Messages in this thread | | | From | "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] powerpc/mm: handle VM_FAULT_RETRY earlier | Date | Tue, 21 Mar 2017 14:42:01 +0530 |
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Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> In do_page_fault() if handle_mm_fault() returns VM_FAULT_RETRY, retry > the page fault handling before anything else. > > This would simplify the handling of the mmap_sem lock in this part of > the code. > > Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c > index ee09604bbe12..2a6bc7e6e69a 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c > @@ -434,6 +434,26 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address, > * the fault. > */ > fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags); > + > + /* > + * Handle the retry right now, the mmap_sem has been released in that > + * case. > + */ > + if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY)) { > + /* We retry only once */ > + if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) { > + /* > + * Clear FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to avoid any risk > + * of starvation. > + */ > + flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY; > + flags |= FAULT_FLAG_TRIED; > + if (!fatal_signal_pending(current)) > + goto retry; > + } > + /* We will enter mm_fault_error() below */ > + } > + > if (unlikely(fault & (VM_FAULT_RETRY|VM_FAULT_ERROR))) { > if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV) > goto bad_area; > @@ -445,38 +465,27 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address, > }
We could make it further simpler, by handling the FAULT_RETRY without FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY set earlier. But i guess that can be done later ?
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > /* > - * Major/minor page fault accounting is only done on the > - * initial attempt. If we go through a retry, it is extremely > - * likely that the page will be found in page cache at that point. > + * Major/minor page fault accounting. > */ > - if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) { > - if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) { > - current->maj_flt++; > - perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, > - regs, address); > + if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) { > + current->maj_flt++; > + perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, > + regs, address); > #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SMLPAR > - if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_CMO)) { > - u32 page_ins; > - > - preempt_disable(); > - page_ins = be32_to_cpu(get_lppaca()->page_ins); > - page_ins += 1 << PAGE_FACTOR; > - get_lppaca()->page_ins = cpu_to_be32(page_ins); > - preempt_enable(); > - } > -#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_SMLPAR */ > - } else { > - current->min_flt++; > - perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, > - regs, address); > - } > - if (fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) { > - /* Clear FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to avoid any risk > - * of starvation. */ > - flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY; > - flags |= FAULT_FLAG_TRIED; > - goto retry; > + if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_CMO)) { > + u32 page_ins; > + > + preempt_disable(); > + page_ins = be32_to_cpu(get_lppaca()->page_ins); > + page_ins += 1 << PAGE_FACTOR; > + get_lppaca()->page_ins = cpu_to_be32(page_ins); > + preempt_enable(); > } > +#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_SMLPAR */ > + } else { > + current->min_flt++; > + perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, > + regs, address); > } > > up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); > -- > 2.7.4
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