From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] mm: replace vma->vm_flags indirect modification in ksm_madvise
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 08:11:28 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJuCfpGyrxVJf1tuU=YUsjdhfPbPK4Bk4KmTO9OVRKfF-_XeEA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230126151923.4fu34ytwkpbbnvha@techsingularity.net>
On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:19 AM Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 03:35:52PM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > Replace indirect modifications to vma->vm_flags with calls to modifier
> > functions to be able to track flag changes and to keep vma locking
> > correctness.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
> > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> > ---
> > arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c | 5 ++++-
> > arch/s390/mm/gmap.c | 5 ++++-
> > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c
> > index 1d67baa5557a..325a7a47d348 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c
> > @@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ static int kvmppc_memslot_page_merge(struct kvm *kvm,
> > {
> > unsigned long gfn = memslot->base_gfn;
> > unsigned long end, start = gfn_to_hva(kvm, gfn);
> > + unsigned long vm_flags;
> > int ret = 0;
> > struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> > int merge_flag = (merge) ? MADV_MERGEABLE : MADV_UNMERGEABLE;
> > @@ -409,12 +410,14 @@ static int kvmppc_memslot_page_merge(struct kvm *kvm,
> > ret = H_STATE;
> > break;
> > }
> > + vm_flags = vma->vm_flags;
> > ret = ksm_madvise(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
> > - merge_flag, &vma->vm_flags);
> > + merge_flag, &vm_flags);
> > if (ret) {
> > ret = H_STATE;
> > break;
> > }
> > + reset_vm_flags(vma, vm_flags);
> > start = vma->vm_end;
> > } while (end > vma->vm_end);
>
> Add a comment on why the vm_flags are copied in case someone "optimises"
> this in the future? Something like
>
> /* Copy vm_flags to avoid any partial modifications in ksm_madvise. */
Ack.
>
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c b/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c
> > index 3a695b8a1e3c..d5eb47dcdacb 100644
> > --- a/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c
> > +++ b/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c
> > @@ -2587,14 +2587,17 @@ int gmap_mark_unmergeable(void)
> > {
> > struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
> > struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> > + unsigned long vm_flags;
> > int ret;
> > VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, 0);
> >
> > for_each_vma(vmi, vma) {
> > + vm_flags = vma->vm_flags;
> > ret = ksm_madvise(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
> > - MADV_UNMERGEABLE, &vma->vm_flags);
> > + MADV_UNMERGEABLE, &vm_flags);
> > if (ret)
> > return ret;
> > + reset_vm_flags(vma, vm_flags);
>
> Same.
>
> Not necessary as such as there are few users of ksm_madvise and I doubt
> it'll introduce new surprises.
>
> With or without the comment;
>
> Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Thanks!
>
> --
> Mel Gorman
> SUSE Labs
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-26 16:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-25 23:35 [PATCH v3 0/7] introduce vm_flags modifier functions Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-25 23:35 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] kernel/fork: convert vma assignment to a memcpy Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 0:21 ` Andrew Morton
2023-01-26 0:50 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 1:34 ` Andrew Morton
2023-01-26 11:52 ` Mel Gorman
2023-01-26 15:59 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 17:27 ` Paul E. McKenney
2023-02-07 17:16 ` Marco Elver
2023-02-07 17:23 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-02-07 17:51 ` Marco Elver
2023-01-25 23:35 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] mm: introduce vma->vm_flags wrapper functions Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 0:24 ` Andrew Morton
2023-01-26 0:51 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 17:48 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2023-01-26 0:28 ` Andrew Morton
2023-01-26 0:56 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 7:59 ` Michal Hocko
2023-01-26 8:33 ` Michal Hocko
2023-01-26 13:58 ` Mel Gorman
2023-01-26 16:01 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-25 23:35 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] mm: replace VM_LOCKED_CLEAR_MASK with VM_LOCKED_MASK Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 13:59 ` Mel Gorman
2023-01-26 14:16 ` Mel Gorman
2023-01-25 23:35 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] mm: replace vma->vm_flags direct modifications with modifier calls Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 15:10 ` Mel Gorman
2023-01-26 16:10 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 17:26 ` Mel Gorman
2023-01-26 17:28 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-25 23:35 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] mm: replace vma->vm_flags indirect modification in ksm_madvise Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 15:19 ` Mel Gorman
2023-01-26 16:11 ` Suren Baghdasaryan [this message]
2023-01-25 23:35 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] mm: introduce mod_vm_flags_nolock and use it in untrack_pfn Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 8:34 ` Michal Hocko
2023-01-26 15:47 ` Mel Gorman
2023-01-26 16:18 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-26 17:32 ` Mel Gorman
2023-01-26 17:34 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2023-01-25 23:35 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] mm: export dump_mm() Suren Baghdasaryan
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