From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f45.google.com (mail-wm0-f45.google.com [74.125.82.45]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 965826B0255 for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2016 11:35:40 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-wm0-f45.google.com with SMTP id l68so43533185wml.0 for ; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 08:35:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-wm0-f53.google.com (mail-wm0-f53.google.com. [74.125.82.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s2si15088099wjx.137.2016.03.01.08.35.39 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 01 Mar 2016 08:35:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wm0-f53.google.com with SMTP id n186so45765263wmn.1 for ; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 08:35:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 17:35:37 +0100 From: Michal Hocko Subject: Re: [PATCH] exit: clear TIF_MEMDIE after exit_task_work Message-ID: <20160301163537.GO9461@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <1456765329-14890-1-git-send-email-vdavydov@virtuozzo.com> <20160301155212.GJ9461@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20160301175431-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> <20160301160813.GM9461@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20160301182027-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160301182027-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: Vladimir Davydov , Andrew Morton , Tetsuo Handa , David Rientjes , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue 01-03-16 18:22:32, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 05:08:13PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > > On Tue 01-03-16 17:57:04, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 04:52:12PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > [CCing vhost-net maintainer] > > > > > > > > On Mon 29-02-16 20:02:09, Vladimir Davydov wrote: > > > > > An mm_struct may be pinned by a file. An example is vhost-net device > > > > > created by a qemu/kvm (see vhost_net_ioctl -> vhost_net_set_owner -> > > > > > vhost_dev_set_owner). > > > > > > > > The more I think about that the more I am wondering whether this is > > > > actually OK and correct. Why does the driver have to pin the address > > > > space? Nothing really prevents from parallel tearing down of the address > > > > space anyway so the code cannot expect all the vmas to stay. Would it be > > > > enough to pin the mm_struct only? > > > > > > I'll need to research this. It's a fact that as long as the > > > device is not stopped, vhost can attempt to access > > > the address space. > > > > But does it expect any specific parts of the address space to be mapped? > > E.g. proc needs to keep the mm allocated as well for some files but it > > doesn't pin the address space (mm_users) but rather mm_count (see > > proc_mem_open). > > At a quick glance, it seems that it's needed: it calls > get_user_pages(mm) and that looks like it will not DTRT (or even fail > gracefully) if mm->mm_users == 0 and exit_mmap/etc was already called > (or is in progress). yes it will fail gracefully but what does prevent from munmap now? The VMA can go away and get_user_pages would fail as well. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org