[PATCH v7 0/4] hugetlbfs: close race between MADV_DONTNEED and page fault

[PATCH v7 0/4] hugetlbfs: close race between MADV_DONTNEED and page fault

[riel]

v7: fix !vma->vm_file and hfill2 cases
v6: move a fix from patch 3 to patch 2, more locking fixes
v5: somehow a __vma_private_lock(vma) test failed to make it from my tree into the v4 series, fix that
v4: fix unmap_vmas locking issue pointed out by Mike Kravetz, and resulting lockdep fallout
v3: fix compile error w/ lockdep and test case errors with patch 3
v2: fix the locking bug found with the libhugetlbfs tests.

Malloc libraries, like jemalloc and tcalloc, take decisions on when
to call madvise independently from the code in the main application.

This sometimes results in the application page faulting on an address,
right after the malloc library has shot down the backing memory with
MADV_DONTNEED.

Usually this is harmless, because we always have some 4kB pages
sitting around to satisfy a page fault. However, with hugetlbfs
systems often allocate only the exact number of huge pages that
the application wants.

Due to TLB batching, hugetlbfs MADV_DONTNEED will free pages outside of
any lock taken on the page fault path, which can open up the following
race condition:

       CPU 1                            CPU 2

       MADV_DONTNEED
       unmap page
       shoot down TLB entry
                                       page fault
                                       fail to allocate a huge page
                                       killed with SIGBUS
       free page

Fix that race by extending the hugetlb_vma_lock locking scheme to also
cover private hugetlb mappings (with resv_map), and pulling the locking 
from __unmap_hugepage_final_range into helper functions called from
zap_page_range_single. This ensures page faults stay locked out of
the MADV_DONTNEED VMA until the huge pages have actually been freed.

The third patch in the series is more of an RFC. Using the
invalidate_lock instead of the hugetlb_vma_lock greatly simplifies
the code, but at the cost of turning a per-VMA lock into a lock
per backing hugetlbfs file, which could slow things down when
multiple processes are mapping the same hugetlbfs file.

[PATCH 1/4] hugetlbfs: clear resv_map pointer if mmap fails

[riel]

From: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>

Hugetlbfs leaves a dangling pointer in the VMA if mmap fails.
This has not been a problem so far, but other code in this patch
series tries to follow that pointer.

Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 04ada095dcfc ("hugetlb: don't delete vma_lock in hugetlb MADV_DONTNEED processing")
---
 mm/hugetlb.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index ba6d39b71cb1..a86e070d735b 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1138,8 +1138,7 @@ static void set_vma_resv_map(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct resv_map *map)
 	VM_BUG_ON_VMA(!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma), vma);
 	VM_BUG_ON_VMA(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE, vma);
 
-	set_vma_private_data(vma, (get_vma_private_data(vma) &
-				HPAGE_RESV_MASK) | (unsigned long)map);
+	set_vma_private_data(vma, (unsigned long)map);
 }
 
 static void set_vma_resv_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long flags)
@@ -6806,8 +6805,10 @@ bool hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode,
 		 */
 		if (chg >= 0 && add < 0)
 			region_abort(resv_map, from, to, regions_needed);
-	if (vma && is_vma_resv_set(vma, HPAGE_RESV_OWNER))
+	if (vma && is_vma_resv_set(vma, HPAGE_RESV_OWNER)) {
 		kref_put(&resv_map->refs, resv_map_release);
+		set_vma_resv_map(vma, NULL);
+	}
 	return false;
 }
 
-- 
2.41.0

[PATCH 2/4] hugetlbfs: extend hugetlb_vma_lock to private VMAs

[riel]

From: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>

Extend the locking scheme used to protect shared hugetlb mappings
from truncate vs page fault races, in order to protect private
hugetlb mappings (with resv_map) against MADV_DONTNEED.

Add a read-write semaphore to the resv_map data structure, and
use that from the hugetlb_vma_(un)lock_* functions, in preparation
for closing the race between MADV_DONTNEED and page faults.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 04ada095dcfc ("hugetlb: don't delete vma_lock in hugetlb MADV_DONTNEED processing")
---
 include/linux/hugetlb.h |  6 ++++++
 mm/hugetlb.c            | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 5b2626063f4f..694928fa06a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct resv_map {
 	long adds_in_progress;
 	struct list_head region_cache;
 	long region_cache_count;
+	struct rw_semaphore rw_sema;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_HUGETLB
 	/*
 	 * On private mappings, the counter to uncharge reservations is stored
@@ -1231,6 +1232,11 @@ static inline bool __vma_shareable_lock(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) && vma->vm_private_data;
 }
 
