[PATCHv3 1/2] mm: introduce vm_ops->map_pages()

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Thu Feb 27 2014 - 14:54:03 EST


The patch introduces new vm_ops callback ->map_pages() and uses it for
mapping easy accessible pages around fault address.

On read page fault, if filesystem provides ->map_pages(), we try to map
up to FAULT_AROUND_PAGES pages around page fault address in hope to
reduce number of minor page faults.

We call ->map_pages first and use ->fault() as fallback if page by the
offset is not ready to be mapped (cold page cache or something).

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 10 ++++++
include/linux/mm.h | 8 +++++
mm/memory.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 5b0c083d7c0e..767930f04a12 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ locking rules:
open: yes
close: yes
fault: yes can return with page locked
+map_pages: yes
page_mkwrite: yes can return with page locked
access: yes

@@ -536,6 +537,15 @@ the page, then ensure it is not already truncated (the page lock will block
subsequent truncate), and then return with VM_FAULT_LOCKED, and the page
locked. The VM will unlock the page.

+ ->map_pages() is called when VM asks to map easy accessible pages.
+Filesystem should find and map pages associated with offsets from "pgoff"
+till "max_pgoff". ->map_pages() is called with page table locked and must
+not block. If it's not possible to reach a page without blocking,
+filesystem should skip it. Filesystem should use do_set_pte() to setup
+page table entry. Pointer to entry associated with offset "pgoff" is
+passed in "pte" field in vm_fault structure. Pointers to entries for other
+offsets should be calculated relative to "pte".
+
->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only pte is
about to become writeable. The filesystem again must ensure that there are
no truncate/invalidate races, and then return with the page locked. If
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index f28f46eade6a..aed92cb17127 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ struct vm_fault {
* is set (which is also implied by
* VM_FAULT_ERROR).
*/
+ /* for ->map_pages() only */
+ pgoff_t max_pgoff; /* map pages for offset from pgoff till
+ * max_pgoff inclusive */
+ pte_t *pte; /* pte entry associated with ->pgoff */
};

/*
@@ -221,6 +225,7 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
void (*open)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
int (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf);
+ void (*map_pages)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf);

/* notification that a previously read-only page is about to become
* writable, if an error is returned it will cause a SIGBUS */
@@ -571,6 +576,9 @@ static inline pte_t maybe_mkwrite(pte_t pte, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
pte = pte_mkwrite(pte);
return pte;
}
+
+void do_set_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+ struct page *page, pte_t *pte, bool write, bool anon);
#endif

/*
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 7f52c46ef1e1..3f17a60e817f 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3318,7 +3318,8 @@ static int __do_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
return ret;
}

-static void do_set_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+
+void do_set_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
struct page *page, pte_t *pte, bool write, bool anon)
{
pte_t entry;
@@ -3342,6 +3343,52 @@ static void do_set_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
update_mmu_cache(vma, address, pte);
}

+#define FAULT_AROUND_ORDER 4
+#define FAULT_AROUND_PAGES (1UL << FAULT_AROUND_ORDER)
+#define FAULT_AROUND_MASK ~((1UL << (PAGE_SHIFT + FAULT_AROUND_ORDER)) - 1)
+
+static void do_fault_around(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+ pte_t *pte, pgoff_t pgoff, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ unsigned long start_addr;
+ pgoff_t max_pgoff;
+ struct vm_fault vmf;
+ int off;
+
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(FAULT_AROUND_PAGES > PTRS_PER_PTE);
+
+ start_addr = max(address & FAULT_AROUND_MASK, vma->vm_start);
+ off = ((address - start_addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1);
+ pte -= off;
+ pgoff -= off;
+
+ /*
+ * max_pgoff is either end of page table or end of vma
+ * or FAULT_AROUND_PAGES from pgoff, depending what is neast.
+ */
+ max_pgoff = pgoff - ((start_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1)) +
+ PTRS_PER_PTE - 1;
+ max_pgoff = min3(max_pgoff, vma_pages(vma) + vma->vm_pgoff - 1,
+ pgoff + FAULT_AROUND_PAGES - 1);
+
+ /* Check if it makes any sense to call ->map_pages */
+ while (!pte_none(*pte)) {
+ if (++pgoff > max_pgoff)
+ return;
+ start_addr += PAGE_SIZE;
+ if (start_addr >= vma->vm_end)
+ return;
+ pte++;
+ }
+
+ vmf.virtual_address = (void __user *) start_addr;
+ vmf.pte = pte;
+ vmf.pgoff = pgoff;
+ vmf.max_pgoff = max_pgoff;
+ vmf.flags = flags;
+ vma->vm_ops->map_pages(vma, &vmf);
+}
+
static int do_read_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmd,
pgoff_t pgoff, unsigned int flags, pte_t orig_pte)
@@ -3349,7 +3396,20 @@ static int do_read_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
struct page *fault_page;
spinlock_t *ptl;
pte_t *pte;
- int ret;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Let's call ->map_pages() first and use ->fault() as fallback
+ * if page by the offset is not ready to be mapped (cold cache or
+ * something).
+ */
+ if (vma->vm_ops->map_pages) {
+ pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, address, &ptl);
+ do_fault_around(vma, address, pte, pgoff, flags);
+ if (!pte_same(*pte, orig_pte))
+ goto unlock_out;
+ pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
+ }

ret = __do_fault(vma, address, pgoff, flags, &fault_page);
if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY)))
@@ -3363,8 +3423,9 @@ static int do_read_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
return ret;
}
do_set_pte(vma, address, fault_page, pte, false, false);
- pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
unlock_page(fault_page);
+unlock_out:
+ pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
return ret;
}

--
1.9.0

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