From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97DE4C71157 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:49:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 3B5836B0095; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:49:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 365B76B0096; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:49:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 22DCA6B0098; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:49:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from relay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0012.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.12]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD396B0095 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:49:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin08.hostedemail.com (a10.router.float.18 [10.200.18.1]) by unirelay04.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAF3D1A00DF for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:49:30 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 83564722500.08.72DE095 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by imf04.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 341244000D for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:49:27 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: imf04.hostedemail.com; dkim=pass header.d=redhat.com header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=hlwRM5wB; spf=pass (imf04.hostedemail.com: domain of david@redhat.com designates 170.10.129.124 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=david@redhat.com; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=redhat.com ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=hostedemail.com; s=arc-20220608; t=1750160968; h=from:from:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:dkim-signature; bh=hE4jQf30NhDONzaYTp5udghTJVFFQmiX++mtkRc+5ps=; b=IRZjDS6QTchZl8L30hokZFhYu2vWe3k/0L39UyLzgDi7q3s43tuLfMU3EFMGjCn3UmoHJb onHQklu6iU973Kf7aTEEUAVpkKNl0Cq0yC4sorL1GlZ0UjeXylUEhGER+vSkTV86CDFQtS 0rm3cZpH90xaKuwYdrnMTCcO54WdI2g= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; imf04.hostedemail.com; dkim=pass header.d=redhat.com header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=hlwRM5wB; spf=pass (imf04.hostedemail.com: domain of david@redhat.com designates 170.10.129.124 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=david@redhat.com; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=redhat.com ARC-Seal: i=1; s=arc-20220608; d=hostedemail.com; t=1750160968; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=V4VldAGbi2yQfJWNg/pQl7XxTbTOPxx0AH9kj8gLvaNKhVJoQmT7H4okm1ZzXtYriOa0YS Ik3VPvIX2sHyN+hbsPhnQQvAswoIdfVBninX0+HYl+rp9+L6xrE4OJdCf5B3krEUzs6fII Nj/Gn3gNRZLWpOwjzihupElCxKH4PrM= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1750160967; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:autocrypt:autocrypt; bh=hE4jQf30NhDONzaYTp5udghTJVFFQmiX++mtkRc+5ps=; b=hlwRM5wBM4Oc/7rEPtsv1McWFEKYt0n+JIkFVG/zmo8mr+odaST9EXCc2VbUh8h4RCNhTB OOQkxpuOIbMHi9Hs9jU8fWBIIsuR0TA1b4byAzu4WIxVqN5y0JIhPwYqM+onBDApEnwNge XTmGj6deu0CdjFL2TNAUcAKceK+nenA= Received: from mail-wm1-f69.google.com (mail-wm1-f69.google.com [209.85.128.69]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-339-trsHAxBmOhOLN_kewXabJQ-1; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:49:24 -0400 X-MC-Unique: trsHAxBmOhOLN_kewXabJQ-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: trsHAxBmOhOLN_kewXabJQ_1750160963 Received: by mail-wm1-f69.