Thread (44 messages) 44 messages, 5 authors, 2016-06-30

Re: [PATCH v6v3 02/12] mm: migrate: support non-lru movable page migration

From: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Date: 2016-06-16 05:37:49
Also in: dri-devel, lkml

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 09:12:07AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
On 06/16/2016 05:56 AM, Minchan Kim wrote:
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 12:15:04PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
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On 06/15/2016 08:02 AM, Minchan Kim wrote:
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Hi,

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 03:08:19PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
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On 05/31/2016 05:31 AM, Minchan Kim wrote:
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@@ -791,6 +921,7 @@ static int __unmap_and_move(struct page *page, struct page *newpage,
 	int rc = -EAGAIN;
 	int page_was_mapped = 0;
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
+	bool is_lru = !__PageMovable(page);
 
 	if (!trylock_page(page)) {
 		if (!force || mode == MIGRATE_ASYNC)
@@ -871,6 +1002,11 @@ static int __unmap_and_move(struct page *page, struct page *newpage,
 		goto out_unlock_both;
 	}
 
+	if (unlikely(!is_lru)) {
+		rc = move_to_new_page(newpage, page, mode);
+		goto out_unlock_both;
+	}
+
Hello Minchan,

I might be missing something here but does this implementation support the
scenario where these non LRU pages owned by the driver mapped as PTE into
process page table ? Because the "goto out_unlock_both" statement above
skips all the PTE unmap, putting a migration PTE and removing the migration
PTE steps.
You're right. Unfortunately, it doesn't support right now but surely,
it's my TODO after landing this work.

Could you share your usecase?
Sure.
Thanks a lot!
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My driver has privately managed non LRU pages which gets mapped into user space
process page table through f_ops->mmap() and vmops->fault() which then updates
the file RMAP (page->mapping->i_mmap) through page_add_file_rmap(page). One thing
Hmm, page_add_file_rmap is not exported function. How does your driver can use it?
Its not using the function directly, I just re-iterated the sequence of functions
above. (do_set_pte -> page_add_file_rmap) gets called after we grab the page from
driver through (__do_fault->vma->vm_ops->fault()).
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Do you use vm_insert_pfn?
What type your vma is? VM_PFNMMAP or VM_MIXEDMAP?
I dont use vm_insert_pfn(). Here is the sequence of events how the user space
VMA gets the non LRU pages from the driver.

- Driver registers a character device with 'struct file_operations' binding
- Then the 'fops->mmap()' just binds the incoming 'struct vma' with a 'struct
  vm_operations_struct' which provides the 'vmops->fault()' routine which
  basically traps all page faults on the VMA and provides one page at a time
  through a driver specific allocation routine which hands over non LRU pages

The VMA is not anything special as such. Its what we get when we try to do a
simple mmap() on a file descriptor pointing to a character device. I can
figure out all the VM_* flags it holds after creation.
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I want to make dummy driver to simulate your case.
Sure. I hope the above mentioned steps will help you but in case you need more
information, please do let me know.
I got understood now. :)
I will test it with dummy driver and will Cc'ed when I send a patch.

Thanks.

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