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SubjectRe: [rfc] 2.6.19-rc1-git5: consolidation of file backed fault handlers
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 03:33:42PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 04:21:32PM +0200, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > This patchset is against 2.6.19-rc1-mm1 up to
> > numa-add-zone_to_nid-function-swap_prefetch.patch (ie. no readahead stuff,
> > which causes big rejects and would be much easier to fix in readahead
> > patches than here). Other than this feature, the -mm specific stuff is
> > pretty simple (mainly straightforward filesystem conversions).
> >
> > Changes since last round:
> > - trimmed the cc list, no big changes since last time.
> > - fix the few buglets preventing it from actually booting
> > - reinstate filemap_nopage and filemap_populate, because they're exported
> > symbols even though no longer used in the tree. Schedule for removal.
>
> Just kill them and the whole ->populate methods. We have a better API that
> replaces them 100% with your patch, and they've never been a widespread
> API.

OK, this is what the patch looks like. I'm happy for .nopage to stay
around for a while longer, because it costs us exactly 12 lines of code
in mm/memory.c

Andrew?

--
Remove legacy filemap_nopage and all of the .populate API cruft.

include/linux/mm.h | 9 --
mm/filemap.c | 195 -----------------------------------------------------
mm/fremap.c | 71 ++-----------------
mm/memory.c | 37 ++--------
4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 291 deletions(-)

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/mm.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/mm.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
struct page * (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct fault_data * fdata);
struct page * (*nopage)(struct vm_area_struct * area, unsigned long address, int *type);
- int (*populate)(struct vm_area_struct * area, unsigned long address, unsigned long len, pgprot_t prot, unsigned long pgoff, int nonblock);
-
/* notification that a previously read-only page is about to become
* writable, if an error is returned it will cause a SIGBUS */
int (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page);
@@ -742,8 +740,6 @@ static inline void unmap_shared_mapping_

extern int vmtruncate(struct inode * inode, loff_t offset);
extern int vmtruncate_range(struct inode * inode, loff_t offset, loff_t end);
-extern int install_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, struct page *page, pgprot_t prot);
-extern int install_file_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, unsigned long pgoff, pgprot_t prot);

#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
extern int __handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -1053,10 +1049,7 @@ extern void truncate_inode_pages_range(s
loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);

/* generic vm_area_ops exported for stackable file systems */
-extern struct page * __deprecated filemap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *, struct fault_data *);
-extern struct page * __deprecated filemap_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, int *);
-extern int filemap_populate(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long,
- unsigned long, pgprot_t, unsigned long, int);
+extern struct page *filemap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *, struct fault_data *);

/* mm/page-writeback.c */
int write_one_page(struct page *page, int wait);
Index: linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/filemap.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1539,201 +1539,6 @@ page_not_uptodate:
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fault);

-/*
- * filemap_nopage and filemap_populate are legacy exports that are not used
- * in tree. Scheduled for removal.
- */
-struct page *filemap_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *area,
- unsigned long address, int *type)
-{
- struct page *page;
- struct fault_data fdata;
- fdata.address = address;
- fdata.pgoff = ((address - area->vm_start) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)
- + area->vm_pgoff;
- fdata.flags = 0;
-
- page = filemap_fault(area, &fdata);
- if (type)
- *type = fdata.type;
-
- return page;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_nopage);
-
-static struct page * filemap_getpage(struct file *file, unsigned long pgoff,
- int nonblock)
-{
- struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
- struct page *page;
- int error;
-
- /*
- * Do we have something in the page cache already?
- */
-retry_find:
- page = find_get_page(mapping, pgoff);
- if (!page) {
- if (nonblock)
- return NULL;
- goto no_cached_page;
- }
-
- /*
- * Ok, found a page in the page cache, now we need to check
- * that it's up-to-date.
- */
- if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
- if (nonblock) {
- page_cache_release(page);
- return NULL;
- }
- goto page_not_uptodate;
- }
-
-success:
- /*
- * Found the page and have a reference on it.
- */
- mark_page_accessed(page);
- return page;
-
-no_cached_page:
- error = page_cache_read(file, pgoff);
-
- /*
- * The page we want has now been added to the page cache.
- * In the unlikely event that someone removed it in the
- * meantime, we'll just come back here and read it again.
- */
- if (error >= 0)
- goto retry_find;
-
- /*
- * An error return from page_cache_read can result if the
- * system is low on memory, or a problem occurs while trying
- * to schedule I/O.
- */
- return NULL;
-
-page_not_uptodate:
- lock_page(page);
-
- /* Did it get truncated while we waited for it? */
- if (!page->mapping) {
- unlock_page(page);
- goto err;
- }
-
- /* Did somebody else get it up-to-date? */
- if (PageUptodate(page)) {
- unlock_page(page);
- goto success;
- }
-
- error = mapping->a_ops->readpage(file, page);
- if (!error) {
- wait_on_page_locked(page);
- if (PageUptodate(page))
- goto success;
- } else if (error == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE) {
- page_cache_release(page);
- goto retry_find;
- }
-
- /*
- * Umm, take care of errors if the page isn't up-to-date.
- * Try to re-read it _once_. We do this synchronously,
- * because there really aren't any performance issues here
- * and we need to check for errors.
- */
- lock_page(page);
-
- /* Somebody truncated the page on us? */
- if (!page->mapping) {
- unlock_page(page);
- goto err;
- }
- /* Somebody else successfully read it in? */
- if (PageUptodate(page)) {
- unlock_page(page);
- goto success;
- }
-
- ClearPageError(page);
- error = mapping->a_ops->readpage(file, page);
- if (!error) {
- wait_on_page_locked(page);
- if (PageUptodate(page))
- goto success;
- } else if (error == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE) {
- page_cache_release(page);
- goto retry_find;
- }
-
- /*
- * Things didn't work out. Return zero to tell the
- * mm layer so, possibly freeing the page cache page first.
- */
-err:
- page_cache_release(page);
-
- return NULL;
-}
-
-int filemap_populate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
- unsigned long len, pgprot_t prot, unsigned long pgoff,
- int nonblock)
-{
- struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
- struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
- struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
- unsigned long size;
- struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
- struct page *page;
- int err;
-
- if (!nonblock)
- force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, vma->vm_file,
- pgoff, len >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
-
-repeat:
- size = (i_size_read(inode) + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
- if (pgoff + (len >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) > size)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- page = filemap_getpage(file, pgoff, nonblock);
-
- /* XXX: This is wrong, a filesystem I/O error may have happened. Fix that as
- * done in shmem_populate calling shmem_getpage */
- if (!page && !nonblock)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- if (page) {
- err = install_page(mm, vma, addr, page, prot);
- if (err) {
- page_cache_release(page);
- return err;
- }
- } else if (vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR) {
- /* No page was found just because we can't read it in now (being
- * here implies nonblock != 0), but the page may exist, so set
- * the PTE to fault it in later. */
- err = install_file_pte(mm, vma, addr, pgoff, prot);
- if (err)
- return err;
- }
-
- len -= PAGE_SIZE;
- addr += PAGE_SIZE;
- pgoff++;
- if (len)
- goto repeat;
-
- return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_populate);
-
struct vm_operations_struct generic_file_vm_ops = {
.fault = filemap_fault,
};
Index: linux-2.6/mm/fremap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/fremap.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/fremap.c
@@ -45,58 +45,10 @@ static int zap_pte(struct mm_struct *mm,
}

