[PATCH gmem FIXUP] mm, compaction: make testing mapping_unmovable() safe

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[PATCH gmem FIXUP] mm, compaction: make testing mapping_unmovable() safe

From: Vlastimil Babka <hidden>
Date: 2023-09-01 08:20:34

As Kirill pointed out, mapping can be removed under us due to
truncation. Test it under folio lock as already done for the async
compaction / dirty folio case. To prevent locking every folio with
mapping to do the test, do it only for unevictable folios, as we can
expect the unmovable mapping folios are also unevictable - it is the
case for guest memfd folios.

Also incorporate comment update suggested by Matthew.

Fixes: 3424873596ce ("mm: Add AS_UNMOVABLE to mark mapping as completely unmovable")
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <redacted>
---
Feel free to squash into 3424873596ce.

 mm/compaction.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index a3d2b132df52..e0e439b105b5 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
 
 	/* Time to isolate some pages for migration */
 	for (; low_pfn < end_pfn; low_pfn++) {
+		bool is_dirty, is_unevictable;
 
 		if (skip_on_failure && low_pfn >= next_skip_pfn) {
 			/*
@@ -1047,10 +1048,6 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
 		if (!mapping && (folio_ref_count(folio) - 1) > folio_mapcount(folio))
 			goto isolate_fail_put;
 
-		/* The mapping truly isn't movable. */
-		if (mapping && mapping_unmovable(mapping))
-			goto isolate_fail_put;
-
 		/*
 		 * Only allow to migrate anonymous pages in GFP_NOFS context
 		 * because those do not depend on fs locks.
@@ -1062,8 +1059,10 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
 		if (!folio_test_lru(folio))
 			goto isolate_fail_put;
 
+		is_unevictable = folio_test_unevictable(folio);
+
 		/* Compaction might skip unevictable pages but CMA takes them */
-		if (!(mode & ISOLATE_UNEVICTABLE) && folio_test_unevictable(folio))
+		if (!(mode & ISOLATE_UNEVICTABLE) && is_unevictable)
 			goto isolate_fail_put;
 
 		/*
@@ -1075,26 +1074,42 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
 		if ((mode & ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE) && folio_test_writeback(folio))
 			goto isolate_fail_put;
 
-		if ((mode & ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE) && folio_test_dirty(folio)) {
-			bool migrate_dirty;
+		is_dirty = folio_test_dirty(folio);
+
+		if (((mode & ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE) && is_dirty)
+		    || (mapping && is_unevictable)) {
+			bool migrate_dirty = true;
+			bool is_unmovable;
 
 			/*
-			 * Only pages without mappings or that have a
-			 * ->migrate_folio callback are possible to migrate
-			 * without blocking. However, we can be racing with
-			 * truncation so it's necessary to lock the page
-			 * to stabilise the mapping as truncation holds
-			 * the page lock until after the page is removed
-			 * from the page cache.
+			 * Only folios without mappings or that have
+			 * a ->migrate_folio callback are possible to migrate
+			 * without blocking.
+			 *
+			 * Folios from unmovable mappings are not migratable.
+			 *
+			 * However, we can be racing with truncation, which can
+			 * free the mapping that we need to check. Truncation
+			 * holds the folio lock until after the folio is removed
+			 * from the page so holding it ourselves is sufficient.
+			 *
+			 * To avoid this folio locking to inspect every folio
+			 * with mapping for being unmovable, we assume every
+			 * such folio is also unevictable, which is a cheaper
+			 * test. If our assumption goes wrong, it's not a bug,
+			 * just potentially wasted cycles.
 			 */
 			if (!folio_trylock(folio))
 				goto isolate_fail_put;
 
 			mapping = folio_mapping(folio);
-			migrate_dirty = !mapping ||
-					mapping->a_ops->migrate_folio;
+			if ((mode & ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE) && is_dirty) {
+				migrate_dirty = !mapping ||
+						mapping->a_ops->migrate_folio;
+			}
+			is_unmovable = mapping && mapping_unmovable(mapping);
 			folio_unlock(folio);
-			if (!migrate_dirty)
+			if (!migrate_dirty || is_unmovable)
 				goto isolate_fail_put;
 		}
 
-- 
2.41.0

Re: [PATCH gmem FIXUP] mm, compaction: make testing mapping_unmovable() safe

From: <hidden>
Date: 2023-09-01 22:55:10

On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 10:20:26AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
As Kirill pointed out, mapping can be removed under us due to
truncation. Test it under folio lock as already done for the async
compaction / dirty folio case. To prevent locking every folio with
mapping to do the test, do it only for unevictable folios, as we can
expect the unmovable mapping folios are also unevictable - it is the
case for guest memfd folios.

Also incorporate comment update suggested by Matthew.

Fixes: 3424873596ce ("mm: Add AS_UNMOVABLE to mark mapping as completely unmovable")
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <redacted>
Superficially looks good to me. But I don't really understand this
code path to Ack.

-- 
  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov

Re: [PATCH gmem FIXUP] mm, compaction: make testing mapping_unmovable() safe

From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Date: 2023-09-02 13:59:57

On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 10:20:26AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
As Kirill pointed out, mapping can be removed under us due to
truncation. Test it under folio lock as already done for the async
compaction / dirty folio case. To prevent locking every folio with
mapping to do the test, do it only for unevictable folios, as we can
expect the unmovable mapping folios are also unevictable - it is the
case for guest memfd folios.

Also incorporate comment update suggested by Matthew.
In the meantime, 866ff80176aa went upstream earlier this merge window,
so it's going to have some conflicts.

Re: [PATCH gmem FIXUP] mm, compaction: make testing mapping_unmovable() safe

From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Date: 2023-09-05 23:56:42

On Fri, Sep 01, 2023, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
As Kirill pointed out, mapping can be removed under us due to
truncation. Test it under folio lock as already done for the async
compaction / dirty folio case. To prevent locking every folio with
mapping to do the test, do it only for unevictable folios, as we can
expect the unmovable mapping folios are also unevictable - it is the
case for guest memfd folios.
Rather than expect/assume that unmovable mappings are always unevictable, how about
requiring that?  E.g. either through a VM_WARN_ON in mapping_set_unmovable(), or by
simply having that helper forcefully set AS_UNEVICTABLE as well.

Re: [PATCH gmem FIXUP] mm, compaction: make testing mapping_unmovable() safe

From: Vlastimil Babka <hidden>
Date: 2023-09-06 08:01:03

On 9/6/23 01:56, Sean Christopherson wrote:
On Fri, Sep 01, 2023, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
quoted
As Kirill pointed out, mapping can be removed under us due to
truncation. Test it under folio lock as already done for the async
compaction / dirty folio case. To prevent locking every folio with
mapping to do the test, do it only for unevictable folios, as we can
expect the unmovable mapping folios are also unevictable - it is the
case for guest memfd folios.
Rather than expect/assume that unmovable mappings are always unevictable, how about
requiring that?  E.g. either through a VM_WARN_ON in mapping_set_unmovable(), or by
simply having that helper forcefully set AS_UNEVICTABLE as well.
Yeah I guess we could make the helper do that, with a comment, as gmem is
the only user right now. And if in the future somebody has case where it
makes sense to have unmovable without unevictable, we can discuss what to do
about it then.
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