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From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
	Adam Litke <agl@us.ibm.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>, Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>,
	bpicco@redhat.com,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Subject: [PATCH 27 of 66] kvm mmu transparent hugepage support
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:28:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ccaac37884a448962e3.1288798082@v2.random> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <patchbomb.1288798055@v2.random>

From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>

This should work for both hugetlbfs and transparent hugepages.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -543,10 +543,20 @@ static int has_wrprotected_page(struct k
 
 static int host_mapping_level(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
 {
-	unsigned long page_size;
+	unsigned long page_size, addr;
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
-	page_size = kvm_host_page_size(kvm, gfn);
+	page_size = kvm_host_page_size(kvm, gfn, &addr);
+
+	/* check for transparent hugepages */
+	if (page_size == PAGE_SIZE && !kvm_is_error_hva(addr)) {
+		pfn_t pfn = hva_to_pfn(kvm, addr, 0);
+
+		if (!is_error_pfn(pfn) && !kvm_is_mmio_pfn(pfn) &&
+		    PageTransCompound(pfn_to_page(pfn)))
+			page_size = KVM_HPAGE_SIZE(2);
+		kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
+	}
 
 	for (i = PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL;
 	     i < (PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL + KVM_NR_PAGE_SIZES); ++i) {
@@ -2283,6 +2293,8 @@ static int nonpaging_map(struct kvm_vcpu
 	pfn_t pfn;
 	unsigned long mmu_seq;
 
+	mmu_seq = vcpu->kvm->mmu_notifier_seq;
+	smp_rmb();
 	level = mapping_level(vcpu, gfn);
 
 	/*
@@ -2294,8 +2306,6 @@ static int nonpaging_map(struct kvm_vcpu
 
 	gfn &= ~(KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(level) - 1);
 
-	mmu_seq = vcpu->kvm->mmu_notifier_seq;
-	smp_rmb();
 	pfn = gfn_to_pfn(vcpu->kvm, gfn);
 
 	/* mmio */
@@ -2601,12 +2611,12 @@ static int tdp_page_fault(struct kvm_vcp
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
-	level = mapping_level(vcpu, gfn);
-
-	gfn &= ~(KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(level) - 1);
-
 	mmu_seq = vcpu->kvm->mmu_notifier_seq;
 	smp_rmb();
+	level = mapping_level(vcpu, gfn);
+
+	gfn &= ~(KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(level) - 1);
+
 	pfn = gfn_to_pfn(vcpu->kvm, gfn);
 	if (is_error_pfn(pfn))
 		return kvm_handle_bad_page(vcpu->kvm, gfn, pfn);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -561,13 +561,13 @@ static int FNAME(page_fault)(struct kvm_
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	mmu_seq = vcpu->kvm->mmu_notifier_seq;
+	smp_rmb();
 	if (walker.level >= PT_DIRECTORY_LEVEL) {
 		level = min(walker.level, mapping_level(vcpu, walker.gfn));
 		walker.gfn = walker.gfn & ~(KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(level) - 1);
 	}
 
-	mmu_seq = vcpu->kvm->mmu_notifier_seq;
-	smp_rmb();
 	pfn = gfn_to_pfn(vcpu->kvm, walker.gfn);
 
 	/* mmio */
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ void kvm_set_page_dirty(struct page *pag
 void kvm_set_page_accessed(struct page *page);
 
 pfn_t hva_to_pfn_atomic(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long addr);
+pfn_t hva_to_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long addr, bool atomic);
 pfn_t gfn_to_pfn_atomic(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn);
 pfn_t gfn_to_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn);
 pfn_t gfn_to_pfn_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
@@ -325,7 +326,8 @@ int kvm_clear_guest_page(struct kvm *kvm
 int kvm_clear_guest(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, unsigned long len);
 struct kvm_memory_slot *gfn_to_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn);
 int kvm_is_visible_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn);
-unsigned long kvm_host_page_size(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn);
+unsigned long kvm_host_page_size(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
+				 unsigned long *addr);
 void mark_page_dirty(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn);
 
 void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/iommu.c b/virt/kvm/iommu.c
--- a/virt/kvm/iommu.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/iommu.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int kvm_iommu_map_pages(struct kvm *kvm,
 		}
 
 		/* Get the page size we could use to map */
-		page_size = kvm_host_page_size(kvm, gfn);
+		page_size = kvm_host_page_size(kvm, gfn, NULL);
 