+static inline bool __vma_private_lock(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	return (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)) && vma->vm_private_data;
+}
+
 /*
  * Safe version of huge_pte_offset() to check the locks.  See comments
  * above huge_pte_offset().
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index a86e070d735b..dd3de6ec8f1a 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static void hugetlb_vma_lock_alloc(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 static void __hugetlb_vma_unlock_write_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 static void hugetlb_unshare_pmds(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
+static struct resv_map *vma_resv_map(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 static inline bool subpool_is_free(struct hugepage_subpool *spool)
 {
@@ -267,6 +268,10 @@ void hugetlb_vma_lock_read(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
 
 		down_read(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
+	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
+		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
+
+		down_read(&resv_map->rw_sema);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -276,6 +281,10 @@ void hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
 
 		up_read(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
+	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
+		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
+
+		up_read(&resv_map->rw_sema);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -285,6 +294,10 @@ void hugetlb_vma_lock_write(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
 
 		down_write(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
+	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
+		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
+
+		down_write(&resv_map->rw_sema);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -294,17 +307,27 @@ void hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
 
 		up_write(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
+	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
+		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
+
+		up_write(&resv_map->rw_sema);
 	}
 }
 
 int hugetlb_vma_trylock_write(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
 
-	if (!__vma_shareable_lock(vma))
-		return 1;
+	if (__vma_shareable_lock(vma)) {
+		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
 
-	return down_write_trylock(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
+		return down_write_trylock(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
+	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
+		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
+
+		return down_write_trylock(&resv_map->rw_sema);
+	}
+
+	return 1;
 }
 
 void hugetlb_vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
@@ -313,6 +336,10 @@ void hugetlb_vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
 
 		lockdep_assert_held(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
+	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
+		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
+
+		lockdep_assert_held(&resv_map->rw_sema);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -345,6 +372,11 @@ static void __hugetlb_vma_unlock_write_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
 
 		__hugetlb_vma_unlock_write_put(vma_lock);
+	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
+		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
+
+		/* no free for anon vmas, but still need to unlock */
+		up_write(&resv_map->rw_sema);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1068,6 +1100,7 @@ struct resv_map *resv_map_alloc(void)
 	kref_init(&resv_map->refs);
 	spin_lock_init(&resv_map->lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resv_map->regions);
+	init_rwsem(&resv_map->rw_sema);
 
 	resv_map->adds_in_progress = 0;
 	/*
-- 
2.41.0

[PATCH 3/4] hugetlbfs: close race between MADV_DONTNEED and page fault

[riel]

From: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>

Malloc libraries, like jemalloc and tcalloc, take decisions on when
to call madvise independently from the code in the main application.

This sometimes results in the application page faulting on an address,
right after the malloc library has shot down the backing memory with
MADV_DONTNEED.

Usually this is harmless, because we always have some 4kB pages
sitting around to satisfy a page fault. However, with hugetlbfs
systems often allocate only the exact number of huge pages that
the application wants.

Due to TLB batching, hugetlbfs MADV_DONTNEED will free pages outside of
any lock taken on the page fault path, which can open up the following
race condition:

       CPU 1                            CPU 2

       MADV_DONTNEED
       unmap page
       shoot down TLB entry
                                       page fault
                                       fail to allocate a huge page
                                       killed with SIGBUS
       free page

Fix that race by pulling the locking from __unmap_hugepage_final_range
into helper functions called from zap_page_range_single. This ensures
page faults stay locked out of the MADV_DONTNEED VMA until the
huge pages have actually been freed.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 04ada095dcfc ("hugetlb: don't delete vma_lock in hugetlb MADV_DONTNEED processing")
---
 include/linux/hugetlb.h | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 mm/hugetlb.c            | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 mm/memory.c             | 13 ++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 694928fa06a3..d9ec500cfef9 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct page *hugetlb_follow_page_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 void unmap_hugepage_range(struct vm_area_struct *,
 			  unsigned long, unsigned long, struct page *,
 			  zap_flags_t);
-void __unmap_hugepage_range_final(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
+void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			  struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			  unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 			  struct page *ref_page, zap_flags_t zap_flags);
@@ -246,6 +246,25 @@ int huge_pmd_unshare(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end);
 
+extern void __hugetlb_zap_begin(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				unsigned long *begin, unsigned long *end);
+extern void __hugetlb_zap_end(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+			      struct zap_details *details);
+
+static inline void hugetlb_zap_begin(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				     unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
+{
+	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
+		__hugetlb_zap_begin(vma, start, end);
+}
+
+static inline void hugetlb_zap_end(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				   struct zap_details *details)
+{
+	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
+		__hugetlb_zap_end(vma, details);
+}
+
 void hugetlb_vma_lock_read(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 void hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 void hugetlb_vma_lock_write(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
@@ -297,6 +316,18 @@ static inline void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(
 {
 }
 
