[PATCH v4 0/2] make ballooned out pages have a valid mapping at all times

[PATCH v4 0/2] make ballooned out pages have a valid mapping at all times

[Stefano Stabellini]

Hi all,
this patch series limits problems caused by tcp retransmits on NFS when
the original block pages were mapped from a foreign domain and now the
mapping is gone.

It accomplishes the goal by:

1) mapping all ballooned out pages to a per-cpu "balloon_scratch_page";
2) making sure that once a grant is unmapped, the original mapping to
the per-cpu balloon_scratch_page is restored atomically.

The first patch accomplishes (1), the second patch uses
GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace to atomically unmap a grant and restore the
original mapping.



Changes in this version:
- add an early_initcall to clear all the possible per_cpu
  balloon_scratch_page.



Stefano Stabellini (2):
      xen/balloon: set a mapping for ballooned out pages
      xen/m2p: use GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace to reinstate the original mapping

 arch/x86/xen/p2m.c    |   22 ++++++++++-----
 drivers/xen/balloon.c |   69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 drivers/xen/gntdev.c  |   11 +------
 include/xen/balloon.h |    3 ++
 4 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sstabellini/xen.git valid_mapping_4


Cheers,

Stefano

[PATCH v4 1/2] xen/balloon: set a mapping for ballooned out pages

[Stefano Stabellini]

Currently ballooned out pages are mapped to 0 and have INVALID_P2M_ENTRY
in the p2m. These ballooned out pages are used to map foreign grants
by gntdev and blkback (see alloc_xenballooned_pages).

Allocate a page per cpu and map all the ballooned out pages to the
corresponding mfn. Set the p2m accordingly. This way reading from a
ballooned out page won't cause a kernel crash (see
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-12/msg01154.html).

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
CC: alex@alex.org.uk
CC: dcrisan@flexiant.com
---
 drivers/xen/balloon.c |   69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 include/xen/balloon.h |    3 ++
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/balloon.c b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
index 930fb68..d5ff74f 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
  * IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/memory.h>
 #include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
+#include <linux/percpu-defs.h>
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -88,6 +90,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(balloon_stats);
 
 /* We increase/decrease in batches which fit in a page */
 static xen_pfn_t frame_list[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)];
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct page *, balloon_scratch_page);
+
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 #define inc_totalhigh_pages() (totalhigh_pages++)
@@ -423,7 +427,8 @@ static enum bp_state decrease_reservation(unsigned long nr_pages, gfp_t gfp)
 		if (xen_pv_domain() && !PageHighMem(page)) {
 			ret = HYPERVISOR_update_va_mapping(
 				(unsigned long)__va(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT),
-				__pte_ma(0), 0);
+				pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(__get_cpu_var(balloon_scratch_page)),
+					PAGE_KERNEL_RO), 0);
 			BUG_ON(ret);
 		}
 #endif
@@ -436,7 +441,8 @@ static enum bp_state decrease_reservation(unsigned long nr_pages, gfp_t gfp)
 	/* No more mappings: invalidate P2M and add to balloon. */
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		pfn = mfn_to_pfn(frame_list[i]);
-		__set_phys_to_machine(pfn, INVALID_P2M_ENTRY);
+		__set_phys_to_machine(pfn,
+				pfn_to_mfn(page_to_pfn(__get_cpu_var(balloon_scratch_page))));
 		balloon_append(pfn_to_page(pfn));
 	}
 
@@ -491,6 +497,18 @@ static void balloon_process(struct work_struct *work)
 	mutex_unlock(&balloon_mutex);
 }
 
+struct page *get_balloon_scratch_page(void)
+{
+	struct page *ret = get_cpu_var(balloon_scratch_page);
+	BUG_ON(ret == NULL);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void put_balloon_scratch_page(void)
+{
+	put_cpu_var(balloon_scratch_page);
+}
+
 /* Resets the Xen limit, sets new target, and kicks off processing. */
 void balloon_set_new_target(unsigned long target)
 {
@@ -584,13 +602,47 @@ static void __init balloon_add_region(unsigned long start_pfn,
 	}
 }
 