 		/* Make sure the page_size does not exceed the memslot */
 		while ((gfn + (page_size >> PAGE_SHIFT)) > end_gfn)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -102,8 +102,36 @@ static pfn_t fault_pfn;
 inline int kvm_is_mmio_pfn(pfn_t pfn)
 {
 	if (pfn_valid(pfn)) {
-		struct page *page = compound_head(pfn_to_page(pfn));
-		return PageReserved(page);
+		struct page *head;
+		struct page *tail = pfn_to_page(pfn);
+		head = compound_head(tail);
+		if (head != tail) {
+			smp_rmb();
+			/*
+			 * head may be a dangling pointer.
+			 * __split_huge_page_refcount clears PageTail
+			 * before overwriting first_page, so if
+			 * PageTail is still there it means the head
+			 * pointer isn't dangling.
+			 */
+			if (PageTail(tail)) {
+				/*
+				 * the "head" is not a dangling
+				 * pointer but the hugepage may have
+				 * been splitted from under us (and we
+				 * may not hold a reference count on
+				 * the head page so it can be reused
+				 * before we run PageReferenced), so
+				 * we've to recheck PageTail before
+				 * returning what we just read.
+				 */
+				int reserved = PageReserved(head);
+				smp_rmb();
+				if (PageTail(tail))
+					return reserved;
+			}
+		}
+		return PageReserved(tail);
 	}
 
 	return true;
@@ -884,7 +912,8 @@ int kvm_is_visible_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_is_visible_gfn);
 
-unsigned long kvm_host_page_size(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
+unsigned long kvm_host_page_size(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
+				 unsigned long *addrp)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	unsigned long addr, size;
@@ -892,6 +921,8 @@ unsigned long kvm_host_page_size(struct 
 	size = PAGE_SIZE;
 
 	addr = gfn_to_hva(kvm, gfn);
+	if (addrp)
+		*addrp = addr;
 	if (kvm_is_error_hva(addr))
 		return PAGE_SIZE;
 
@@ -946,7 +977,7 @@ unsigned long gfn_to_hva(struct kvm *kvm
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gfn_to_hva);
 
-static pfn_t hva_to_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long addr, bool atomic)
+pfn_t hva_to_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long addr, bool atomic)
 {
 	struct page *page[1];
 	int npages;