+static inline void hugetlb_zap_begin(
+				struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void hugetlb_zap_end(
+				struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				struct zap_details *details)
+{
+}
+
 static inline struct page *hugetlb_follow_page_mask(
     struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned int flags,
     unsigned int *page_mask)
@@ -442,7 +473,7 @@ static inline long hugetlb_change_protection(
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void __unmap_hugepage_range_final(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
+static inline void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 			unsigned long end, struct page *ref_page,
 			zap_flags_t zap_flags)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index dd3de6ec8f1a..552c2e3221bd 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -5305,9 +5305,9 @@ int move_hugetlb_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return len + old_addr - old_end;
 }
 
-static void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-				   unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
-				   struct page *ref_page, zap_flags_t zap_flags)
+void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+			    unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
+			    struct page *ref_page, zap_flags_t zap_flags)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	unsigned long address;
@@ -5434,16 +5434,25 @@ static void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct
 		tlb_flush_mmu_tlbonly(tlb);
 }
 
-void __unmap_hugepage_range_final(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
-			  struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
-			  unsigned long end, struct page *ref_page,
-			  zap_flags_t zap_flags)
+void __hugetlb_zap_begin(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+			 unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
 {
+	if (!vma->vm_file)	/* hugetlbfs_file_mmap error */
+		return;
+
+	adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(vma, start, end);
 	hugetlb_vma_lock_write(vma);
-	i_mmap_lock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+	if (vma->vm_file)
+		i_mmap_lock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+}
 
-	/* mmu notification performed in caller */
-	__unmap_hugepage_range(tlb, vma, start, end, ref_page, zap_flags);
+void __hugetlb_zap_end(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		       struct zap_details *details)
+{
+	zap_flags_t zap_flags = details ? details->zap_flags : 0;
+
+	if (!vma->vm_file)	/* hugetlbfs_file_mmap error */
+		return;
 
 	if (zap_flags & ZAP_FLAG_UNMAP) {	/* final unmap */
 		/*
@@ -5456,11 +5465,12 @@ void __unmap_hugepage_range_final(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 		 * someone else.
 		 */
 		__hugetlb_vma_unlock_write_free(vma);
-		i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 	} else {
-		i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 		hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma);
 	}
+
+	if (vma->vm_file)
+		i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 }
 
 void unmap_hugepage_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 6c264d2f969c..517221f01303 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ static void unmap_single_vma(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			if (vma->vm_file) {
 				zap_flags_t zap_flags = details ?
 				    details->zap_flags : 0;
-				__unmap_hugepage_range_final(tlb, vma, start, end,
+				__unmap_hugepage_range(tlb, vma, start, end,
 							     NULL, zap_flags);
 			}
 		} else
@@ -1728,8 +1728,12 @@ void unmap_vmas(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct ma_state *mas,
 				start_addr, end_addr);
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
 	do {
-		unmap_single_vma(tlb, vma, start_addr, end_addr, &details,
+		unsigned long start = start_addr;
+		unsigned long end = end_addr;
+		hugetlb_zap_begin(vma, &start, &end);
+		unmap_single_vma(tlb, vma, start, end, &details,
 				 mm_wr_locked);
+		hugetlb_zap_end(vma, &details);
 	} while ((vma = mas_find(mas, tree_end - 1)) != NULL);
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
 }
@@ -1753,9 +1757,7 @@ void zap_page_range_single(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	lru_add_drain();
 	mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, 0, vma->vm_mm,
 				address, end);
-	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
-		adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(vma, &range.start,
-						     &range.end);
+	hugetlb_zap_begin(vma, &range.start, &range.end);
 	tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, vma->vm_mm);
 	update_hiwater_rss(vma->vm_mm);
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
@@ -1766,6 +1768,7 @@ void zap_page_range_single(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	unmap_single_vma(&tlb, vma, address, end, details, false);
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
 	tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
+	hugetlb_zap_end(vma, details);
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.41.0

[PATCH 4/4] hugetlbfs: replace hugetlb_vma_lock with invalidate_lock

[riel]

From: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>

Replace the custom hugetlbfs VMA locking code with the recently
introduced invalidate_lock. This greatly simplifies things.

However, this is a large enough change that it should probably go in
separately from the other changes.

Another question is whether this simplification hurts scalability
for certain workloads.

Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
---
 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c    |  71 ++----------
 include/linux/fs.h      |   6 +
 include/linux/hugetlb.h |  21 +---
 mm/hugetlb.c            | 237 ++++------------------------------------
 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 300 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 316c4cebd3f3..18a66632d789 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -485,7 +485,6 @@ static void hugetlb_unmap_file_folio(struct hstate *h,
 					struct folio *folio, pgoff_t index)
 {
 	struct rb_root_cached *root = &mapping->i_mmap;
-	struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock;
 	struct page *page = &folio->page;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	unsigned long v_start;
@@ -495,9 +494,9 @@ static void hugetlb_unmap_file_folio(struct hstate *h,
 	start = index * pages_per_huge_page(h);
 	end = (index + 1) * pages_per_huge_page(h);
 
+	filemap_invalidate_lock(mapping);
 	i_mmap_lock_write(mapping);
-retry:
-	vma_lock = NULL;
+
 	vma_interval_tree_foreach(vma, root, start, end - 1) {
 		v_start = vma_offset_start(vma, start);
 		v_end = vma_offset_end(vma, end);
@@ -505,62 +504,12 @@ static void hugetlb_unmap_file_folio(struct hstate *h,
 		if (!hugetlb_vma_maps_page(vma, v_start, page))
 			continue;
 
-		if (!hugetlb_vma_trylock_write(vma)) {
-			vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-			/*
-			 * If we can not get vma lock, we need to drop
-			 * immap_sema and take locks in order.  First,
-			 * take a ref on the vma_lock structure so that
-			 * we can be guaranteed it will not go away when
-			 * dropping immap_sema.
-			 */
-			kref_get(&vma_lock->refs);
-			break;
-		}
-
 		unmap_hugepage_range(vma, v_start, v_end, NULL,
 				     ZAP_FLAG_DROP_MARKER);
-		hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma);
 	}
 
+	filemap_invalidate_unlock(mapping);
 	i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
-
-	if (vma_lock) {
-		/*
-		 * Wait on vma_lock.  We know it is still valid as we have
-		 * a reference.  We must 'open code' vma locking as we do
-		 * not know if vma_lock is still attached to vma.
-		 */
-		down_write(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
-		i_mmap_lock_write(mapping);
-
-		vma = vma_lock->vma;
-		if (!vma) {
-			/*
-			 * If lock is no longer attached to vma, then just
-			 * unlock, drop our reference and retry looking for
-			 * other vmas.
-			 */
-			up_write(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
-			kref_put(&vma_lock->refs, hugetlb_vma_lock_release);
-			goto retry;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * vma_lock is still attached to vma.  Check to see if vma
-		 * still maps page and if so, unmap.
-		 */
-		v_start = vma_offset_start(vma, start);
-		v_end = vma_offset_end(vma, end);
-		if (hugetlb_vma_maps_page(vma, v_start, page))
-			unmap_hugepage_range(vma, v_start, v_end, NULL,
-					     ZAP_FLAG_DROP_MARKER);
-
-		kref_put(&vma_lock->refs, hugetlb_vma_lock_release);
-		hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma);
-
-		goto retry;
-	}
 }
 
 static void
@@ -578,20 +527,10 @@ hugetlb_vmdelete_list(struct rb_root_cached *root, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end,
 		unsigned long v_start;
 		unsigned long v_end;
 
-		if (!hugetlb_vma_trylock_write(vma))
-			continue;
-
 		v_start = vma_offset_start(vma, start);
 		v_end = vma_offset_end(vma, end);
 
 		unmap_hugepage_range(vma, v_start, v_end, NULL, zap_flags);
-
-		/*
-		 * Note that vma lock only exists for shared/non-private
-		 * vmas.  Therefore, lock is not held when calling
-		 * unmap_hugepage_range for private vmas.
-		 */
-		hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -725,10 +664,12 @@ static void hugetlb_vmtruncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
 	pgoff = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	i_size_write(inode, offset);
+	filemap_invalidate_lock(mapping);
 	i_mmap_lock_write(mapping);
 	if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&mapping->i_mmap.rb_root))
 		hugetlb_vmdelete_list(&mapping->i_mmap, pgoff, 0,
 				      ZAP_FLAG_DROP_MARKER);
+	filemap_invalidate_unlock(mapping);
 	i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
 	remove_inode_hugepages(inode, offset, LLONG_MAX);
 }
@@ -778,6 +719,7 @@ static long hugetlbfs_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
+	filemap_invalidate_lock(mapping);
 	i_mmap_lock_write(mapping);
 
 	/* If range starts before first full page, zero partial page. */
@@ -799,6 +741,7 @@ static long hugetlbfs_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 				hole_end, offset + len);
 
 	i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
+	filemap_invalidate_unlock(mapping);
 
