Re: [PATCH v10 1/9] mm: Introduce memfd_restricted system call to create restricted user memory

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Mon Feb 13 2023 - 06:43:24 EST


On 1/23/23 16:43, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 06:15:24PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022, Chao Peng wrote:
>> > On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 08:33:05AM +0000, Huang, Kai wrote:
>> > > On Tue, 2022-12-20 at 15:22 +0800, Chao Peng wrote:
>> > > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 08:48:10AM +0000, Huang, Kai wrote:
>> > > > > On Mon, 2022-12-19 at 15:53 +0800, Chao Peng wrote:
>> > > But for non-restricted-mem case, it is correct for KVM to decrease page's
>> > > refcount after setting up mapping in the secondary mmu, otherwise the page will
>> > > be pinned by KVM for normal VM (since KVM uses GUP to get the page).
>> >
>> > That's true. Actually even true for restrictedmem case, most likely we
>> > will still need the kvm_release_pfn_clean() for KVM generic code. On one
>> > side, other restrictedmem users like pKVM may not require page pinning
>> > at all. On the other side, see below.
>> >
>> > >
>> > > So what we are expecting is: for KVM if the page comes from restricted mem, then
>> > > KVM cannot decrease the refcount, otherwise for normal page via GUP KVM should.
>>
>> No, requiring the user (KVM) to guard against lack of support for page migration
>> in restricted mem is a terrible API. It's totally fine for restricted mem to not
>> support page migration until there's a use case, but punting the problem to KVM
>> is not acceptable. Restricted mem itself doesn't yet support page migration,
>> e.g. explosions would occur even if KVM wanted to allow migration since there is
>> no notification to invalidate existing mappings.
>
> I tried to find a way to hook into migration path from restrictedmem. It
> is not easy because from code-mm PoV the restrictedmem page just yet
> another shmem page.
>
> It is somewhat dubious, but I think it should be safe to override
> mapping->a_ops for the shmem mapping.
>
> It also eliminates need in special treatment for the restrictedmem pages
> from memory-failure code.
>
> shmem_mapping() uses ->a_ops to detect shmem mapping. Modify the
> implementation to still be true for restrictedmem pages.
>
> Build tested only.
>
> Any comments?
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/restrictedmem.h b/include/linux/restrictedmem.h
> index 6fddb08f03cc..73ded3c3bad1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/restrictedmem.h
> +++ b/include/linux/restrictedmem.h
> @@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ static inline bool file_is_restrictedmem(struct file *file)
> return file->f_inode->i_sb->s_magic == RESTRICTEDMEM_MAGIC;
> }
>
> -void restrictedmem_error_page(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping);
> -
> #else
>
> static inline bool file_is_restrictedmem(struct file *file)
> @@ -45,11 +43,6 @@ static inline bool file_is_restrictedmem(struct file *file)
> return false;
> }
>
> -static inline void restrictedmem_error_page(struct page *page,
> - struct address_space *mapping)
> -{
> -}
> -
> #endif /* CONFIG_RESTRICTEDMEM */
>
> #endif /* _LINUX_RESTRICTEDMEM_H */
> diff --git a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
> index d500ea967dc7..a4af160f37e4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> #include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
> #include <linux/xattr.h>
> #include <linux/fs_parser.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> /* inode in-kernel data */
>
> @@ -75,10 +76,9 @@ extern unsigned long shmem_get_unmapped_area(struct file *, unsigned long addr,
> unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags);
> extern int shmem_lock(struct file *file, int lock, struct ucounts *ucounts);
> #ifdef CONFIG_SHMEM
> -extern const struct address_space_operations shmem_aops;
> static inline bool shmem_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
> {
> - return mapping->a_ops == &shmem_aops;
> + return mapping->host->i_sb->s_magic == TMPFS_MAGIC;

Alternatively just check a_ops against two possible values? Fewer chained
dereferences, no-op with !CONFIG_RESTRICTEDMEM, maybe Hugh would be less
unhappy with that.

Besides that, IIRC Michael Roth mentioned that this approach for preventing
migration would be simpler for SNP than the refcount elevation? Do I recall
right and should this be pursued then?

