* [PATCH 0/4] zswap bugfix: memory leaks and other problem
@ 2013-08-23 10:12 ` Weijie Yang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Weijie Yang @ 2013-08-23 10:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: minchan, bob.liu, sjenning; +Cc: weijie.yang.kh, linux-mm, linux-kernel
This patch series fix a few bugs in zswap based on Linux-3.11-rc6.
Corresponding mail thread see: lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/18/59 .
These issues fixed are:
1. memory leaks when re-swapon
2. potential problem which store and reclaim functions is called recursively
3. memory leaks when invalidate and reclaim occur simultaneously
4. unnecessary page scanning
Issues discussed in that mail thread NOT fixed as it happens rarely or not a big problem:
1. a "theoretical race condition" when reclaim page
when a handle alloced from zbud, zbud considers this handle is used validly by upper(zswap) and can be a candidate for reclaim.
But zswap has to initialize it such as setting swapentry and adding it to rbtree. so there is a race condition, such as:
thread 0: obtain handle x from zbud_alloc
thread 1: zbud_reclaim_page is called
thread 1: callback zswap_writeback_entry to reclaim handle x
thread 1: get swpentry from handle x (it is random value now)
thread 1: bad thing may happen
thread 0: initialize handle x with swapentry
2. frontswap_map bitmap not cleared after zswap reclaim
Frontswap uses frontswap_map bitmap to track page in "backend" implementation,
when zswap reclaim a page, the corresponding bitmap record is not cleared.
mm/zswap.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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* [PATCH 0/4] zswap bugfix: memory leaks and other problem
@ 2013-08-23 10:12 ` Weijie Yang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Weijie Yang @ 2013-08-23 10:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: minchan, bob.liu, sjenning; +Cc: weijie.yang.kh, linux-mm, linux-kernel
This patch series fix a few bugs in zswap based on Linux-3.11-rc6.
Corresponding mail thread see: lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/18/59 .
These issues fixed are:
1. memory leaks when re-swapon
2. potential problem which store and reclaim functions is called recursively
3. memory leaks when invalidate and reclaim occur simultaneously
4. unnecessary page scanning
Issues discussed in that mail thread NOT fixed as it happens rarely or not a big problem:
1. a "theoretical race condition" when reclaim page
when a handle alloced from zbud, zbud considers this handle is used validly by upper(zswap) and can be a candidate for reclaim.
But zswap has to initialize it such as setting swapentry and adding it to rbtree. so there is a race condition, such as:
thread 0: obtain handle x from zbud_alloc
thread 1: zbud_reclaim_page is called
thread 1: callback zswap_writeback_entry to reclaim handle x
thread 1: get swpentry from handle x (it is random value now)
thread 1: bad thing may happen
thread 0: initialize handle x with swapentry
2. frontswap_map bitmap not cleared after zswap reclaim
Frontswap uses frontswap_map bitmap to track page in "backend" implementation,
when zswap reclaim a page, the corresponding bitmap record is not cleared.
mm/zswap.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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* Re: [PATCH 0/4] zswap bugfix: memory leaks and other problem
2013-08-23 11:26 ` Weijie Yang
@ 2013-08-23 15:22 ` Seth Jennings
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From: Seth Jennings @ 2013-08-23 15:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Weijie Yang; +Cc: Minchan Kim, Bob Liu, weijie.yang, linux-mm, linux-kernel
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 07:26:01PM +0800, Weijie Yang wrote:
> This patch series fix a few bugs in zswap based on Linux-3.11-rc6.
>
> Corresponding mail thread see: lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/18/59 .
>
> These issues fixed are:
> 1. memory leaks when re-swapon
> 2. potential problem which store and reclaim functions is called recursively
> 3. memory leaks when invalidate and reclaim occur simultaneously
> 4. unnecessary page scanning
Thanks for the patches!
Patches 2-4 have whitespace corruption (line wrapping) probably caused
by your mail agent. You might check Documentation/email-clients.txt on
how to prevent this.
Seth
>
> Issues discussed in that mail thread NOT fixed as it happens rarely or
> not a big problem:
> 1. a "theoretical race condition" when reclaim page
> when a handle alloced from zbud, zbud considers this handle is used
> validly by upper(zswap) and can be a candidate for reclaim.
> But zswap has to initialize it such as setting swapentry and adding
> it to rbtree. so there is a race condition, such as:
> thread 0: obtain handle x from zbud_alloc
> thread 1: zbud_reclaim_page is called
> thread 1: callback zswap_writeback_entry to reclaim handle x
> thread 1: get swpentry from handle x (it is random value now)
> thread 1: bad thing may happen
> thread 0: initialize handle x with swapentry
>
> 2. frontswap_map bitmap not cleared after zswap reclaim
> Frontswap uses frontswap_map bitmap to track page in "backend" implementation,
> when zswap reclaim a page, the corresponding bitmap record is not cleared.