 	/* Remove full pages from the file. */
 	if (hole_end > hole_start)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4aeb3fa11927..b455a8913db4 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -847,6 +847,12 @@ static inline void filemap_invalidate_lock(struct address_space *mapping)
 	down_write(&mapping->invalidate_lock);
 }
 
+static inline int filemap_invalidate_trylock(
+					struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	return down_write_trylock(&mapping->invalidate_lock);
+}
+
 static inline void filemap_invalidate_unlock(struct address_space *mapping)
 {
 	up_write(&mapping->invalidate_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index d9ec500cfef9..2908c47e7bf2 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ struct resv_map {
 	long adds_in_progress;
 	struct list_head region_cache;
 	long region_cache_count;
-	struct rw_semaphore rw_sema;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_HUGETLB
 	/*
 	 * On private mappings, the counter to uncharge reservations is stored
@@ -107,12 +106,6 @@ struct file_region {
 #endif
 };
 
-struct hugetlb_vma_lock {
-	struct kref refs;
-	struct rw_semaphore rw_sema;
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
-};
-
 extern struct resv_map *resv_map_alloc(void);
 void resv_map_release(struct kref *ref);
 
@@ -1277,17 +1270,9 @@ hugetlb_walk(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, unsigned long sz)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE) && \
 	defined(CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE) && defined(CONFIG_LOCKDEP)
-	struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-
-	/*
-	 * If pmd sharing possible, locking needed to safely walk the
-	 * hugetlb pgtables.  More information can be found at the comment
-	 * above huge_pte_offset() in the same file.
-	 *
-	 * NOTE: lockdep_is_held() is only defined with CONFIG_LOCKDEP.
-	 */
-	if (__vma_shareable_lock(vma))
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(!lockdep_is_held(&vma_lock->rw_sema) &&
+	if (vma->vm_file)
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!lockdep_is_held(
+				 &vma->vm_file->f_mapping->invalidate_lock) &&
 			     !lockdep_is_held(
 				 &vma->vm_file->f_mapping->i_mmap_rwsem));
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 552c2e3221bd..0dcaccc29e97 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ struct mutex *hugetlb_fault_mutex_table ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
 /* Forward declaration */
 static int hugetlb_acct_memory(struct hstate *h, long delta);
-static void hugetlb_vma_lock_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
-static void hugetlb_vma_lock_alloc(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
-static void __hugetlb_vma_unlock_write_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 static void hugetlb_unshare_pmds(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 static struct resv_map *vma_resv_map(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
@@ -264,170 +261,41 @@ static inline struct hugepage_subpool *subpool_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
  */
 void hugetlb_vma_lock_read(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (__vma_shareable_lock(vma)) {
-		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-
-		down_read(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
-	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
-		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
-
-		down_read(&resv_map->rw_sema);
-	}
+	if (vma->vm_file)
+		filemap_invalidate_lock_shared(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 }
 
 void hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (__vma_shareable_lock(vma)) {
-		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-
-		up_read(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
-	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
-		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
-
-		up_read(&resv_map->rw_sema);
-	}
+	if (vma->vm_file)
+		filemap_invalidate_unlock_shared(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 }
 
 void hugetlb_vma_lock_write(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (__vma_shareable_lock(vma)) {
-		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-
-		down_write(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
-	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
-		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
-
-		down_write(&resv_map->rw_sema);
-	}
+	if (vma->vm_file)
+		filemap_invalidate_lock(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 }
 
 void hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (__vma_shareable_lock(vma)) {
-		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-
-		up_write(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
-	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
-		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
-
-		up_write(&resv_map->rw_sema);
-	}
+	if (vma->vm_file)
+		filemap_invalidate_unlock(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 }
 
 int hugetlb_vma_trylock_write(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 
-	if (__vma_shareable_lock(vma)) {
-		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-
-		return down_write_trylock(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
-	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
-		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
-
-		return down_write_trylock(&resv_map->rw_sema);
-	}
+	if (vma->vm_file)
+		return filemap_invalidate_trylock(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 
 	return 1;
 }
 
