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-rw-r--r--mm/hugetlb.c88
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 54 deletions
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index db53ead8ac43..cf5d5ad5bbe9 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -6131,8 +6131,7 @@ static void unmap_ref_private(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* cannot race with other handlers or page migration.
* Keep the pte_same checks anyway to make transition from the mutex easier.
*/
-static vm_fault_t hugetlb_wp(struct folio *pagecache_folio,
- struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static vm_fault_t hugetlb_wp(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
@@ -6194,16 +6193,17 @@ retry_avoidcopy:
PageAnonExclusive(&old_folio->page), &old_folio->page);
/*
- * If the process that created a MAP_PRIVATE mapping is about to
- * perform a COW due to a shared page count, attempt to satisfy
- * the allocation without using the existing reserves. The pagecache
- * page is used to determine if the reserve at this address was
- * consumed or not. If reserves were used, a partial faulted mapping
- * at the time of fork() could consume its reserves on COW instead
- * of the full address range.
+ * If the process that created a MAP_PRIVATE mapping is about to perform
+ * a COW due to a shared page count, attempt to satisfy the allocation
+ * without using the existing reserves.
+ * In order to determine where this is a COW on a MAP_PRIVATE mapping it
+ * is enough to check whether the old_folio is anonymous. This means that
+ * the reserve for this address was consumed. If reserves were used, a
+ * partial faulted mapping at the fime of fork() could consume its reserves
+ * on COW instead of the full address range.
*/
if (is_vma_resv_set(vma, HPAGE_RESV_OWNER) &&
- old_folio != pagecache_folio)
+ folio_test_anon(old_folio))
cow_from_owner = true;
folio_get(old_folio);
@@ -6582,7 +6582,7 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct address_space *mapping,
hugetlb_count_add(pages_per_huge_page(h), mm);
if ((vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) {
/* Optimization, do the COW without a second fault */
- ret = hugetlb_wp(folio, vmf);
+ ret = hugetlb_wp(vmf);
}
spin_unlock(vmf->ptl);
@@ -6650,10 +6650,9 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
vm_fault_t ret;
u32 hash;
struct folio *folio = NULL;
- struct folio *pagecache_folio = NULL;
struct hstate *h = hstate_vma(vma);
struct address_space *mapping;
- int need_wait_lock = 0;
+ bool need_wait_lock = false;
struct vm_fault vmf = {
.vma = vma,
.address = address & huge_page_mask(h),
@@ -6748,8 +6747,7 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* If we are going to COW/unshare the mapping later, we examine the
* pending reservations for this page now. This will ensure that any
* allocations necessary to record that reservation occur outside the
- * spinlock. Also lookup the pagecache page now as it is used to
- * determine if a reservation has been consumed.
+ * spinlock.
*/
if ((flags & (FAULT_FLAG_WRITE|FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE)) &&
!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) && !huge_pte_write(vmf.orig_pte)) {
@@ -6759,11 +6757,6 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
}
/* Just decrements count, does not deallocate */
vma_end_reservation(h, vma, vmf.address);
-
- pagecache_folio = filemap_lock_hugetlb_folio(h, mapping,
- vmf.pgoff);
- if (IS_ERR(pagecache_folio))
- pagecache_folio = NULL;
}
vmf.ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, vmf.pte);
@@ -6777,10 +6770,6 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
(flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) && !huge_pte_write(vmf.orig_pte)) {
if (!userfaultfd_wp_async(vma)) {
spin_unlock(vmf.ptl);
- if (pagecache_folio) {
- folio_unlock(pagecache_folio);
- folio_put(pagecache_folio);
- }
hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(vma);
mutex_unlock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]);
return handle_userfault(&vmf, VM_UFFD_WP);
@@ -6792,24 +6781,19 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
/* Fallthrough to CoW */
}
- /*
- * hugetlb_wp() requires page locks of pte_page(vmf.orig_pte) and
- * pagecache_folio, so here we need take the former one
- * when folio != pagecache_folio or !pagecache_folio.
- */
- folio = page_folio(pte_page(vmf.orig_pte));
- if (folio != pagecache_folio)
- if (!folio_trylock(folio)) {
- need_wait_lock = 1;
- goto out_ptl;
- }
-
- folio_get(folio);
-
if (flags & (FAULT_FLAG_WRITE|FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE)) {
if (!huge_pte_write(vmf.orig_pte)) {
- ret = hugetlb_wp(pagecache_folio, &vmf);
- goto out_put_page;
+ /* hugetlb_wp() requires page locks of pte_page(vmf.orig_pte) */
+ folio = page_folio(pte_page(vmf.orig_pte));
+ if (!folio_trylock(folio)) {
+ need_wait_lock = true;
+ goto out_ptl;
+ }
+ folio_get(folio);
+ ret = hugetlb_wp(&vmf);
+ folio_unlock(folio);
+ folio_put(folio);
+ goto out_ptl;
} else if (likely(flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)) {
vmf.orig_pte = huge_pte_mkdirty(vmf.orig_pte);
}
@@ -6818,17 +6802,8 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (huge_ptep_set_access_flags(vma, vmf.address, vmf.pte, vmf.orig_pte,
flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE))
update_mmu_cache(vma, vmf.address, vmf.pte);
-out_put_page:
- if (folio != pagecache_folio)
- folio_unlock(folio);
- folio_put(folio);
out_ptl:
spin_unlock(vmf.ptl);
-
- if (pagecache_folio) {
- folio_unlock(pagecache_folio);
- folio_put(pagecache_folio);
- }
out_mutex:
hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(vma);
@@ -6841,11 +6816,16 @@ out_mutex:
mutex_unlock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]);
/*
- * Generally it's safe to hold refcount during waiting page lock. But
- * here we just wait to defer the next page fault to avoid busy loop and
- * the page is not used after unlocked before returning from the current
- * page fault. So we are safe from accessing freed page, even if we wait
- * here without taking refcount.
+ * hugetlb_wp drops all the locks, but the folio lock, before trying to
+ * unmap the folio from other processes. During that window, if another
+ * process mapping that folio faults in, it will take the mutex and then
+ * it will wait on folio_lock, causing an ABBA deadlock.
+ * Use trylock instead and bail out if we fail.
+ *
+ * Ideally, we should hold a refcount on the folio we wait for, but we do
+ * not want to use the folio after it becomes unlocked, but rather just
+ * wait for it to become unlocked, so hopefully next fault successes on
+ * the trylock.
*/
if (need_wait_lock)
folio_wait_locked(folio);