> }
> #else
> static inline bool shmem_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
> index f91b444e471e..145bb561ddb3 100644
> --- a/mm/memory-failure.c
> +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
> @@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
> #include <linux/page-isolation.h>
> #include <linux/pagewalk.h>
> #include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
> -#include <linux/restrictedmem.h>
> #include "swap.h"
> #include "internal.h"
> #include "ras/ras_event.h"
> @@ -941,8 +940,6 @@ static int me_pagecache_clean(struct page_state *ps, struct page *p)
> goto out;
> }
>
> - restrictedmem_error_page(p, mapping);
> -
> /*
> * The shmem page is kept in page cache instead of truncating
> * so is expected to have an extra refcount after error-handling.
> diff --git a/mm/restrictedmem.c b/mm/restrictedmem.c
> index 15c52301eeb9..d0ca609b82cb 100644
> --- a/mm/restrictedmem.c
> +++ b/mm/restrictedmem.c
> @@ -189,6 +189,51 @@ static struct file *restrictedmem_file_create(struct file *memfd)
> return file;
> }
>
> +static int restricted_error_remove_page(struct address_space *mapping,
> + struct page *page)
> +{
> + struct super_block *sb = restrictedmem_mnt->mnt_sb;
> + struct inode *inode, *next;
> + pgoff_t start, end;
> +
> + start = page->index;
> + end = start + thp_nr_pages(page);
> +
> + spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(inode, next, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
> + struct restrictedmem *rm = inode->i_mapping->private_data;
> + struct restrictedmem_notifier *notifier;
> + struct file *memfd = rm->memfd;
> + unsigned long index;
> +
> + if (memfd->f_mapping != mapping)
> + continue;
> +
> + xa_for_each_range(&rm->bindings, index, notifier, start, end)
> + notifier->ops->error(notifier, start, end);
> + break;
> + }
> + spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
> +static int restricted_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *dst,
> + struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode mode)
> +{
> + return -EBUSY;
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> +static struct address_space_operations restricted_aops = {
> + .dirty_folio = noop_dirty_folio,
> + .error_remove_page = restricted_error_remove_page,
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
> + .migrate_folio = restricted_folio,
> +#endif
> +};
> +
> SYSCALL_DEFINE1(memfd_restricted, unsigned int, flags)
> {
> struct file *file, *restricted_file;
> @@ -209,6 +254,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(memfd_restricted, unsigned int, flags)
> file->f_mode |= FMODE_LSEEK | FMODE_PREAD | FMODE_PWRITE;
> file->f_flags |= O_LARGEFILE;
>
> + file->f_mapping->a_ops = &restricted_aops;
> +
> restricted_file = restrictedmem_file_create(file);
> if (IS_ERR(restricted_file)) {
> err = PTR_ERR(restricted_file);
> @@ -293,31 +340,3 @@ int restrictedmem_get_page(struct file *file, pgoff_t offset,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(restrictedmem_get_page);
>
> -void restrictedmem_error_page(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
> -{
> - struct super_block *sb = restrictedmem_mnt->mnt_sb;
> - struct inode *inode, *next;
> - pgoff_t start, end;
> -
> - if (!shmem_mapping(mapping))
> - return;
> -
> - start = page->index;
> - end = start + thp_nr_pages(page);
> -
> - spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
> - list_for_each_entry_safe(inode, next, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
> - struct restrictedmem *rm = inode->i_mapping->private_data;
> - struct restrictedmem_notifier *notifier;
> - struct file *memfd = rm->memfd;
> - unsigned long index;
> -
> - if (memfd->f_mapping != mapping)
> - continue;
> -
> - xa_for_each_range(&rm->bindings, index, notifier, start, end)
> - notifier->ops->error(notifier, start, end);
> - break;
> - }
> - spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
> -}
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index c1d8b8a1aa3b..3df4d95784b9 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static inline void shmem_inode_unacct_blocks(struct inode *inode, long pages)
> }
>
> static const struct super_operations shmem_ops;
> -const struct address_space_operations shmem_aops;
> +static const struct address_space_operations shmem_aops;
> static const struct file_operations shmem_file_operations;
> static const struct inode_operations shmem_inode_operations;
> static const struct inode_operations shmem_dir_inode_operations;
> @@ -3894,7 +3894,7 @@ static int shmem_error_remove_page(struct address_space *mapping,
> return 0;
> }
>
> -const struct address_space_operations shmem_aops = {
> +static const struct address_space_operations shmem_aops = {
> .writepage = shmem_writepage,
> .dirty_folio = noop_dirty_folio,
> #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
> @@ -3906,7 +3906,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations shmem_aops = {
> #endif
> .error_remove_page = shmem_error_remove_page,
> };
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(shmem_aops);
>
> static const struct file_operations shmem_file_operations = {
> .mmap = shmem_mmap,