mlock: do not hold mmap_sem for extended periods of time
authorMichel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:46:14 +0000 (15:46 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:32:36 +0000 (17:32 -0800)
__get_user_pages gets a new 'nonblocking' parameter to signal that the
caller is prepared to re-acquire mmap_sem and retry the operation if
needed.  This is used to split off long operations if they are going to
block on a disk transfer, or when we detect contention on the mmap_sem.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove ref to rwsem_is_contended()]
Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/internal.h
mm/memory.c
mm/mlock.c
mm/nommu.c

index dedb0af..bd4f581 100644 (file)
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ static inline void mminit_validate_memmodel_limits(unsigned long *start_pfn,
 
 int __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
                     unsigned long start, int len, unsigned int foll_flags,
-                    struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
+                    struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas,
+                    int *nonblocking);
 
 #define ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN    -2
 #define ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL      -1
index 15e1f19..1bbe9a2 100644 (file)
@@ -1363,7 +1363,8 @@ no_page_table:
 
 int __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
                     unsigned long start, int nr_pages, unsigned int gup_flags,
-                    struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas)
+                    struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas,
+                    int *nonblocking)
 {
        int i;
        unsigned long vm_flags;
@@ -1463,10 +1464,15 @@ int __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
                        cond_resched();
                        while (!(page = follow_page(vma, start, foll_flags))) {
                                int ret;
+                               unsigned int fault_flags = 0;
+
+                               if (foll_flags & FOLL_WRITE)
+                                       fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
+                               if (nonblocking)
+                                       fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY;
 
                                ret = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, start,
-                                       (foll_flags & FOLL_WRITE) ?
-                                       FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
+                                                       fault_flags);
 
                                if (ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR) {
                                        if (ret & VM_FAULT_OOM)
@@ -1482,6 +1488,11 @@ int __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
                                else
                                        tsk->min_flt++;
 
+                               if (ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
+                                       *nonblocking = 0;
+                                       return i;
+                               }
+
                                /*
                                 * The VM_FAULT_WRITE bit tells us that
                                 * do_wp_page has broken COW when necessary,
@@ -1581,7 +1592,8 @@ int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
        if (force)
                flags |= FOLL_FORCE;
 
-       return __get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, flags, pages, vmas);
+       return __get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, flags, pages, vmas,
+                               NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages);
 
@@ -1606,7 +1618,8 @@ struct page *get_dump_page(unsigned long addr)
        struct page *page;
 
        if (__get_user_pages(current, current->mm, addr, 1,
-                       FOLL_FORCE | FOLL_DUMP | FOLL_GET, &page, &vma) < 1)
+                            FOLL_FORCE | FOLL_DUMP | FOLL_GET, &page, &vma,
+                            NULL) < 1)
                return NULL;
        flush_cache_page(vma, addr, page_to_pfn(page));
        return page;
index 84da66b..13e81ee 100644 (file)
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ static inline int stack_guard_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long add
  * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem must be held for at least read.
  */
 static long __mlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-                                   unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+                                   unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
+                                   int *nonblocking)
 {
        struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
        unsigned long addr = start;
        int nr_pages = (end - start) / PAGE_SIZE;
        int gup_flags;
-       int ret;
 
        VM_BUG_ON(start & ~PAGE_MASK);
        VM_BUG_ON(end   & ~PAGE_MASK);
@@ -187,9 +187,8 @@ static long __mlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
                nr_pages--;
        }
 
-       ret = __get_user_pages(current, mm, addr, nr_pages, gup_flags,
-                              NULL, NULL);
-       return max(ret, 0);     /* 0 or negative error code */
+       return __get_user_pages(current, mm, addr, nr_pages, gup_flags,
+                               NULL, NULL, nonblocking);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ long mlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
                        is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) ||
                        vma == get_gate_vma(current))) {
 
-               __mlock_vma_pages_range(vma, start, end);
+               __mlock_vma_pages_range(vma, start, end, NULL);
 
                /* Hide errors from mmap() and other callers */
                return 0;
@@ -429,21 +428,23 @@ static int do_mlock_pages(unsigned long start, size_t len, int ignore_errors)
        struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
        unsigned long end, nstart, nend;
        struct vm_area_struct *vma = NULL;
+       int locked = 0;
        int ret = 0;
 
        VM_BUG_ON(start & ~PAGE_MASK);
        VM_BUG_ON(len != PAGE_ALIGN(len));
        end = start + len;
 
-       down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
        for (nstart = start; nstart < end; nstart = nend) {
                /*
                 * We want to fault in pages for [nstart; end) address range.
                 * Find first corresponding VMA.
                 */
-               if (!vma)
+               if (!locked) {
+                       locked = 1;
+                       down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
                        vma = find_vma(mm, nstart);
-               else
+               } else if (nstart >= vma->vm_end)
                        vma = vma->vm_next;
                if (!vma || vma->vm_start >= end)
                        break;
@@ -457,19 +458,24 @@ static int do_mlock_pages(unsigned long start, size_t len, int ignore_errors)
                if (nstart < vma->vm_start)
                        nstart = vma->vm_start;
                /*
-                * Now fault in a range of pages within the first VMA.
+                * Now fault in a range of pages. __mlock_vma_pages_range()
+                * double checks the vma flags, so that it won't mlock pages
+                * if the vma was already munlocked.
                 */
-               ret = __mlock_vma_pages_range(vma, nstart, nend);
-               if (ret < 0 && ignore_errors) {
-                       ret = 0;
-                       continue;       /* continue at next VMA */
-               }
-               if (ret) {
+               ret = __mlock_vma_pages_range(vma, nstart, nend, &locked);
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       if (ignore_errors) {
+                               ret = 0;
+                               continue;       /* continue at next VMA */
+                       }
                        ret = __mlock_posix_error_return(ret);
                        break;
                }
+               nend = nstart + ret * PAGE_SIZE;
+               ret = 0;
        }
-       up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+       if (locked)
+               up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
        return ret;     /* 0 or negative error code */
 }
 
index ef4045d..f59e142 100644 (file)
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp)
 
 int __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
                     unsigned long start, int nr_pages, unsigned int foll_flags,
-                    struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas)
+                    struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas,
+                    int *retry)
 {
        struct vm_area_struct *vma;
        unsigned long vm_flags;
@@ -185,7 +186,8 @@ int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
        if (force)
                flags |= FOLL_FORCE;
 
-       return __get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, flags, pages, vmas);
+       return __get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, flags, pages, vmas,
+                               NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages);