[PATCH v2] fs/aio: Replace kmap{,_atomic}() with kmap_local_page()

* [PATCH v2] fs/aio: Replace kmap{,_atomic}() with kmap_local_page()
@ 2023-01-09 17:56 Fabio M. De Francesco
  2023-01-11  0:11 ` Al Viro
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Fabio M. De Francesco @ 2023-01-09 17:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Benjamin LaHaise, Alexander Viro, linux-aio, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel
  Cc: Fabio M. De Francesco, Venkataramanan, Anirudh, Ira Weiny, Jeff Moyer

The use of kmap() and kmap_atomic() are being deprecated in favor of
kmap_local_page().

There are two main problems with kmap(): (1) It comes with an overhead as
the mapping space is restricted and protected by a global lock for
synchronization and (2) it also requires global TLB invalidation when the
kmap’s pool wraps and it might block when the mapping space is fully
utilized until a slot becomes available.

With kmap_local_page() the mappings are per thread, CPU local, can take
page faults, and can be called from any context (including interrupts).
It is faster than kmap() in kernels with HIGHMEM enabled. Furthermore,
the tasks can be preempted and, when they are scheduled to run again, the
kernel virtual addresses are restored and still valid.

The use of kmap_local_page() in fs/aio.c is "safe" in the sense that the
code don't hands the returned kernel virtual addresses to other threads
and there are no nestings which should be handled with the stack based
(LIFO) mappings/un-mappings order. Furthermore, the code between the old
kmap_atomic()/kunmap_atomic() did not depend on disabling page-faults
and/or preemption, so that there is no need to call pagefault_disable()
and/or preempt_disable() before the mappings.

Therefore, replace kmap() and kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page() in
fs/aio.c.

Tested with xfstests on a QEMU/KVM x86_32 VM, 6GB RAM, booting a kernel
with HIGHMEM64GB enabled.

Cc: "Venkataramanan, Anirudh" <anirudh.venkataramanan@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
---

I've tested with "./check -g aio". The tests in this group fail 3/26
times, with and without my patch. Therefore, these changes don't introduce
further errors. I'm not aware of any other tests which I may run, so that
any suggestions would be precious and much appreciated :-)

I'm resending this patch because some recipients were missing in the 
previous submissions. In the meantime I'm also adding some more information 
in the commit message. There are no changes in the code.

Changes from v1:
	Add further information in the commit message, and the
	"Reviewed-by" tags from Ira and Jeff (thanks!).

 fs/aio.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 3c249b938632..343fea0c6d1a 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static int aio_setup_ring(struct kioctx *ctx, unsigned int nr_events)
 	ctx->user_id = ctx->mmap_base;
 	ctx->nr_events = nr_events; /* trusted copy */
 
-	ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
+	ring = kmap_local_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 	ring->nr = nr_events;	/* user copy */
 	ring->id = ~0U;
 	ring->head = ring->tail = 0;
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static int aio_setup_ring(struct kioctx *ctx, unsigned int nr_events)
 	ring->compat_features = AIO_RING_COMPAT_FEATURES;
 	ring->incompat_features = AIO_RING_INCOMPAT_FEATURES;
 	ring->header_length = sizeof(struct aio_ring);
-	kunmap_atomic(ring);
+	kunmap_local(ring);
 	flush_dcache_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -678,9 +678,9 @@ static int ioctx_add_table(struct kioctx *ctx, struct mm_struct *mm)
 					 * we are protected from page migration
 					 * changes ring_pages by ->ring_lock.
 					 */
-					ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
+					ring = kmap_local_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 					ring->id = ctx->id;
-					kunmap_atomic(ring);
+					kunmap_local(ring);
 					return 0;
 				}
 
@@ -1024,9 +1024,9 @@ static void user_refill_reqs_available(struct kioctx *ctx)
 		 * against ctx->completed_events below will make sure we do the
 		 * safe/right thing.
 		 */
-		ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
+		ring = kmap_local_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 		head = ring->head;
-		kunmap_atomic(ring);
+		kunmap_local(ring);
 
 		refill_reqs_available(ctx, head, ctx->tail);
 	}
@@ -1132,12 +1132,12 @@ static void aio_complete(struct aio_kiocb *iocb)
 	if (++tail >= ctx->nr_events)
 		tail = 0;
 
-	ev_page = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[pos / AIO_EVENTS_PER_PAGE]);
+	ev_page = kmap_local_page(ctx->ring_pages[pos / AIO_EVENTS_PER_PAGE]);
 	event = ev_page + pos % AIO_EVENTS_PER_PAGE;
 
 	*event = iocb->ki_res;
 
-	kunmap_atomic(ev_page);
+	kunmap_local(ev_page);
 	flush_dcache_page(ctx->ring_pages[pos / AIO_EVENTS_PER_PAGE]);
 
 	pr_debug("%p[%u]: %p: %p %Lx %Lx %Lx\n", ctx, tail, iocb,
@@ -1151,10 +1151,10 @@ static void aio_complete(struct aio_kiocb *iocb)
 
 	ctx->tail = tail;
 
-	ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
+	ring = kmap_local_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 	head = ring->head;
 	ring->tail = tail;
-	kunmap_atomic(ring);
+	kunmap_local(ring);
 	flush_dcache_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 
 	ctx->completed_events++;
@@ -1214,10 +1214,10 @@ static long aio_read_events_ring(struct kioctx *ctx,
 	mutex_lock(&ctx->ring_lock);
 
 	/* Access to ->ring_pages here is protected by ctx->ring_lock. */
-	ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
+	ring = kmap_local_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 	head = ring->head;
 	tail = ring->tail;
-	kunmap_atomic(ring);
+	kunmap_local(ring);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure that once we've read the current tail pointer, that
@@ -1249,10 +1249,10 @@ static long aio_read_events_ring(struct kioctx *ctx,
 		avail = min(avail, nr - ret);
 		avail = min_t(long, avail, AIO_EVENTS_PER_PAGE - pos);
 
-		ev = kmap(page);
+		ev = kmap_local_page(page);
 		copy_ret = copy_to_user(event + ret, ev + pos,
 					sizeof(*ev) * avail);
-		kunmap(page);
+		kunmap_local(ev);
 
 		if (unlikely(copy_ret)) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -1264,9 +1264,9 @@ static long aio_read_events_ring(struct kioctx *ctx,
 		head %= ctx->nr_events;
 	}
 
-	ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
+	ring = kmap_local_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 	ring->head = head;
-	kunmap_atomic(ring);
+	kunmap_local(ring);
 	flush_dcache_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 
 	pr_debug("%li  h%u t%u\n", ret, head, tail);
-- 
2.36.1


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