+static int __cpuinit balloon_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+				    unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+{
+	int cpu = (long)hcpu;
+	switch (action) {
+	case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
+		if (per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) != NULL)
+			break;
+		per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) == NULL) {
+			pr_warn("Failed to allocate balloon_scratch_page for cpu %d\n", cpu);
+			return NOTIFY_BAD;
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block balloon_cpu_notifier __cpuinitdata = {
+	.notifier_call	= balloon_cpu_notify,
+};
+
 static int __init balloon_init(void)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, cpu;
 
 	if (!xen_domain())
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+	{
+		per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) == NULL) {
+			pr_warn("Failed to allocate balloon_scratch_page for cpu %d\n", cpu);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+	}
+	register_cpu_notifier(&balloon_cpu_notifier);
+
 	pr_info("xen/balloon: Initialising balloon driver.\n");
 
 	balloon_stats.current_pages = xen_pv_domain()
@@ -627,4 +679,15 @@ static int __init balloon_init(void)
 
 subsys_initcall(balloon_init);
 
+static int __init balloon_clear(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+		per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) = NULL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_initcall(balloon_clear);
+
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/xen/balloon.h b/include/xen/balloon.h
index cc2e1a7..a4c1c6a 100644
--- a/include/xen/balloon.h
+++ b/include/xen/balloon.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ int alloc_xenballooned_pages(int nr_pages, struct page **pages,
 		bool highmem);
 void free_xenballooned_pages(int nr_pages, struct page **pages);
 
+struct page *get_balloon_scratch_page(void);
+void put_balloon_scratch_page(void);
+
 struct device;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_SELFBALLOONING
 extern int register_xen_selfballooning(struct device *dev);
-- 
1.7.2.5

[PATCH v4 1/2] xen/balloon: set a mapping for ballooned out pages

[Stefano Stabellini]

Currently ballooned out pages are mapped to 0 and have INVALID_P2M_ENTRY
in the p2m. These ballooned out pages are used to map foreign grants
by gntdev and blkback (see alloc_xenballooned_pages).

Allocate a page per cpu and map all the ballooned out pages to the
corresponding mfn. Set the p2m accordingly. This way reading from a
ballooned out page won't cause a kernel crash (see
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-12/msg01154.html).

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
CC: alex@alex.org.uk
CC: dcrisan@flexiant.com
---
 drivers/xen/balloon.c |   69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 include/xen/balloon.h |    3 ++
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/balloon.c b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
index 930fb68..d5ff74f 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
  * IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/memory.h>
 #include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
+#include <linux/percpu-defs.h>
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -88,6 +90,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(balloon_stats);
 
 /* We increase/decrease in batches which fit in a page */
 static xen_pfn_t frame_list[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)];
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct page *, balloon_scratch_page);
+
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 #define inc_totalhigh_pages() (totalhigh_pages++)
@@ -423,7 +427,8 @@ static enum bp_state decrease_reservation(unsigned long nr_pages, gfp_t gfp)
 		if (xen_pv_domain() && !PageHighMem(page)) {
 			ret = HYPERVISOR_update_va_mapping(
 				(unsigned long)__va(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT),
-				__pte_ma(0), 0);
+				pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(__get_cpu_var(balloon_scratch_page)),
+					PAGE_KERNEL_RO), 0);
 			BUG_ON(ret);
 		}
 #endif
@@ -436,7 +441,8 @@ static enum bp_state decrease_reservation(unsigned long nr_pages, gfp_t gfp)
 	/* No more mappings: invalidate P2M and add to balloon. */
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		pfn = mfn_to_pfn(frame_list[i]);
-		__set_phys_to_machine(pfn, INVALID_P2M_ENTRY);
+		__set_phys_to_machine(pfn,
+				pfn_to_mfn(page_to_pfn(__get_cpu_var(balloon_scratch_page))));
 		balloon_append(pfn_to_page(pfn));
 	}
 
@@ -491,6 +497,18 @@ static void balloon_process(struct work_struct *work)
 	mutex_unlock(&balloon_mutex);
 }
 
+struct page *get_balloon_scratch_page(void)
+{
+	struct page *ret = get_cpu_var(balloon_scratch_page);
+	BUG_ON(ret == NULL);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void put_balloon_scratch_page(void)
+{
+	put_cpu_var(balloon_scratch_page);
+}
+
 /* Resets the Xen limit, sets new target, and kicks off processing. */
 void balloon_set_new_target(unsigned long target)
 {
@@ -584,13 +602,47 @@ static void __init balloon_add_region(unsigned long start_pfn,
 	}
 }
 