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-451d30992bcso46808695e9.2 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:49:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1750160963; x=1750765763; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:organization:autocrypt :content-language:from:references:cc:to:subject:user-agent :mime-version:date:message-id:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=hE4jQf30NhDONzaYTp5udghTJVFFQmiX++mtkRc+5ps=; b=cc+Xy/scKoDpPxnVV61NEP5TapL4xFYyE21voaaY6oPc7qpG6kiejMJDtOSCP+bJQA YBe9bIEvg5vGn47lnziynp2SS8ZgzBo/4jKTv4FtmICIm7Ox85qbuPMA8f6bceZnpolw RrWgcphSJaRsD3BkVaDWp2sAxSelJ2dvg48FjqJQIT9BpCeYXYaQguPxsruySlI8USeq YCfPJAad/PbhTBxL5ubHT0yikVKzgTmHZYPLV92bLtntbmGiaEqhXrAZUp4Clf73Rfp9 sGPhZQ9KOS0KEEJ7zHS7hsEWjg4Rgy6L921CccFhoyudcYnWfkQz5kBCqRiahd5T4dbI wzSA== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCWRWEswXdgNNBzwtdCCrKwO4QINLjkXo4n3HDo8rpE7AdojHlaKrfFgRE+E5DjnDfjAu6wM0/npzA==@kvack.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yzt55RLWjB9a0A3tvGFzcNi2YX29RUnvv/LHwCLGLGLnFQTYSp6 z5e9nCtwUyWobLZggN6X7uinT1g5ghi/Sh5WKgkFFpIrZ7lW5QiH7gLyaf1AnUr2kYh1NF9WzmX WldquXP/aIGQBqbmR0P18EWJtPgotKU9i2NkjhFFHRGpOyXzCvfhd X-Gm-Gg: ASbGncveAvDeWGmbK+xn9B6dC0nyI6SU/CXAI+ef2IhJ5Yble4t3//ZqPr7wI5X89mV j2a2TJEP8mNRk5hh81xMDcjNUha3F7YLgiEQCSaRSBd6LXk9Ztkh+waFX5pziDe0vnVRiKDO+Nw Jyx8jWmY9RjZWPcK7KyRm5fDyJSI7x0TZPl/3l9CtNf1wvsmZXF3iik/fcsGdSPeqHd+A4L55n/ xfBKfXiX4A0HsNIjyiu4HnyB8iNilWCxWq5hfmRc9DQ92j+/aviNj16bJQtqiHw/NLlMWvlOEqH AvepIqc6fyIL4e8cQQZqSL9DWBnV/RXFhuFVTZTkh6Ne2cIRHVKezuNHTRUNbD65BTFZXfzs+Ht QDMsN2DjPndkRBgxv+tbWQslMGvhgFPhLhqpNzTMvD81QXVI= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6000:40c9:b0:3a4:ef70:e0e1 with SMTP id ffacd0b85a97d-3a572e897camr10382748f8f.55.1750160963217; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:49:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHlBsMyHOaTTPLqmqFnkM6OJpPPZgQeYrXfiZldtxrH7SiO0M2P1VW30LutSVUXkr0Rwtv4aA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6000:40c9:b0:3a4:ef70:e0e1 with SMTP id ffacd0b85a97d-3a572e897camr10382706f8f.55.1750160962736; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:49:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPV6:2003:d8:2f31:700:3851:c66a:b6b9:3490? (p200300d82f3107003851c66ab6b93490.