On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 2:04 PM Suren Baghdasaryan <sur...@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 2:02 PM Suren Baghdasaryan <sur...@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > Add helper functions to speculatively perform operations without
> > read-locking mmap_lock, expecting that mmap_lock will not be
> > write-locked and mm is not modified from under us.
>
> Here you go. I hope I got the ordering right this time around, but I
> would feel much better if Jann reviewed it before it's included in
> your next patchset :)

Thanks a lot! And yes, I'll give it a bit of time for reviews before
sending a new revision.

Did you by any chance get any new ideas for possible benchmarks
(beyond what I did with will-it-scale)?


> Thanks,
> Suren.
>
> >
> > Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <sur...@google.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <and...@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > Changes since v1 [1]:
> > - Made memory barriers in inc_mm_lock_seq and mmap_lock_speculation_end
> > more strict, per Jann Horn
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240906051205.530219-2-and...@kernel.org/
> >
> >  include/linux/mm_types.h  |  3 ++
> >  include/linux/mmap_lock.h | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >  kernel/fork.c             |  3 --
> >  3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> > index 6e3bdf8e38bc..5d8cdebd42bc 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> > @@ -887,6 +887,9 @@ struct mm_struct {
> >                  * Roughly speaking, incrementing the sequence number is
> >                  * equivalent to releasing locks on VMAs; reading the 
> > sequence
> >                  * number can be part of taking a read lock on a VMA.
> > +                * Incremented every time mmap_lock is 
> > write-locked/unlocked.
> > +                * Initialized to 0, therefore odd values indicate mmap_lock
> > +                * is write-locked and even values that it's released.
> >                  *
> >                  * Can be modified under write mmap_lock using RELEASE
> >                  * semantics.
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
> > index de9dc20b01ba..a281519d0c12 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
> > @@ -71,39 +71,86 @@ static inline void mmap_assert_write_locked(const 
> > struct mm_struct *mm)
> >  }
> >
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK
> > +static inline void init_mm_lock_seq(struct mm_struct *mm)
> > +{
> > +       mm->mm_lock_seq = 0;
> > +}
> > +
> >  /*
> > - * Drop all currently-held per-VMA locks.
> > - * This is called from the mmap_lock implementation directly before 
> > releasing
> > - * a write-locked mmap_lock (or downgrading it to read-locked).
> > - * This should normally NOT be called manually from other places.
> > - * If you want to call this manually anyway, keep in mind that this will 
> > release
> > - * *all* VMA write locks, including ones from further up the stack.
> > + * Increment mm->mm_lock_seq when mmap_lock is write-locked (ACQUIRE 
> > semantics)
> > + * or write-unlocked (RELEASE semantics).
> >   */
> > -static inline void vma_end_write_all(struct mm_struct *mm)
> > +static inline void inc_mm_lock_seq(struct mm_struct *mm, bool acquire)
> >  {
> >         mmap_assert_write_locked(mm);
> >         /*
> >          * Nobody can concurrently modify mm->mm_lock_seq due to exclusive
> >          * mmap_lock being held.
> > -        * We need RELEASE semantics here to ensure that preceding stores 
> > into
> > -        * the VMA take effect before we unlock it with this store.
> > -        * Pairs with ACQUIRE semantics in vma_start_read().
> >          */
> > -       smp_store_release(&mm->mm_lock_seq, mm->mm_lock_seq + 1);
> > +
> > +       if (acquire) {
> > +               WRITE_ONCE(mm->mm_lock_seq, mm->mm_lock_seq + 1);
> > +               /*
> > +                * For ACQUIRE semantics we should ensure no following 
> > stores are
> > +                * reordered to appear before the mm->mm_lock_seq 
> > modification.
> > +                */