+static int __cpuinit balloon_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+				    unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+{
+	int cpu = (long)hcpu;
+	switch (action) {
+	case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
+		if (per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) != NULL)
+			break;
+		per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) == NULL) {
+			pr_warn("Failed to allocate balloon_scratch_page for cpu %d\n", cpu);
+			return NOTIFY_BAD;
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block balloon_cpu_notifier __cpuinitdata = {
+	.notifier_call	= balloon_cpu_notify,
+};
+
 static int __init balloon_init(void)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, cpu;
 
 	if (!xen_domain())
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+	{
+		per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) == NULL) {
+			pr_warn("Failed to allocate balloon_scratch_page for cpu %d\n", cpu);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+	}
+	register_cpu_notifier(&balloon_cpu_notifier);
+
 	pr_info("xen/balloon: Initialising balloon driver.\n");
 
 	balloon_stats.current_pages = xen_pv_domain()
@@ -627,4 +679,15 @@ static int __init balloon_init(void)
 
 subsys_initcall(balloon_init);
 
+static int __init balloon_clear(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+		per_cpu(balloon_scratch_page, cpu) = NULL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_initcall(balloon_clear);
+
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/xen/balloon.h b/include/xen/balloon.h
index cc2e1a7..a4c1c6a 100644
--- a/include/xen/balloon.h
+++ b/include/xen/balloon.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ int alloc_xenballooned_pages(int nr_pages, struct page **pages,
 		bool highmem);
 void free_xenballooned_pages(int nr_pages, struct page **pages);
 
+struct page *get_balloon_scratch_page(void);
+void put_balloon_scratch_page(void);
+
 struct device;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_SELFBALLOONING
 extern int register_xen_selfballooning(struct device *dev);
-- 
1.7.2.5

[PATCH v4 2/2] xen/m2p: use GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace to reinstate the original mapping

[Stefano Stabellini]

GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref unmaps a grant and replaces it with a 0
mapping instead of reinstating the original mapping.
Doing so separately would be racy.

To unmap a grant and reinstate the original mapping atomically we use
GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace.
GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace doesn't work with GNTMAP_contains_pte, so
don't use it for kmaps.  GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace zeroes the mapping
passed in new_addr so we have to reinstate it, however that is a
per-cpu mapping only used for balloon scratch pages, so we can be sure that
it's not going to be accessed while the mapping is not valid.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
CC: alex@alex.org.uk
CC: dcrisan@flexiant.com
---
 arch/x86/xen/p2m.c   |   22 +++++++++++++++-------
 drivers/xen/gntdev.c |   11 ++---------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
index 95fb2aa..0d4ec35 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
 #include <asm/xen/page.h>
 #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
 #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
+#include <xen/balloon.h>
 #include <xen/grant_table.h>
 
 #include "multicalls.h"
@@ -967,7 +968,10 @@ int m2p_remove_override(struct page *page,
 	if (kmap_op != NULL) {
 		if (!PageHighMem(page)) {
 			struct multicall_space mcs;
-			struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref *unmap_op;
+			struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace *unmap_op;
+			struct page *scratch_page = get_balloon_scratch_page();
+			unsigned long scratch_page_address = (unsigned long)
+				__va(page_to_pfn(scratch_page) << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
 			/*
 			 * It might be that we queued all the m2p grant table
@@ -990,21 +994,25 @@ int m2p_remove_override(struct page *page,
 			}
 
 			mcs = xen_mc_entry(
-					sizeof(struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref));
+					sizeof(struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace));
 			unmap_op = mcs.args;
 			unmap_op->host_addr = kmap_op->host_addr;
+			unmap_op->new_addr = scratch_page_address;
 			unmap_op->handle = kmap_op->handle;
-			unmap_op->dev_bus_addr = 0;
 
