From: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 19/25] arm64/mm: Wire up PTE_CONT for user mappings
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:20:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dce5f80d-942f-439c-a549-5290666464ca@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <99e2a92c-f2a2-4e1e-8ce2-08caae2cb7e4@redhat.com>
On 13/02/2024 13:13, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 13.02.24 14:06, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>> On 13/02/2024 12:19, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>> On 13.02.24 13:06, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>>> On 12/02/2024 20:38, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> +static inline bool mm_is_user(struct mm_struct *mm)
>>>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>>>> + /*
>>>>>>>>> + * Don't attempt to apply the contig bit to kernel mappings, because
>>>>>>>>> + * dynamically adding/removing the contig bit can cause page faults.
>>>>>>>>> + * These racing faults are ok for user space, since they get
>>>>>>>>> serialized
>>>>>>>>> + * on the PTL. But kernel mappings can't tolerate faults.
>>>>>>>>> + */
>>>>>>>>> + return mm != &init_mm;
>>>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We also have the efi_mm as a non-user mm, though I don't think we
>>>>>>>> manipulate
>>>>>>>> that while it is live, and I'm not sure if that needs any special handling.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well we never need this function in the hot (order-0 folio) path, so I
>>>>>>> think I
>>>>>>> could add a check for efi_mm here with performance implication. It's
>>>>>>> probably
>>>>>>> safest to explicitly exclude it? What do you think?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oops: This should have read "I think I could add a check for efi_mm here
>>>>>> *without* performance implication"
>>>>>
>>>>> It turns out that efi_mm is only defined when CONFIG_EFI is enabled. I can do
>>>>> this:
>>>>>
>>>>> return mm != &init_mm && (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI) || mm != &efi_mm);
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that acceptable? This is my preference, but nothing else outside of efi
>>>>> references this symbol currently.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or perhaps I can convince myself that its safe to treat efi_mm like userspace.
>>>>> There are a couple of things that need to be garanteed for it to be safe:
>>>>>
>>>>> - The PFNs of present ptes either need to have an associated struct
>>>>> page or
>>>>> need to have the PTE_SPECIAL bit set (either pte_mkspecial() or
>>>>> pte_mkdevmap())
>>>>>
>>>>> - Live mappings must either be static (no changes that could cause
>>>>> fold/unfold
>>>>> while live) or the system must be able to tolerate a temporary fault
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark suggests efi_mm is not manipulated while live, so that meets the latter
>>>>> requirement, but I'm not sure about the former?
>>>>
>>>> I've gone through all the efi code, and conclude that, as Mark suggests, the
>>>> mappings are indeed static. And additionally, the ptes are populated using only
>>>> the _private_ ptep API, so there is no issue here. As just discussed with Mark,
>>>> my prefereence is to not make any changes to code, and just add a comment
>>>> describing why efi_mm is safe.
>>>>
>>>> Details:
>>>>
>>>> * Registered with ptdump
>>>> * ptep_get_lockless()
>>>> * efi_create_mapping -> create_pgd_mapping … -> init_pte:
>>>> * __ptep_get()
>>>> * __set_pte()
>>>> * efi_memattr_apply_permissions -> efi_set_mapping_permissions … ->
>>>> set_permissions
>>>> * __ptep_get()
>>>> * __set_pte()
>>>
>>> Sound good. We could add some VM_WARN_ON if we ever get the efi_mm via the
>>> "official" APIs.
>>
>> We could, but that would lead to the same linkage issue, which I'm trying to
>> avoid in the first place:
>>
>> VM_WARN_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI) && mm == efi_mm);
>>
>> This creates new source code dependencies, which I would rather avoid if
>> possible.
>
> Just a thought, you could have a is_efi_mm() function that abstracts all that.