 void hugetlb_vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (__vma_shareable_lock(vma)) {
-		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-
-		lockdep_assert_held(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
-	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
-		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
-
-		lockdep_assert_held(&resv_map->rw_sema);
-	}
-}
-
-void hugetlb_vma_lock_release(struct kref *kref)
-{
-	struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = container_of(kref,
-			struct hugetlb_vma_lock, refs);
-
-	kfree(vma_lock);
-}
-
-static void __hugetlb_vma_unlock_write_put(struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock)
-{
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vma_lock->vma;
-
-	/*
-	 * vma_lock structure may or not be released as a result of put,
-	 * it certainly will no longer be attached to vma so clear pointer.
-	 * Semaphore synchronizes access to vma_lock->vma field.
-	 */
-	vma_lock->vma = NULL;
-	vma->vm_private_data = NULL;
-	up_write(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
-	kref_put(&vma_lock->refs, hugetlb_vma_lock_release);
-}
-
-static void __hugetlb_vma_unlock_write_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-	if (__vma_shareable_lock(vma)) {
-		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-
-		__hugetlb_vma_unlock_write_put(vma_lock);
-	} else if (__vma_private_lock(vma)) {
-		struct resv_map *resv_map = vma_resv_map(vma);
-
-		/* no free for anon vmas, but still need to unlock */
-		up_write(&resv_map->rw_sema);
-	}
-}
-
-static void hugetlb_vma_lock_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Only present in sharable vmas.
-	 */
-	if (!vma || !__vma_shareable_lock(vma))
-		return;
-
-	if (vma->vm_private_data) {
-		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-
-		down_write(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
-		__hugetlb_vma_unlock_write_put(vma_lock);
-	}
-}
-
-static void hugetlb_vma_lock_alloc(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-	struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock;
-
-	/* Only establish in (flags) sharable vmas */
-	if (!vma || !(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE))
-		return;
-
-	/* Should never get here with non-NULL vm_private_data */
-	if (vma->vm_private_data)
-		return;
-
-	vma_lock = kmalloc(sizeof(*vma_lock), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!vma_lock) {
-		/*
-		 * If we can not allocate structure, then vma can not
-		 * participate in pmd sharing.  This is only a possible
-		 * performance enhancement and memory saving issue.
-		 * However, the lock is also used to synchronize page
-		 * faults with truncation.  If the lock is not present,
-		 * unlikely races could leave pages in a file past i_size
-		 * until the file is removed.  Warn in the unlikely case of
-		 * allocation failure.
-		 */
-		pr_warn_once("HugeTLB: unable to allocate vma specific lock\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	kref_init(&vma_lock->refs);
-	init_rwsem(&vma_lock->rw_sema);
-	vma_lock->vma = vma;
-	vma->vm_private_data = vma_lock;
+	if (vma->vm_file)
+		lockdep_assert_held(&vma->vm_file->f_mapping->invalidate_lock);
 }
 
 /* Helper that removes a struct file_region from the resv_map cache and returns
@@ -1100,7 +968,6 @@ struct resv_map *resv_map_alloc(void)
 	kref_init(&resv_map->refs);
 	spin_lock_init(&resv_map->lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resv_map->regions);
-	init_rwsem(&resv_map->rw_sema);
 
 	resv_map->adds_in_progress = 0;
 	/*
@@ -1194,22 +1061,11 @@ void hugetlb_dup_vma_private(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	VM_BUG_ON_VMA(!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma), vma);
 	/*
 	 * Clear vm_private_data
-	 * - For shared mappings this is a per-vma semaphore that may be
-	 *   allocated in a subsequent call to hugetlb_vm_op_open.
-	 *   Before clearing, make sure pointer is not associated with vma
-	 *   as this will leak the structure.  This is the case when called
-	 *   via clear_vma_resv_huge_pages() and hugetlb_vm_op_open has already
-	 *   been called to allocate a new structure.
 	 * - For MAP_PRIVATE mappings, this is the reserve map which does
 	 *   not apply to children.  Faults generated by the children are
 	 *   not guaranteed to succeed, even if read-only.
 	 */
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) {
-		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-
-		if (vma_lock && vma_lock->vma != vma)
-			vma->vm_private_data = NULL;
-	} else
+	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE))
 		vma->vm_private_data = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -4845,25 +4701,6 @@ static void hugetlb_vm_op_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		resv_map_dup_hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_info(resv);
 		kref_get(&resv->refs);
 	}
-
-	/*
-	 * vma_lock structure for sharable mappings is vma specific.
-	 * Clear old pointer (if copied via vm_area_dup) and allocate
-	 * new structure.  Before clearing, make sure vma_lock is not
-	 * for this vma.
-	 */
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) {
-		struct hugetlb_vma_lock *vma_lock = vma->vm_private_data;
-
-		if (vma_lock) {
-			if (vma_lock->vma != vma) {
-				vma->vm_private_data = NULL;
-				hugetlb_vma_lock_alloc(vma);
-			} else
-				pr_warn("HugeTLB: vma_lock already exists in %s.\n", __func__);
-		} else
-			hugetlb_vma_lock_alloc(vma);
-	}
 }
 
 static void hugetlb_vm_op_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
@@ -4874,8 +4711,6 @@ static void hugetlb_vm_op_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	unsigned long reserve, start, end;
 	long gbl_reserve;
 