> > +               smp_wmb();
> > +       } else {
> > +               /*
> > +                * We need RELEASE semantics here to ensure that preceding 
> > stores
> > +                * into the VMA take effect before we unlock it with this 
> > store.
> > +                * Pairs with ACQUIRE semantics in vma_start_read().
> > +                */
> > +               smp_store_release(&mm->mm_lock_seq, mm->mm_lock_seq + 1);
> > +       }
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline bool mmap_lock_speculation_start(struct mm_struct *mm, int 
> > *seq)
> > +{
> > +       /* Pairs with RELEASE semantics in inc_mm_lock_seq(). */
> > +       *seq = smp_load_acquire(&mm->mm_lock_seq);
> > +       /* Allow speculation if mmap_lock is not write-locked */
> > +       return (*seq & 1) == 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline bool mmap_lock_speculation_end(struct mm_struct *mm, int seq)
> > +{
> > +       /* Pairs with ACQUIRE semantics in inc_mm_lock_seq(). */
> > +       smp_rmb();
> > +       return seq == READ_ONCE(mm->mm_lock_seq);
> >  }
> > +
> >  #else
> > -static inline void vma_end_write_all(struct mm_struct *mm) {}
> > +static inline void init_mm_lock_seq(struct mm_struct *mm) {}
> > +static inline void inc_mm_lock_seq(struct mm_struct *mm, bool acquire) {}
> > +static inline bool mmap_lock_speculation_start(struct mm_struct *mm, int 
> > *seq) { return false; }
> > +static inline bool mmap_lock_speculation_end(struct mm_struct *mm, int 
> > seq) { return false; }
> >  #endif
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Drop all currently-held per-VMA locks.
> > + * This is called from the mmap_lock implementation directly before 
> > releasing
> > + * a write-locked mmap_lock (or downgrading it to read-locked).
> > + * This should normally NOT be called manually from other places.
> > + * If you want to call this manually anyway, keep in mind that this will 
> > release
> > + * *all* VMA write locks, including ones from further up the stack.
> > + */
> > +static inline void vma_end_write_all(struct mm_struct *mm)
> > +{
> > +       inc_mm_lock_seq(mm, false);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static inline void mmap_init_lock(struct mm_struct *mm)
> >  {
> >         init_rwsem(&mm->mmap_lock);
> > +       init_mm_lock_seq(mm);
> >  }
> >
> >  static inline void mmap_write_lock(struct mm_struct *mm)
> >  {
> >         __mmap_lock_trace_start_locking(mm, true);
> >         down_write(&mm->mmap_lock);
> > +       inc_mm_lock_seq(mm, true);
> >         __mmap_lock_trace_acquire_returned(mm, true, true);
> >  }
> >
> > @@ -111,6 +158,7 @@ static inline void mmap_write_lock_nested(struct 
> > mm_struct *mm, int subclass)
> >  {
> >         __mmap_lock_trace_start_locking(mm, true);
> >         down_write_nested(&mm->mmap_lock, subclass);
> > +       inc_mm_lock_seq(mm, true);
> >         __mmap_lock_trace_acquire_returned(mm, true, true);
> >  }
> >
> > @@ -120,6 +168,8 @@ static inline int mmap_write_lock_killable(struct 
> > mm_struct *mm)
> >
> >         __mmap_lock_trace_start_locking(mm, true);
> >         ret = down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_lock);
> > +       if (!ret)
> > +               inc_mm_lock_seq(mm, true);
> >         __mmap_lock_trace_acquire_returned(mm, true, ret == 0);
> >         return ret;
> >  }
> > diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> > index 61070248a7d3..c86e87ed172b 100644
> > --- a/kernel/fork.c
> > +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> > @@ -1259,9 +1259,6 @@ static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct 
> > *mm, struct task_struct *p,
> >         seqcount_init(&mm->write_protect_seq);
> >         mmap_init_lock(mm);
> >         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mm->mmlist);
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK
> > -       mm->mm_lock_seq = 0;
> > -#endif
> >         mm_pgtables_bytes_init(mm);
> >         mm->map_count = 0;
> >         mm->locked_vm = 0;
> >
> > base-commit: 015bdfcb183759674ba1bd732c3393014e35708b
> > --
> > 2.46.0.662.g92d0881bb0-goog
> >

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