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [2003:d8:2f31:700:3851:c66a:b6b9:3490]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-3a568a5546asm13560837f8f.3.2025.06.17.04.49.21 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:49:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7beef290-e68b-4599-aedb-994c2e9fa237@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:49:21 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] mm/mremap: introduce more mergeable mremap via MREMAP_RELOCATE_ANON To: Lorenzo Stoakes , Harry Yoo Cc: Andrew Morton , Vlastimil Babka , Jann Horn , "Liam R . Howlett" , Suren Baghdasaryan , Matthew Wilcox , Pedro Falcato , Rik van Riel , Zi Yan , Baolin Wang , Nico Pache , Ryan Roberts , Dev Jain , Jakub Matena , Wei Yang , Barry Song , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <22a80f22ba2082b28ee0b0a925eb3dbb37c2a786.1749473726.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> <7f22dec0-680b-4e3d-9aab-cd516dda8ed7@lucifer.local> From: David Hildenbrand Autocrypt: addr=david@redhat.com; keydata= xsFNBFXLn5EBEAC+zYvAFJxCBY9Tr1xZgcESmxVNI/0ffzE/ZQOiHJl6mGkmA1R7/uUpiCjJ dBrn+lhhOYjjNefFQou6478faXE6o2AhmebqT4KiQoUQFV4R7y1KMEKoSyy8hQaK1umALTdL QZLQMzNE74ap+GDK0wnacPQFpcG1AE9RMq3aeErY5tujekBS32jfC/7AnH7I0v1v1TbbK3Gp XNeiN4QroO+5qaSr0ID2sz5jtBLRb15RMre27E1ImpaIv2Jw8NJgW0k/D1RyKCwaTsgRdwuK Kx/Y91XuSBdz0uOyU/S8kM1+ag0wvsGlpBVxRR/xw/E8M7TEwuCZQArqqTCmkG6HGcXFT0V9 PXFNNgV5jXMQRwU0O/ztJIQqsE5LsUomE//bLwzj9IVsaQpKDqW6TAPjcdBDPLHvriq7kGjt WhVhdl0qEYB8lkBEU7V2Yb+SYhmhpDrti9Fq1EsmhiHSkxJcGREoMK/63r9WLZYI3+4W2rAc UucZa4OT27U5ZISjNg3Ev0rxU5UH2/pT4wJCfxwocmqaRr6UYmrtZmND89X0KigoFD/XSeVv jwBRNjPAubK9/k5NoRrYqztM9W6sJqrH8+UWZ1Idd/DdmogJh0gNC0+N42Za9yBRURfIdKSb B3JfpUqcWwE7vUaYrHG1nw54pLUoPG6sAA7Mehl3nd4pZUALHwARAQABzSREYXZpZCBIaWxk ZW5icmFuZCA8ZGF2aWRAcmVkaGF0LmNvbT7CwZgEEwEIAEICGwMGCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkKCwQW AgMBAh4BAheAAhkBFiEEG9nKrXNcTDpGDfzKTd4Q9wD/g1oFAl8Ox4kFCRKpKXgACgkQTd4Q 9wD/g1oHcA//a6Tj7SBNjFNM1iNhWUo1lxAja0lpSodSnB2g4FCZ4R61SBR4l/psBL73xktp rDHrx4aSpwkRP6Epu6mLvhlfjmkRG4OynJ5HG1gfv7RJJfnUdUM1z5kdS8JBrOhMJS2c/gPf wv1TGRq2XdMPnfY2o0CxRqpcLkx4vBODvJGl2mQyJF/gPepdDfcT8/PY9BJ7FL6Hrq1gnAo4 3Iv9qV0JiT2wmZciNyYQhmA1V6dyTRiQ4YAc31zOo2IM+xisPzeSHgw3ONY/XhYvfZ9r7W1l pNQdc2G+o4Di9NPFHQQhDw3YTRR1opJaTlRDzxYxzU6ZnUUBghxt9cwUWTpfCktkMZiPSDGd KgQBjnweV2jw9UOTxjb4LXqDjmSNkjDdQUOU69jGMUXgihvo4zhYcMX8F5gWdRtMR7DzW/YE BgVcyxNkMIXoY1aYj6npHYiNQesQlqjU6azjbH70/SXKM5tNRplgW8TNprMDuntdvV9wNkFs 9TyM02V5aWxFfI42+aivc4KEw69SE9KXwC7FSf5wXzuTot97N9Phj/Z3+jx443jo2NR34XgF 89cct7wJMjOF7bBefo0fPPZQuIma0Zym71cP61OP/i11ahNye6HGKfxGCOcs5wW9kRQEk8P9 M/k2wt3mt/fCQnuP/mWutNPt95w9wSsUyATLmtNrwccz63XOwU0EVcufkQEQAOfX3n0g0fZz Bgm/S2zF/kxQKCEKP8ID+Vz8sy2GpDvveBq4H2Y34XWsT1zLJdvqPI4af4ZSMxuerWjXbVWb T6d4odQIG0fKx4F8NccDqbgHeZRNajXeeJ3R7gAzvWvQNLz4piHrO/B4tf8svmRBL0ZB5P5A 2uhdwLU3NZuK22zpNn4is87BPWF8HhY0L5fafgDMOqnf4guJVJPYNPhUFzXUbPqOKOkL8ojk CXxkOFHAbjstSK5Ca3fKquY3rdX3DNo+EL7FvAiw1mUtS+5GeYE+RMnDCsVFm/C7kY8c2d0G NWkB9pJM5+mnIoFNxy7YBcldYATVeOHoY4LyaUWNnAvFYWp08dHWfZo9WCiJMuTfgtH9tc75 7QanMVdPt6fDK8UUXIBLQ2TWr/sQKE9xtFuEmoQGlE1l6bGaDnnMLcYu+Asp3kDT0w4zYGsx 5r6XQVRH4+5N6eHZiaeYtFOujp5n+pjBaQK7wUUjDilPQ5QMzIuCL4YjVoylWiBNknvQWBXS lQCWmavOT9sttGQXdPCC5ynI+1ymZC1ORZKANLnRAb0NH/UCzcsstw2TAkFnMEbo9Zu9w7Kv AxBQXWeXhJI9XQssfrf4Gusdqx8nPEpfOqCtbbwJMATbHyqLt7/oz/5deGuwxgb65pWIzufa N7eop7uh+6bezi+rugUI+w6DABEBAAHCwXwEGAEIACYCGwwWIQQb2cqtc1xMOkYN/MpN3hD3 AP+DWgUCXw7HsgUJEqkpoQAKCRBN3hD3AP+DWrrpD/4qS3dyVRxDcDHIlmguXjC1Q5tZTwNB boaBTPHSy/Nksu0eY7x6HfQJ3xajVH32Ms6t1trDQmPx2iP5+7iDsb7OKAb5eOS8h+BEBDeq 