 			MULTI_grant_table_op(mcs.mc,
-					GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref, unmap_op, 1);
+					GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace, unmap_op, 1);
 
 			xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
 
-			set_pte_at(&init_mm, address, ptep,
-					pfn_pte(pfn, PAGE_KERNEL));
-			__flush_tlb_single(address);
+			mcs = __xen_mc_entry(0);
+			MULTI_update_va_mapping(mcs.mc, scratch_page_address,
+					pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(get_balloon_scratch_page()),
+					PAGE_KERNEL_RO), 0);
+			xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
+
 			kmap_op->host_addr = 0;
+			put_balloon_scratch_page();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
index 3c8803f..51f4c95 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
@@ -270,19 +270,12 @@ static int map_grant_pages(struct grant_map *map)
 		 * with find_grant_ptes.
 		 */
 		for (i = 0; i < map->count; i++) {
-			unsigned level;
 			unsigned long address = (unsigned long)
 				pfn_to_kaddr(page_to_pfn(map->pages[i]));
-			pte_t *ptep;
-			u64 pte_maddr = 0;
 			BUG_ON(PageHighMem(map->pages[i]));
 
-			ptep = lookup_address(address, &level);
-			pte_maddr = arbitrary_virt_to_machine(ptep).maddr;
-			gnttab_set_map_op(&map->kmap_ops[i], pte_maddr,
-				map->flags |
-				GNTMAP_host_map |
-				GNTMAP_contains_pte,
+			gnttab_set_map_op(&map->kmap_ops[i], address,
+				map->flags | GNTMAP_host_map,
 				map->grants[i].ref,
 				map->grants[i].domid);
 		}
-- 
1.7.2.5

[PATCH v4 2/2] xen/m2p: use GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace to reinstate the original mapping

[Stefano Stabellini]

GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref unmaps a grant and replaces it with a 0
mapping instead of reinstating the original mapping.
Doing so separately would be racy.

To unmap a grant and reinstate the original mapping atomically we use
GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace.
GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace doesn't work with GNTMAP_contains_pte, so
don't use it for kmaps.  GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace zeroes the mapping
passed in new_addr so we have to reinstate it, however that is a
per-cpu mapping only used for balloon scratch pages, so we can be sure that
it's not going to be accessed while the mapping is not valid.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
CC: alex@alex.org.uk
CC: dcrisan@flexiant.com
---
 arch/x86/xen/p2m.c   |   22 +++++++++++++++-------
 drivers/xen/gntdev.c |   11 ++---------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
index 95fb2aa..0d4ec35 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
 #include <asm/xen/page.h>
 #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
 #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
+#include <xen/balloon.h>
 #include <xen/grant_table.h>
 
 #include "multicalls.h"
@@ -967,7 +968,10 @@ int m2p_remove_override(struct page *page,
 	if (kmap_op != NULL) {
 		if (!PageHighMem(page)) {
 			struct multicall_space mcs;
-			struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref *unmap_op;
+			struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace *unmap_op;
+			struct page *scratch_page = get_balloon_scratch_page();
+			unsigned long scratch_page_address = (unsigned long)
+				__va(page_to_pfn(scratch_page) << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
 			/*
 			 * It might be that we queued all the m2p grant table
@@ -990,21 +994,25 @@ int m2p_remove_override(struct page *page,
 			}
 
 			mcs = xen_mc_entry(
-					sizeof(struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref));
+					sizeof(struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace));
 			unmap_op = mcs.args;
 			unmap_op->host_addr = kmap_op->host_addr;
+			unmap_op->new_addr = scratch_page_address;
 			unmap_op->handle = kmap_op->handle;
-			unmap_op->dev_bus_addr = 0;
 
 			MULTI_grant_table_op(mcs.mc,
-					GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref, unmap_op, 1);
+					GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace, unmap_op, 1);
 
 			xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
 
-			set_pte_at(&init_mm, address, ptep,
-					pfn_pte(pfn, PAGE_KERNEL));
-			__flush_tlb_single(address);
+			mcs = __xen_mc_entry(0);
+			MULTI_update_va_mapping(mcs.mc, scratch_page_address,
+					pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(get_balloon_scratch_page()),
+					PAGE_KERNEL_RO), 0);
+			xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
+
 			kmap_op->host_addr = 0;
+			put_balloon_scratch_page();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
index 3c8803f..51f4c95 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
@@ -270,19 +270,12 @@ static int map_grant_pages(struct grant_map *map)
 		 * with find_grant_ptes.
 		 */
 		for (i = 0; i < map->count; i++) {
-			unsigned level;
 			unsigned long address = (unsigned long)
 				pfn_to_kaddr(page_to_pfn(map->pages[i]));
-			pte_t *ptep;
-			u64 pte_maddr = 0;
 			BUG_ON(PageHighMem(map->pages[i]));
 