-	hugetlb_vma_lock_free(vma);
-
 	resv = vma_resv_map(vma);
 	if (!resv || !is_vma_resv_set(vma, HPAGE_RESV_OWNER))
 		return;
@@ -5047,16 +4882,10 @@ int copy_hugetlb_page_range(struct mm_struct *dst, struct mm_struct *src,
 		mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
 		vma_assert_write_locked(src_vma);
 		raw_write_seqcount_begin(&src->write_protect_seq);
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * For shared mappings the vma lock must be held before
-		 * calling hugetlb_walk() in the src vma. Otherwise, the
-		 * returned ptep could go away if part of a shared pmd and
-		 * another thread calls huge_pmd_unshare.
-		 */
-		hugetlb_vma_lock_read(src_vma);
 	}
 
+	hugetlb_vma_lock_read(src_vma);
+
 	last_addr_mask = hugetlb_mask_last_page(h);
 	for (addr = src_vma->vm_start; addr < src_vma->vm_end; addr += sz) {
 		spinlock_t *src_ptl, *dst_ptl;
@@ -5208,10 +5037,10 @@ int copy_hugetlb_page_range(struct mm_struct *dst, struct mm_struct *src,
 	if (cow) {
 		raw_write_seqcount_end(&src->write_protect_seq);
 		mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
-	} else {
-		hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(src_vma);
 	}
 
+	hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(src_vma);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -5449,28 +5278,12 @@ void __hugetlb_zap_begin(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 void __hugetlb_zap_end(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		       struct zap_details *details)
 {
-	zap_flags_t zap_flags = details ? details->zap_flags : 0;
-
 	if (!vma->vm_file)	/* hugetlbfs_file_mmap error */
 		return;
 
-	if (zap_flags & ZAP_FLAG_UNMAP) {	/* final unmap */
-		/*
-		 * Unlock and free the vma lock before releasing i_mmap_rwsem.
-		 * When the vma_lock is freed, this makes the vma ineligible
-		 * for pmd sharing.  And, i_mmap_rwsem is required to set up
-		 * pmd sharing.  This is important as page tables for this
-		 * unmapped range will be asynchrously deleted.  If the page
-		 * tables are shared, there will be issues when accessed by
-		 * someone else.
-		 */
-		__hugetlb_vma_unlock_write_free(vma);
-	} else {
-		hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma);
-	}
-
 	if (vma->vm_file)
 		i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+	hugetlb_vma_unlock_write(vma);
 }
 
 void unmap_hugepage_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
@@ -6713,12 +6526,6 @@ bool hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode,
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * vma specific semaphore used for pmd sharing and fault/truncation
-	 * synchronization
-	 */
-	hugetlb_vma_lock_alloc(vma);
-
 	/*
 	 * Only apply hugepage reservation if asked. At fault time, an
 	 * attempt will be made for VM_NORESERVE to allocate a page
@@ -6841,7 +6648,6 @@ bool hugetlb_reserve_pages(struct inode *inode,
 	hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_cgroup_rsvd(hstate_index(h),
 					    chg * pages_per_huge_page(h), h_cg);
 out_err:
-	hugetlb_vma_lock_free(vma);
 	if (!vma || vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)
 		/* Only call region_abort if the region_chg succeeded but the
 		 * region_add failed or didn't run.
@@ -6913,13 +6719,10 @@ static unsigned long page_table_shareable(struct vm_area_struct *svma,
 	/*
 	 * match the virtual addresses, permission and the alignment of the
 	 * page table page.
-	 *
-	 * Also, vma_lock (vm_private_data) is required for sharing.
 	 */
 	if (pmd_index(addr) != pmd_index(saddr) ||
 	    vm_flags != svm_flags ||
-	    !range_in_vma(svma, sbase, s_end) ||
-	    !svma->vm_private_data)
+	    !range_in_vma(svma, sbase, s_end))
 		return 0;
 
 	return saddr;
@@ -6939,8 +6742,6 @@ bool want_pmd_share(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 	 */
 	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE))
 		return false;
-	if (!vma->vm_private_data)	/* vma lock required for sharing */
-		return false;
 	if (!range_in_vma(vma, start, end))
 		return false;
 	return true;
-- 
2.41.0

Re: [PATCH 3/4] hugetlbfs: close race between MADV_DONTNEED and page fault

[Mike Kravetz]

