[PATCH] mm: fix migration hangs on anon_vma lock

[Hugh Dickins]

Increased usage of page migration in mmotm reveals that the anon_vma
locking in unmap_and_move() has been deficient since 2.6.36 (or even
earlier).  Review at the time of f18194275c39835cb84563500995e0d503a32d9a
"mm: fix hang on anon_vma->root->lock" missed the issue here: the anon_vma
to which we get a reference may already have been freed back to its slab
(it is in use when we check page_mapped, but that can change), and so its
anon_vma->root may be switched at any moment by reuse in anon_vma_prepare.

Perhaps we could fix that with a get_anon_vma_unless_zero(), but let's not:
just rely on page_lock_anon_vma() to do all the hard thinking for us, then
we don't need any rcu read locking over here.

In removing the rcu_unlock label: since PageAnon is a bit in page->mapping,
it's impossible for a !page->mapping page to be anon; but insert VM_BUG_ON
in case the implementation ever changes.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx [2.6.37, 2.6.36]
---

 mm/migrate.c |   49 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

--- 2.6.37/mm/migrate.c	2011-01-04 16:50:19.000000000 -0800
+++ linux/mm/migrate.c	2011-01-10 17:23:39.000000000 -0800
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get
 	int *result = NULL;
 	struct page *newpage = get_new_page(page, private, &result);
 	int remap_swapcache = 1;
-	int rcu_locked = 0;
 	int charge = 0;
 	struct mem_cgroup *mem = NULL;
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
@@ -672,20 +671,27 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get
 	/*
 	 * By try_to_unmap(), page->mapcount goes down to 0 here. In this case,
 	 * we cannot notice that anon_vma is freed while we migrates a page.
-	 * This rcu_read_lock() delays freeing anon_vma pointer until the end
+	 * This get_anon_vma() delays freeing anon_vma pointer until the end
 	 * of migration. File cache pages are no problem because of page_lock()
 	 * File Caches may use write_page() or lock_page() in migration, then,
 	 * just care Anon page here.
 	 */
 	if (PageAnon(page)) {
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		rcu_locked = 1;
-
-		/* Determine how to safely use anon_vma */
-		if (!page_mapped(page)) {
-			if (!PageSwapCache(page))
-				goto rcu_unlock;
-
+		/*
+		 * Only page_lock_anon_vma() understands the subtleties of
+		 * getting a hold on an anon_vma from outside one of its mms.
+		 */
+		anon_vma = page_lock_anon_vma(page);
+		if (anon_vma) {
+			/*
+			 * Take a reference count on the anon_vma if the
+			 * page is mapped so that it is guaranteed to
+			 * exist when the page is remapped later
+			 */
+			get_anon_vma(anon_vma);
+			page_unlock_anon_vma(anon_vma);
+		}
+		else if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
 			/*
 			 * We cannot be sure that the anon_vma of an unmapped
 			 * swapcache page is safe to use because we don't
@@ -700,13 +706,7 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get
 			 */
 			remap_swapcache = 0;
 		} else {
-			/*
-			 * Take a reference count on the anon_vma if the
-			 * page is mapped so that it is guaranteed to
-			 * exist when the page is remapped later
-			 */
-			anon_vma = page_anon_vma(page);
-			get_anon_vma(anon_vma);
+			goto uncharge;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -723,16 +723,10 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get
 	 * free the metadata, so the page can be freed.
 	 */
 	if (!page->mapping) {
-		if (!PageAnon(page) && page_has_private(page)) {
-			/*
-			 * Go direct to try_to_free_buffers() here because
-			 * a) that's what try_to_release_page() would do anyway
-			 * b) we may be under rcu_read_lock() here, so we can't
-			 *    use GFP_KERNEL which is what try_to_release_page()
-			 *    needs to be effective.
-			 */
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageAnon(page));
+		if (page_has_private(page)) {
 			try_to_free_buffers(page);
-			goto rcu_unlock;
+			goto uncharge;
 		}
 		goto skip_unmap;
 	}
@@ -746,14 +740,11 @@ skip_unmap:
 
 	if (rc && remap_swapcache)
 		remove_migration_ptes(page, page);
-rcu_unlock:
 
 	/* Drop an anon_vma reference if we took one */
 	if (anon_vma)
 		drop_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 
-	if (rcu_locked)
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 uncharge:
 	if (!charge)
 		mem_cgroup_end_migration(mem, page, newpage);
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