-			ptep = lookup_address(address, &level);
-			pte_maddr = arbitrary_virt_to_machine(ptep).maddr;
-			gnttab_set_map_op(&map->kmap_ops[i], pte_maddr,
-				map->flags |
-				GNTMAP_host_map |
-				GNTMAP_contains_pte,
+			gnttab_set_map_op(&map->kmap_ops[i], address,
+				map->flags | GNTMAP_host_map,
 				map->grants[i].ref,
 				map->grants[i].domid);
 		}
-- 
1.7.2.5

Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] xen/m2p: use GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace to reinstate the original mapping

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 03:39:41PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref unmaps a grant and replaces it with a 0
> mapping instead of reinstating the original mapping.
> Doing so separately would be racy.
> 
> To unmap a grant and reinstate the original mapping atomically we use
> GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace.
> GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace doesn't work with GNTMAP_contains_pte, so
> don't use it for kmaps.  GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace zeroes the mapping
> passed in new_addr so we have to reinstate it, however that is a
> per-cpu mapping only used for balloon scratch pages, so we can be sure that
> it's not going to be accessed while the mapping is not valid.

This looks to be depend on a new structure, which is not in Linux kernel?
Are you missing a dependency patch?

Shouldn't we use some logic to figure out which hypercall to use if the
hypervisor does not support it?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
> Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
> CC: alex@alex.org.uk
> CC: dcrisan@flexiant.com
> ---
>  arch/x86/xen/p2m.c   |   22 +++++++++++++++-------
>  drivers/xen/gntdev.c |   11 ++---------
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
> index 95fb2aa..0d4ec35 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
> @@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
>  #include <asm/xen/page.h>
>  #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
>  #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
> +#include <xen/balloon.h>
>  #include <xen/grant_table.h>
>  
>  #include "multicalls.h"
> @@ -967,7 +968,10 @@ int m2p_remove_override(struct page *page,
>  	if (kmap_op != NULL) {
>  		if (!PageHighMem(page)) {
>  			struct multicall_space mcs;
> -			struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref *unmap_op;
> +			struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace *unmap_op;
> +			struct page *scratch_page = get_balloon_scratch_page();
> +			unsigned long scratch_page_address = (unsigned long)
> +				__va(page_to_pfn(scratch_page) << PAGE_SHIFT);
>  
>  			/*
>  			 * It might be that we queued all the m2p grant table
> @@ -990,21 +994,25 @@ int m2p_remove_override(struct page *page,
>  			}
>  
>  			mcs = xen_mc_entry(
> -					sizeof(struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref));
> +					sizeof(struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace));
>  			unmap_op = mcs.args;
>  			unmap_op->host_addr = kmap_op->host_addr;
> +			unmap_op->new_addr = scratch_page_address;
>  			unmap_op->handle = kmap_op->handle;
> -			unmap_op->dev_bus_addr = 0;
>  
>  			MULTI_grant_table_op(mcs.mc,
> -					GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref, unmap_op, 1);
> +					GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace, unmap_op, 1);
>  
>  			xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
>  
> -			set_pte_at(&init_mm, address, ptep,
> -					pfn_pte(pfn, PAGE_KERNEL));
> -			__flush_tlb_single(address);
> +			mcs = __xen_mc_entry(0);
> +			MULTI_update_va_mapping(mcs.mc, scratch_page_address,
> +					pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(get_balloon_scratch_page()),
> +					PAGE_KERNEL_RO), 0);
> +			xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU);
> +
>  			kmap_op->host_addr = 0;
> +			put_balloon_scratch_page();
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
> index 3c8803f..51f4c95 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
> @@ -270,19 +270,12 @@ static int map_grant_pages(struct grant_map *map)
>  		 * with find_grant_ptes.
>  		 */
>  		for (i = 0; i < map->count; i++) {
> -			unsigned level;
>  			unsigned long address = (unsigned long)
>  				pfn_to_kaddr(page_to_pfn(map->pages[i]));
> -			pte_t *ptep;
> -			u64 pte_maddr = 0;
>  			BUG_ON(PageHighMem(map->pages[i]));
>  
> -			ptep = lookup_address(address, &level);
> -			pte_maddr = arbitrary_virt_to_machine(ptep).maddr;
> -			gnttab_set_map_op(&map->kmap_ops[i], pte_maddr,
> -				map->flags |
> -				GNTMAP_host_map |
> -				GNTMAP_contains_pte,
> +			gnttab_set_map_op(&map->kmap_ops[i], address,
> +				map->flags | GNTMAP_host_map,
>  				map->grants[i].ref,
>  				map->grants[i].domid);
>  		}
> -- 
> 1.7.2.5
> 

Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] xen/m2p: use GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace to reinstate the original mapping

[Stefano Stabellini]

On Fri, 9 Aug 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 03:39:41PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref unmaps a grant and replaces it with a 0
> > mapping instead of reinstating the original mapping.
> > Doing so separately would be racy.
> > 
> > To unmap a grant and reinstate the original mapping atomically we use
> > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace.
> > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace doesn't work with GNTMAP_contains_pte, so
> > don't use it for kmaps.  GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace zeroes the mapping
> > passed in new_addr so we have to reinstate it, however that is a
> > per-cpu mapping only used for balloon scratch pages, so we can be sure that
> > it's not going to be accessed while the mapping is not valid.
> 
> This looks to be depend on a new structure, which is not in Linux kernel?
> Are you missing a dependency patch?

Nope, GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace and struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace are
already present in include/xen/interface/grant_table.h.


> Shouldn't we use some logic to figure out which hypercall to use if the
> hypervisor does not support it?

GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace is not a new hypercall, it has been supported
by Xen for a very long time.

In a previous iteration of this patch series, I did introduce a new
hypercall, but then I dropped it because I figured out that I could
achieve the same thing with the existing hypercall.

Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] xen/m2p: use GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace to reinstate the original mapping

[Stefano Stabellini]

On Fri, 9 Aug 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 03:39:41PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref unmaps a grant and replaces it with a 0
> > mapping instead of reinstating the original mapping.
> > Doing so separately would be racy.
> > 
> > To unmap a grant and reinstate the original mapping atomically we use
> > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace.
> > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace doesn't work with GNTMAP_contains_pte, so
> > don't use it for kmaps.  GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace zeroes the mapping
> > passed in new_addr so we have to reinstate it, however that is a
> > per-cpu mapping only used for balloon scratch pages, so we can be sure that
> > it's not going to be accessed while the mapping is not valid.
> 
> This looks to be depend on a new structure, which is not in Linux kernel?
> Are you missing a dependency patch?

Nope, GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace and struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace are
already present in include/xen/interface/grant_table.h.


> Shouldn't we use some logic to figure out which hypercall to use if the
> hypervisor does not support it?

GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace is not a new hypercall, it has been supported
by Xen for a very long time.

In a previous iteration of this patch series, I did introduce a new
hypercall, but then I dropped it because I figured out that I could
achieve the same thing with the existing hypercall.

Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] xen/m2p: use GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace to reinstate the original mapping

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 12:17:18PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 03:39:41PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref unmaps a grant and replaces it with a 0
> > > mapping instead of reinstating the original mapping.
> > > Doing so separately would be racy.
> > > 
> > > To unmap a grant and reinstate the original mapping atomically we use
> > > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace.
> > > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace doesn't work with GNTMAP_contains_pte, so
> > > don't use it for kmaps.  GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace zeroes the mapping
> > > passed in new_addr so we have to reinstate it, however that is a
> > > per-cpu mapping only used for balloon scratch pages, so we can be sure that
> > > it's not going to be accessed while the mapping is not valid.
> > 
> > This looks to be depend on a new structure, which is not in Linux kernel?
> > Are you missing a dependency patch?
> 
> Nope, GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace and struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace are
> already present in include/xen/interface/grant_table.h.
> 
> 
> > Shouldn't we use some logic to figure out which hypercall to use if the
> > hypervisor does not support it?
> 
> GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace is not a new hypercall, it has been supported
> by Xen for a very long time.
> 
> In a previous iteration of this patch series, I did introduce a new
> hypercall, but then I dropped it because I figured out that I could
> achieve the same thing with the existing hypercall.

OK, Please tack on:

Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

P.S.
If you could stick it on devel/for-linus-3.12 that would be super. Thanks!

Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] xen/m2p: use GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace to reinstate the original mapping

[Stefano Stabellini]

On Tue, 13 Aug 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 12:17:18PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 Aug 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 03:39:41PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > > GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref unmaps a grant and replaces it with a 0
> > > > mapping instead of reinstating the original mapping.
> > > > Doing so separately would be racy.
> > > > 
> > > > To unmap a grant and reinstate the original mapping atomically we use
> > > > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace.
> > > > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace doesn't work with GNTMAP_contains_pte, so
> > > > don't use it for kmaps.  GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace zeroes the mapping
> > > > passed in new_addr so we have to reinstate it, however that is a
> > > > per-cpu mapping only used for balloon scratch pages, so we can be sure that
> > > > it's not going to be accessed while the mapping is not valid.
> > > 
> > > This looks to be depend on a new structure, which is not in Linux kernel?
> > > Are you missing a dependency patch?
> > 
> > Nope, GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace and struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace are
> > already present in include/xen/interface/grant_table.h.
> > 
> > 
> > > Shouldn't we use some logic to figure out which hypercall to use if the
> > > hypervisor does not support it?
> > 
> > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace is not a new hypercall, it has been supported
> > by Xen for a very long time.
> > 
> > In a previous iteration of this patch series, I did introduce a new
> > hypercall, but then I dropped it because I figured out that I could
> > achieve the same thing with the existing hypercall.
> 
> OK, Please tack on:
> 
> Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
> 
> P.S.
> If you could stick it on devel/for-linus-3.12 that would be super. Thanks!

done!

Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] xen/m2p: use GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace to reinstate the original mapping

[Stefano Stabellini]

On Tue, 13 Aug 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 12:17:18PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 Aug 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 03:39:41PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > > GNTTABOP_unmap_grant_ref unmaps a grant and replaces it with a 0
> > > > mapping instead of reinstating the original mapping.
> > > > Doing so separately would be racy.
> > > > 
> > > > To unmap a grant and reinstate the original mapping atomically we use
> > > > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace.
> > > > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace doesn't work with GNTMAP_contains_pte, so
> > > > don't use it for kmaps.  GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace zeroes the mapping
> > > > passed in new_addr so we have to reinstate it, however that is a
> > > > per-cpu mapping only used for balloon scratch pages, so we can be sure that
> > > > it's not going to be accessed while the mapping is not valid.
> > > 
> > > This looks to be depend on a new structure, which is not in Linux kernel?
> > > Are you missing a dependency patch?
> > 
> > Nope, GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace and struct gnttab_unmap_and_replace are
> > already present in include/xen/interface/grant_table.h.
> > 
> > 
> > > Shouldn't we use some logic to figure out which hypercall to use if the
> > > hypervisor does not support it?
> > 
> > GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace is not a new hypercall, it has been supported
> > by Xen for a very long time.
> > 
> > In a previous iteration of this patch series, I did introduce a new
> > hypercall, but then I dropped it because I figured out that I could
> > achieve the same thing with the existing hypercall.
> 
> OK, Please tack on:
> 
> Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
> 
> P.S.
> If you could stick it on devel/for-linus-3.12 that would be super. Thanks!

done!

Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] make ballooned out pages have a valid mapping at all times

[David Vrabel]

On 04/08/13 15:38, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Hi all,
> this patch series limits problems caused by tcp retransmits on NFS when
> the original block pages were mapped from a foreign domain and now the
> mapping is gone.
> 
> It accomplishes the goal by:
> 
> 1) mapping all ballooned out pages to a per-cpu "balloon_scratch_page";
> 2) making sure that once a grant is unmapped, the original mapping to
> the per-cpu balloon_scratch_page is restored atomically.
> 
> The first patch accomplishes (1), the second patch uses
> GNTTABOP_unmap_and_replace to atomically unmap a grant and restore the
> original mapping.
> 
> 
> 
> Changes in this version:
> - add an early_initcall to clear all the possible per_cpu
>   balloon_scratch_page.

I know Konrad asked for this but I don't think it is necessary.  Many
other users of DEFINE_PER_CPU() assume the space is initialized to zero.

e.g., cpufreq_show_table in drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c

If this is the only change in v4 I would suggest taking the v3 patches
instead.

David