3ecsQDv0fFJOA9ag5O3LLNk+3x3q7e0uo06XMaY7UHS341ozXUUI7wC7iKfoUTv03iO9El5f XpNMx/YrIMduZ2+nd9Di7o5+KIwlb2mAB9sTNHdMrXesX8eBL6T9b+MZJk+mZuPxKNVfEQMQ a5SxUEADIPQTPNvBewdeI80yeOCrN+Zzwy/Mrx9EPeu59Y5vSJOx/z6OUImD/GhX7Xvkt3kq Er5KTrJz3++B6SH9pum9PuoE/k+nntJkNMmQpR4MCBaV/J9gIOPGodDKnjdng+mXliF3Ptu6 3oxc2RCyGzTlxyMwuc2U5Q7KtUNTdDe8T0uE+9b8BLMVQDDfJjqY0VVqSUwImzTDLX9S4g/8 kC4HRcclk8hpyhY2jKGluZO0awwTIMgVEzmTyBphDg/Gx7dZU1Xf8HFuE+UZ5UDHDTnwgv7E th6RC9+WrhDNspZ9fJjKWRbveQgUFCpe1sa77LAw+XFrKmBHXp9ZVIe90RMe2tRL06BGiRZr jPrnvUsUUsjRoRNJjKKA/REq+sAnhkNPPZ/NNMjaZ5b8Tovi8C0tmxiCHaQYqj7G2rgnT0kt WNyWQQ== Organization: Red Hat In-Reply-To: <7f22dec0-680b-4e3d-9aab-cd516dda8ed7@lucifer.local> X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-MFC-PROC-ID: LDzsSElwmr9xVQ4FmmInJBtRfPN00EE1lE8t6dg32p4_1750160963 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 341244000D X-Rspamd-Server: rspam07 X-Stat-Signature: 4y8t54s4z1s4hpaa4g5dh5wkkweknnaz X-Rspam-User: X-HE-Tag: 1750160967-108138 X-HE-Meta: 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 N+0P/KIG 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 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 17.06.25 13:24, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 08:15:52PM +0900, Harry Yoo wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 09, 2025 at 02:26:35PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: >>> When mremap() moves a mapping around in memory, it goes to great lengths to >>> avoid having to walk page tables as this is expensive and >>> time-consuming. >>> >>> Rather, if the VMA was faulted (that is vma->anon_vma != NULL), the virtual >>> page offset stored in the VMA at vma->vm_pgoff will remain the same, as >>> well all the folio indexes pointed at the associated anon_vma object. >>> >>> This means the VMA and page tables can simply be moved and this affects the >>> change (and if we can move page tables at a higher page table level, this >>> is even faster). >>> >>> While this is efficient, it does lead to big problems with VMA merging - in >>> essence it causes faulted anonymous VMAs to not be mergeable under many >>> circumstances once moved. >>> >>> This is limiting and leads to both a proliferation of unreclaimable, >>> unmovable kernel metadata (VMAs, anon_vma's, anon_vma_chain's) and has an >>> impact on further use of mremap(), which has a requirement that the VMA >>> moved (which can also be a partial range within a VMA) may span only a >>> single VMA. >>> >>> This makes the mergeability or not of VMAs in effect a uAPI concern. >>> >>> In some use cases, users may wish to accept the overhead of actually going >>> to the trouble of updating VMAs and folios to affect mremap() moves. Let's >>> provide them with the choice. >>> >>> This patch add a new MREMAP_RELOCATE_ANON flag to do just that, which >>> attempts to perform such an operation. If it is unable to do so, it cleanly >>> falls back to the usual method. >>> >>> It carefully takes the rmap locks such that at no time will a racing rmap >>> user encounter incorrect or missing VMAs. >>> >>> It is also designed to interact