args); \
+ rcu_read_unlock(); \
+ } \
+ } while (0)
+
+#else /* CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER */
+
+struct mmu_notifier_head {};
+
+#define mmu_notifier_register(mn, mm) do {} while(0)
+#define mmu_notifier_unregister(mn, mm) do {} while (0)
+#define mmu_notifier_release(mm) do {} while (0)
+#define mmu_notifier_age_page(mm, address) ({ 0; })
+#define mmu_notifier_head_init(mmh) do {} while (0)
+
+/*
+ * Notifiers that use the parameters that they were passed so that the
+ * compiler does not complain about unused variables but does proper
+ * parameter checks even if !CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER.
+ * Macros generate no code.
+ */
+#define mmu_notifier(function, mm, args...) \
+ do { \
+ if (0) { \
+ struct mmu_notifier *__mn; \
+ \
+ __mn = (struct mmu_notifier *)(0x00ff); \
+ __mn->ops->function(__mn, mm, args); \
+ }; \
+ } while (0)
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER */
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_MMU_NOTIFIER_H */
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ static struct mm_struct * mm_init(struct

if (likely(!mm_alloc_pgd(mm))) {
mm->def_flags = 0;
+ mmu_notifier_head_init(&mm->mmu_notifier);
return mm;
}

diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -193,3 +193,7 @@ config VIRT_TO_BUS
config VIRT_TO_BUS
def_bool y
depends on !ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS
+
+config MMU_NOTIFIER
+ def_bool y
+ bool "MMU notifier, for paging KVM/RDMA"
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += allocpercpu.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += allocpercpu.o
obj-$(CONFIG_QUICKLIST) += quicklist.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT) += memcontrol.o
-
+obj-$(CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER) += mmu_notifier.o
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct vm_ar
if (pte_none(pte))
continue;

+ mmu_notifier(invalidate_page, mm, address);
page = pte_page(pte);
if (pte_dirty(pte))
set_page_dirty(page);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ static int copy_pte_range(struct mm_stru
spinlock_t *src_ptl, *dst_ptl;
int progress = 0;
int rss[2];
+ unsigned long start;

again:
rss[1] = rss[0] = 0;
@@ -515,6 +516,7 @@ again:
spin_lock_nested(src_ptl, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();

+ start = addr;
do {
/*
* We are holding two locks at this point - either of them
@@ -535,6 +537,8 @@ again:
} while (dst_pte++, src_pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);

arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
+ if (is_cow_mapping(vma->vm_flags))
+ mmu_notifier(invalidate_pages, vma->vm_mm, start, addr);
spin_unlock(src_ptl);
pte_unmap_nested(src_pte - 1);
add_mm_rss(dst_mm, rss[0], rss[1]);
@@ -670,6 +674,7 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struc
}
ptent = ptep_get_and_clear_full(mm, addr, pte,
tlb->fullmm);
+ mmu_notifier(invalidate_page, mm, addr);
tlb_remove_tlb_entry(tlb, pte, addr);
if (unlikely(!page))
continue;
@@ -1269,6 +1274,7 @@ static int remap_pte_range(struct mm_str
{
pte_t *pte;
spinlock_t *ptl;
+ unsigned long start = addr;

pte = pte_alloc_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
if (!pte)
@@ -1280,6 +1286,7 @@ static int remap_pte_range(struct mm_str
pfn++;
} while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
+ mmu_notifier(invalidate_pages, mm, start, addr);
pte_unmap_unlock(pte - 1, ptl);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2048,6 +2048,7 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
vm_unacct_memory(nr_accounted);
free_pgtables(&tlb, vma, FIRST_USER_ADDRESS, 0);
tlb_finish_mmu(tlb, 0, end);
+ mmu_notifier_release(mm);

/*
* Walk the list again, actually closing and freeing it,
diff --git a/mm/mmu_notifier.c b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * linux/mm/mmu_notifier.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Qumranet, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 SGI
+ * Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2. See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+
+/*
+ * No synchronization. This function can only be called when only a single
+ * process remains that performs teardown.
+ */
+void mmu_notifier_release(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ struct mmu_notifier *mn;
+ struct hlist_node *n, *tmp;
+
+ if (unlikely(!hlist_empty(&mm->mmu_notifier.head))) {
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(mn, n, tmp,
+ &mm->mmu_notifier.head, hlist) {
+ hlist_del(&mn->hlist);
+ if (mn->ops->release)
+ mn->ops->release(mn, mm);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * If no young bitflag is supported by the hardware, ->age_page can
+ * unmap the address and return 1 or 0 depending if the mapping previously
+ * existed or not.
+ */
+int mmu_notifier_age_page(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
+{
+ struct mmu_notifier *mn;
+ struct hlist_node *n;
+ int young = 0;
+
+ if (unlikely(!hlist_empty(&mm->mmu_notifier.head))) {
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(mn, n,
+ &mm->mmu_notifier.head, hlist) {
+ if (mn->ops->age_page)
+ young |= mn->ops->age_page(mn, mm, address);
+ }
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ }
+
+ return young;
+}
+
+void mmu_notifier_register(struct mmu_notifier *mn, struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ spin_lock(&mm->mmu_notifier.lock);
+ hlist_add_head_rcu(&mn->hlist, &mm->mmu_notifier.head);
+ spin_unlock(&mm->mmu_notifier.lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mmu_notifier_register);
+
+void mmu_notifier_unregister(struct mmu_notifier *mn, struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ spin_lock(&mm->mmu_notifier.lock);
+ hlist_del_rcu(&mn->hlist);
+ spin_unlock(&mm->mmu_notifier.lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mmu_notifier_unregister);
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static void change_pte_range(struct mm_s
{
pte_t *pte, oldpte;
spinlock_t *ptl;
+ unsigned long start = addr;

pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ static void change_pte_range(struct mm_s

} while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
+ mmu_notifier(invalidate_pages, mm, start, addr);
pte_unmap_unlock(pte - 1, ptl);
}

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