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-03 15:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 166+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-03 15:27 [PATCH 00 of 66] Transparent Hugepage Support #32 Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 01 of 66] disable lumpy when compaction is enabled Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-09  3:18   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-11-09 21:30     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-09 21:38       ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-09 22:22         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-10 14:27           ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-10 16:03             ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18  8:30   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 02 of 66] mm, migration: Fix race between shift_arg_pages and rmap_walk by guaranteeing rmap_walk finds PTEs created within the temporary stack Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-09  3:01   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-11-09 21:36     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 11:13   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-18 17:13     ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-19 17:38     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-19 17:54       ` Linus Torvalds
2010-11-19 19:26         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 03 of 66] transparent hugepage support documentation Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 11:41   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-25 14:35     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-26 11:40       ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 04 of 66] define MADV_HUGEPAGE Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 11:44   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 05 of 66] compound_lock Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 11:49   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-18 17:28     ` Linus Torvalds
2010-11-25 16:21       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 06 of 66] alter compound get_page/put_page Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 12:37   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-25 16:49     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-26 11:46       ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 07 of 66] update futex compound knowledge Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 08 of 66] fix bad_page to show the real reason the page is bad Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-09  3:03   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-11-18 12:40   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 09 of 66] clear compound mapping Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 10 of 66] add native_set_pmd_at Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 11 of 66] add pmd paravirt ops Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-26 18:01   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 12 of 66] no paravirt version of pmd ops Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 13 of 66] export maybe_mkwrite Andrea Arcangeli
2011-01-17 14:14   ` Michal Simek
2011-01-17 14:33     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-01-18 14:29       ` Michal Simek
2011-01-18 20:32         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-01-20  7:03           ` Michal Simek
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 14 of 66] comment reminder in destroy_compound_page Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 15 of 66] config_transparent_hugepage Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 16 of 66] special pmd_trans_* functions Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 12:51   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-25 17:10     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 17 of 66] add pmd mangling generic functions Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 12:52   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-18 17:32     ` Linus Torvalds
2010-11-25 17:35       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-26 22:24         ` Linus Torvalds
2010-12-02 17:50           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 18 of 66] add pmd mangling functions to x86 Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 13:04   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-26 17:57     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-29 10:23       ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-29 16:59         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 19 of 66] bail out gup_fast on splitting pmd Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 20 of 66] pte alloc trans splitting Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 21 of 66] add pmd mmu_notifier helpers Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 22 of 66] clear page compound Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 13:11   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 23 of 66] add pmd_huge_pte to mm_struct Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 13:13   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:27 ` [PATCH 24 of 66] split_huge_page_mm/vma Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 25 of 66] split_huge_page paging Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 26 of 66] clear_copy_huge_page Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` Andrea Arcangeli [this message]
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 28 of 66] _GFP_NO_KSWAPD Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 13:18   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-29 19:03     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 29 of 66] don't alloc harder for gfp nomemalloc even if nowait Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-09  3:05   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-11-18 13:19   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 30 of 66] transparent hugepage core Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 15:12   ` Mel Gorman
2010-12-07 21:24     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 31 of 66] split_huge_page anon_vma ordering dependency Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 15:13   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 32 of 66] verify pmd_trans_huge isn't leaking Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 15:15   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 33 of 66] madvise(MADV_HUGEPAGE) Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 15:19   ` Mel Gorman
2010-12-09 17:14     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 34 of 66] add PageTransCompound Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 15:20   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 35 of 66] pmd_trans_huge migrate bugcheck Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 36 of 66] memcg compound Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 15:26   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-19  1:10     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-12-14 17:38       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-12-15  0:12         ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-12-15  5:29           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 37 of 66] transhuge-memcg: commit tail pages at charge Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 38 of 66] memcontrol: try charging huge pages from stock Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-19  1:14   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-12-14 17:38     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 39 of 66] memcg huge memory Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-19  1:19   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-12-14 17:38     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 40 of 66] transparent hugepage vmstat Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 41 of 66] khugepaged Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 42 of 66] khugepaged vma merge Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 43 of 66] don't leave orhpaned swap cache after ksm merging Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-09  3:08   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-11-09 21:40     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-10  7:49       ` Hugh Dickins
2010-11-10 16:08         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 44 of 66] skip transhuge pages in ksm for now Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 16:06   ` Mel Gorman
2010-12-09 18:13     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-12-10 12:17       ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 45 of 66] remove PG_buddy Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 16:08   ` Mel Gorman
2010-12-09 18:15     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 46 of 66] add x86 32bit support Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 47 of 66] mincore transparent hugepage support Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 48 of 66] add pmd_modify Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 49 of 66] mprotect: pass vma down to page table walkers Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 50 of 66] mprotect: transparent huge page support Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 51 of 66] set recommended min free kbytes Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 16:16   ` Mel Gorman
2010-12-09 18:47     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 52 of 66] enable direct defrag Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 16:17   ` Mel Gorman
2010-12-09 18:57     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 53 of 66] add numa awareness to hugepage allocations Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-29  5:38   ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-11-29 16:11     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-30  0:38       ` Daisuke Nishimura
2010-11-30 19:01         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 54 of 66] transparent hugepage config choice Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 55 of 66] select CONFIG_COMPACTION if TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE enabled Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-09  6:20   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-11-09 21:11     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-14  5:07       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-11-15 15:13         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 16:22       ` Mel Gorman
2010-12-09 19:04         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-12-14  9:45           ` Mel Gorman
2010-12-14 16:06             ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 56 of 66] transhuge isolate_migratepages() Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 16:25   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 57 of 66] avoid breaking huge pmd invariants in case of vma_adjust failures Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 58 of 66] don't allow transparent hugepage support without PSE Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 59 of 66] mmu_notifier_test_young Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 60 of 66] freeze khugepaged and ksmd Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 61 of 66] use compaction for GFP_ATOMIC order > 0 Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-09 10:27   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-11-09 21:49     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 16:31   ` Mel Gorman
2010-12-09 19:10     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 62 of 66] disable transparent hugepages by default on small systems Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 16:34   ` Mel Gorman
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 63 of 66] fix anon memory statistics with transparent hugepages Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 64 of 66] scale nr_rotated to balance memory pressure Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-09  6:16   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-11-18 19:15     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 65 of 66] transparent hugepage sysfs meminfo Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-03 15:28 ` [PATCH 66 of 66] add debug checks for mapcount related invariants Andrea Arcangeli
2010-11-18 16:39 ` [PATCH 00 of 66] Transparent Hugepage Support #32 Mel Gorman

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