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
> index c74f47711f0b..152f5fa66a2a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/efi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/efi.h
> @@ -692,6 +692,15 @@ extern struct efi {
>
> extern struct mm_struct efi_mm;
>
> +static inline void is_efi_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
> + return mm == &efi_mm;
> +#else
> + return false;
> +#endif
> +}
> +
> static inline int
> efi_guidcmp (efi_guid_t left, efi_guid_t right)
> {
>
>
That would definitely work, but in that case, I might as well just check for it
in mm_is_user() (and personally I would change the name to mm_is_efi()):
static inline bool mm_is_user(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
return mm != &init_mm && !mm_is_efi(mm);
}
Any objections?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-13 13:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-02 8:07 [PATCH v5 00/25] Transparent Contiguous PTEs for User Mappings Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 01/25] mm: Clarify the spec for set_ptes() Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 12:03 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 02/25] mm: thp: Batch-collapse PMD with set_ptes() Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 03/25] mm: Make pte_next_pfn() a wrapper around pte_advance_pfn() Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 12:14 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-12 14:10 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 14:29 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-12 21:34 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 9:54 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 04/25] arm/mm: Convert pte_next_pfn() to pte_advance_pfn() Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 05/25] arm64/mm: " Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 06/25] powerpc/mm: " Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 07/25] x86/mm: " Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 08/25] mm: Remove pte_next_pfn() and replace with pte_advance_pfn() Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 09/25] arm64/mm: set_pte(): New layer to manage contig bit Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 10/25] arm64/mm: set_ptes()/set_pte_at(): " Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 11/25] arm64/mm: pte_clear(): " Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 12/25] arm64/mm: ptep_get_and_clear(): " Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 13/25] arm64/mm: ptep_test_and_clear_young(): " Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 14/25] arm64/mm: ptep_clear_flush_young(): " Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 15/25] arm64/mm: ptep_set_wrprotect(): " Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 16/25] arm64/mm: ptep_set_access_flags(): " Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 17/25] arm64/mm: ptep_get(): " Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 18/25] arm64/mm: Split __flush_tlb_range() to elide trailing DSB Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 12:44 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-12 13:05 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 13:15 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-12 13:27 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 19/25] arm64/mm: Wire up PTE_CONT for user mappings Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 12:00 ` Mark Rutland
2024-02-12 12:59 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 13:54 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-12 14:45 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 15:26 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-12 15:34 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 16:24 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-13 15:29 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 15:30 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 20:38 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 10:01 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-13 12:06 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 12:19 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-13 13:06 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 13:13 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-13 13:20 ` Ryan Roberts [this message]
2024-02-13 13:22 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-13 13:24 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 13:33 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2024-02-13 13:45 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-13 14:02 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 14:05 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-13 14:08 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2024-02-13 14:21 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 12:02 ` Mark Rutland
2024-02-13 13:03 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 20/25] arm64/mm: Implement new wrprotect_ptes() batch API Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 16:31 ` Mark Rutland
2024-02-13 16:36 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 21/25] arm64/mm: Implement new [get_and_]clear_full_ptes() batch APIs Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 16:43 ` Mark Rutland
2024-02-13 16:48 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 16:53 ` Mark Rutland
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 22/25] mm: Add pte_batch_hint() to reduce scanning in folio_pte_batch() Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 13:43 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-12 15:00 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 15:47 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 16:27 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 23/25] arm64/mm: Implement pte_batch_hint() Ryan Roberts
2024-02-12 13:46 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-13 16:54 ` Mark Rutland
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 24/25] arm64/mm: __always_inline to improve fork() perf Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 16:55 ` Mark Rutland
2024-02-02 8:07 ` [PATCH v5 25/25] arm64/mm: Automatically fold contpte mappings Ryan Roberts
2024-02-13 17:44 ` Mark Rutland
2024-02-13 18:05 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-08 17:34 ` [PATCH v5 00/25] Transparent Contiguous PTEs for User Mappings Mark Rutland
2024-02-09 8:54 ` Ryan Roberts
2024-02-09 22:16 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-02-09 23:52 ` Ryan Roberts
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