cleanly with the existing mremap() error >>> fallback mechanism (inverting the remap should the page table move fail). >>> >>> Also, if we could merge cleanly without such a change, we do so, avoiding >>> the overhead of the operation if it is not required. >>> >>> In the instance that no merge may occur when the move is performed, we >>> still perform the folio and VMA updates to ensure that future mremap() or >>> mprotect() calls will result in merges. >>> >>> In this implementation, we simply give up if we encounter large folios. A >>> subsequent commit will extend the functionality to allow for these cases. >>> >>> We restrict this flag to purely anonymous memory only. >>> >>> we separate out the vma_had_uncowed_parents() helper function for checking >>> in should_relocate_anon() and introduce a new function >>> vma_maybe_has_shared_anon_folios() which combines a check against this and >>> any forked child anon_vma's. >>> >>> We carefully check for pinned folios in case a caller who holds a pin might >>> make assumptions about index, mapping fields which we are about to >>> manipulate. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes >>> --- >>> include/linux/rmap.h | 4 + >>> include/uapi/linux/mman.h | 1 + >>> mm/internal.h | 1 + >>> mm/mremap.c | 403 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- >>> mm/vma.c | 77 ++++-- >>> mm/vma.h | 36 ++- >>> tools/testing/vma/vma.c | 5 +- >>> tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h | 38 +++ >>> 8 files changed, 520 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) >> >> [...snip...] >> >>> @@ -754,6 +797,209 @@ static unsigned long pmc_progress(struct pagetable_move_control *pmc) >>> return old_addr < orig_old_addr ? 0 : old_addr - orig_old_addr; >>> } >>> >>> +/* >>> + * If the folio mapped at the specified pte entry can have its index and mapping >>> + * relocated, then do so. >>> + * >>> + * Returns the number of pages we have traversed, or 0 if the operation failed. >>> + */ >>> +static unsigned long relocate_anon_pte(struct pagetable_move_control *pmc, >>> + struct pte_state *state, bool undo) >>> +{ >>> + struct folio *folio; >>> + struct vm_area_struct *old, *new; >>> + pgoff_t new_index; >>> + pte_t pte; >>> + unsigned long ret = 1; >>> + unsigned long old_addr = state->old_addr; >>> + unsigned long new_addr = state->new_addr; >>> + >>> + old = pmc->old; >>> + new = pmc->new; >>> + >>> + pte = ptep_get(state->ptep); >>> + >>> + /* Ensure we have truly got an anon folio. */ >>> + folio = vm_normal_folio(old, old_addr, pte); >>> + if (!folio) >>> + return ret; >>> + >>> + folio_lock(folio); >>> + >>> + /* No-op. */ >>> + if (!folio_test_anon(folio) || folio_test_ksm(folio)) >>> + goto out; >> >> I think the kernel should not observe any KSM pages during mremap >> because it breaks KSM pages in prep_move_vma()? Ah, that's the maigc bit, thanks! > > Right, nor should we observe !anon pages here since we already checked for > that... > > This is belt + braces. Maybe we should replace with VM_WARN_ON_ONCE()'s...? Sure. Anything you can throw out probably reduces the overhead :) -- Cheers, David / dhildenb