>
> mm/zswap.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH 0/4] zswap bugfix: memory leaks and other problem
@ 2013-08-23 15:22 ` Seth Jennings
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Seth Jennings @ 2013-08-23 15:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Weijie Yang; +Cc: Minchan Kim, Bob Liu, weijie.yang, linux-mm, linux-kernel
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 07:26:01PM +0800, Weijie Yang wrote:
> This patch series fix a few bugs in zswap based on Linux-3.11-rc6.
>
> Corresponding mail thread see: lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/18/59 .
>
> These issues fixed are:
> 1. memory leaks when re-swapon
> 2. potential problem which store and reclaim functions is called recursively
> 3. memory leaks when invalidate and reclaim occur simultaneously
> 4. unnecessary page scanning
Thanks for the patches!
Patches 2-4 have whitespace corruption (line wrapping) probably caused
by your mail agent. You might check Documentation/email-clients.txt on
how to prevent this.
Seth
>
> Issues discussed in that mail thread NOT fixed as it happens rarely or
> not a big problem:
> 1. a "theoretical race condition" when reclaim page
> when a handle alloced from zbud, zbud considers this handle is used
> validly by upper(zswap) and can be a candidate for reclaim.
> But zswap has to initialize it such as setting swapentry and adding
> it to rbtree. so there is a race condition, such as:
> thread 0: obtain handle x from zbud_alloc
> thread 1: zbud_reclaim_page is called
> thread 1: callback zswap_writeback_entry to reclaim handle x
> thread 1: get swpentry from handle x (it is random value now)
> thread 1: bad thing may happen
> thread 0: initialize handle x with swapentry
>
> 2. frontswap_map bitmap not cleared after zswap reclaim
> Frontswap uses frontswap_map bitmap to track page in "backend" implementation,
> when zswap reclaim a page, the corresponding bitmap record is not cleared.
>
> mm/zswap.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
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* [PATCH 0/4] zswap bugfix: memory leaks and other problem
@ 2013-08-23 11:26 ` Weijie Yang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Weijie Yang @ 2013-08-23 11:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Minchan Kim, Bob Liu, sjenning; +Cc: weijie.yang, linux-mm, linux-kernel
This patch series fix a few bugs in zswap based on Linux-3.11-rc6.
Corresponding mail thread see: lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/18/59 .
These issues fixed are:
1. memory leaks when re-swapon
2. potential problem which store and reclaim functions is called recursively
3. memory leaks when invalidate and reclaim occur simultaneously
4. unnecessary page scanning
Issues discussed in that mail thread NOT fixed as it happens rarely or
not a big problem:
1. a "theoretical race condition" when reclaim page
when a handle alloced from zbud, zbud considers this handle is used
validly by upper(zswap) and can be a candidate for reclaim.
But zswap has to initialize it such as setting swapentry and adding
it to rbtree. so there is a race condition, such as:
thread 0: obtain handle x from zbud_alloc
thread 1: zbud_reclaim_page is called
thread 1: callback zswap_writeback_entry to reclaim handle x
thread 1: get swpentry from handle x (it is random value now)
thread 1: bad thing may happen
thread 0: initialize handle x with swapentry
2. frontswap_map bitmap not cleared after zswap reclaim
Frontswap uses frontswap_map bitmap to track page in "backend" implementation,
when zswap reclaim a page, the corresponding bitmap record is not cleared.
mm/zswap.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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* [PATCH 0/4] zswap bugfix: memory leaks and other problem
@ 2013-08-23 11:26 ` Weijie Yang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Weijie Yang @ 2013-08-23 11:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Minchan Kim, Bob Liu, sjenning; +Cc: weijie.yang, linux-mm, linux-kernel
This patch series fix a few bugs in zswap based on Linux-3.11-rc6.
Corresponding mail thread see: lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/18/59 .
These issues fixed are:
1. memory leaks when re-swapon
2. potential problem which store and reclaim functions is called recursively
3. memory leaks when invalidate and reclaim occur simultaneously
4. unnecessary page scanning
Issues discussed in that mail thread NOT fixed as it happens rarely or
not a big problem:
1. a "theoretical race condition" when reclaim page
when a handle alloced from zbud, zbud considers this handle is used
validly by upper(zswap) and can be a candidate for reclaim.
But zswap has to initialize it such as setting swapentry and adding
it to rbtree. so there is a race condition, such as:
thread 0: obtain handle x from zbud_alloc
thread 1: zbud_reclaim_page is called
thread 1: callback zswap_writeback_entry to reclaim handle x
thread 1: get swpentry from handle x (it is random value now)
thread 1: bad thing may happen
thread 0: initialize handle x with swapentry
2. frontswap_map bitmap not cleared after zswap reclaim
Frontswap uses frontswap_map bitmap to track page in "backend" implementation,
when zswap reclaim a page, the corresponding bitmap record is not cleared.
mm/zswap.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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