On 10/05/23 23:59, riel@surriel.com wrote:
> From: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
> 
> Malloc libraries, like jemalloc and tcalloc, take decisions on when
> to call madvise independently from the code in the main application.
> 
> This sometimes results in the application page faulting on an address,
> right after the malloc library has shot down the backing memory with
> MADV_DONTNEED.
> 
> Usually this is harmless, because we always have some 4kB pages
> sitting around to satisfy a page fault. However, with hugetlbfs
> systems often allocate only the exact number of huge pages that
> the application wants.
> 
> Due to TLB batching, hugetlbfs MADV_DONTNEED will free pages outside of
> any lock taken on the page fault path, which can open up the following
> race condition:
> 
>        CPU 1                            CPU 2
> 
>        MADV_DONTNEED
>        unmap page
>        shoot down TLB entry
>                                        page fault
>                                        fail to allocate a huge page
>                                        killed with SIGBUS
>        free page
> 
> Fix that race by pulling the locking from __unmap_hugepage_final_range
> into helper functions called from zap_page_range_single. This ensures
> page faults stay locked out of the MADV_DONTNEED VMA until the
> huge pages have actually been freed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
> Cc: stable@kernel.org
> Fixes: 04ada095dcfc ("hugetlb: don't delete vma_lock in hugetlb MADV_DONTNEED processing")
> ---
>  include/linux/hugetlb.h | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  mm/hugetlb.c            | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  mm/memory.c             | 13 ++++++++-----
>  3 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

Thanks for all the revisions,

Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
-- 
Mike Kravetz

Re: [PATCH 4/4] hugetlbfs: replace hugetlb_vma_lock with invalidate_lock

[Mike Kravetz]

On 10/05/23 23:59, riel@surriel.com wrote:
> From: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
> 
> Replace the custom hugetlbfs VMA locking code with the recently
> introduced invalidate_lock. This greatly simplifies things.
> 
> However, this is a large enough change that it should probably go in
> separately from the other changes.
> 
> Another question is whether this simplification hurts scalability
> for certain workloads.

Finally got around to running some performance tests on this.

As a reminder, the hugetlb specific vma lock was introduced as a result
of this report:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/43faf292-245b-5db5-cce9-369d8fb6bd21@infradead.org/

I do not have access to the database or applications to recreate the issues
originally reported.  However, while working the issue I did use a
simulated workload that showed the regression and improvements moving to a
vma specific lock.  Here is part of the commit log describing the testing
when the vma lock was introduced.


"The recent regression report [1] notes page fault and fork latency of
shared hugetlb mappings.  To measure this, I created two simple programs:
1) map a shared hugetlb area, write fault all pages, unmap area
   Do this in a continuous loop to measure faults per second
2) map a shared hugetlb area, write fault a few pages, fork and exit
   Do this in a continuous loop to measure forks per second
These programs were run on a 48 CPU VM with 320GB memory.  The shared
mapping size was 250GB.  For comparison, a single instance of the program
was run.  Then, multiple instances were run in parallel to introduce
lock contention.  Changing the locking scheme results in a significant
performance benefit.

test            instances       unmodified      revert          vma
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
faults per sec  1               393043          395680          389932
faults per sec  24               71405           81191           79048
forks per sec   1                 2802            2747            2725
forks per sec   24                 439             536             500
Combined faults 24                1621           68070           53662
Combined forks  24                 358              67             142

Combined test is when running both faulting program and forking program
simultaneously."

Ray Fucillo (on Cc) verified the performance regression was removed when
the vma lock was introduced.

I have run the same benchmark on this patch.

test            instances       before			after
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
faults per sec  1		385135			386253
faults per sec  24		 95922			 75665
forks per sec   1		  3392			  3207
forks per sec   24		   683			   704
Combined faults 24		 76004			 30407
Combined forks  24		   241			   278

The Combined faults number drops by over 50%.  This is not nearly as dramatic
as the changes originally seen.  However, I do expect that there will be
a noticeable performance regression.  Ray may be able to help running real
workloads on real applications and database.

I suggest we hold off on adding this change until further, more real world
analysis can be performed.  The simplification of the code is nice, but I
would hate to regress any workloads.
-- 
Mike Kravetz

Re: [PATCH 4/4] hugetlbfs: replace hugetlb_vma_lock with invalidate_lock

[Rik van Riel]

On Mon, 2023-10-16 at 17:52 -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> 
> The Combined faults number drops by over 50%.  This is not nearly as
> dramatic
> as the changes originally seen.  However, I do expect that there will
> be
> a noticeable performance regression.  Ray may be able to help running
> real
> workloads on real applications and database.
> 
> I suggest we hold off on adding this change until further, more real
> world
> analysis can be performed.  The simplification of the code is nice,
> but I
> would hate to regress any workloads.

Agreed. Thank you for running those tests.

Andrew, would it be possible to drop patch 4/4 from -mm?


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