/*
- * Install a file page to a given virtual memory address, release any
- * previously existing mapping.
- */
-int install_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long addr, struct page *page, pgprot_t prot)
-{
- struct inode *inode;
- pgoff_t size;
- int err = -ENOMEM;
- pte_t *pte;
- pte_t pte_val;
- spinlock_t *ptl;
-
- pte = get_locked_pte(mm, addr, &ptl);
- if (!pte)
- goto out;
-
- /*
- * This page may have been truncated. Tell the
- * caller about it.
- */
- err = -EINVAL;
- inode = vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host;
- size = (i_size_read(inode) + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
- if (!page->mapping || page->index >= size)
- goto unlock;
- err = -ENOMEM;
- if (page_mapcount(page) > INT_MAX/2)
- goto unlock;
-
- if (pte_none(*pte) || !zap_pte(mm, vma, addr, pte))
- inc_mm_counter(mm, file_rss);
-
- flush_icache_page(vma, page);
- pte_val = mk_pte(page, prot);
- set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, pte_val);
- page_add_file_rmap(page);
- update_mmu_cache(vma, addr, pte_val);
- lazy_mmu_prot_update(pte_val);
- err = 0;
-unlock:
- pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
-out:
- return err;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(install_page);
-
-/*
* Install a file pte to a given virtual memory address, release any
* previously existing mapping.
*/
-int install_file_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+static int install_file_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long pgoff, pgprot_t prot)
{
int err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -210,8 +162,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_remap_file_pages(uns
if (vma->vm_private_data && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR))
goto out;

- if ((!vma->vm_ops || !vma->vm_ops->populate) &&
- !(vma->vm_flags & VM_CAN_NONLINEAR))
+ if (!vma->vm_flags & VM_CAN_NONLINEAR)
goto out;

if (end <= start || start < vma->vm_start || end > vma->vm_end)
@@ -241,18 +192,14 @@ asmlinkage long sys_remap_file_pages(uns
spin_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_lock);
}

- if (vma->vm_flags & VM_CAN_NONLINEAR) {
- err = populate_range(mm, vma, start, size, pgoff);
- if (!err && !(flags & MAP_NONBLOCK)) {
- if (unlikely(has_write_lock)) {
- downgrade_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
- has_write_lock = 0;
- }
- make_pages_present(start, start+size);
+ err = populate_range(mm, vma, start, size, pgoff);
+ if (!err && !(flags & MAP_NONBLOCK)) {
+ if (unlikely(has_write_lock)) {
+ downgrade_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ has_write_lock = 0;
}
- } else
- err = vma->vm_ops->populate(vma, start, size, vma->vm_page_prot,
- pgoff, flags & MAP_NONBLOCK);
+ make_pages_present(start, start+size);
+ }

/*
* We can't clear VM_NONLINEAR because we'd have to do
Index: linux-2.6/mm/memory.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/memory.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/memory.c
@@ -2327,18 +2327,10 @@ static int do_linear_fault(struct mm_str
- vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + vma->vm_pgoff;
unsigned int flags = (write_access ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);

- return __do_fault(mm, vma, address, page_table, pmd, pgoff, flags, orig_pte);
+ return __do_fault(mm, vma, address, page_table, pmd, pgoff,
+ flags, orig_pte);
}

-static int do_nonlinear_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd,
- int write_access, pgoff_t pgoff, pte_t orig_pte)
-{
- unsigned int flags = FAULT_FLAG_NONLINEAR |
- (write_access ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
-
- return __do_fault(mm, vma, address, page_table, pmd, pgoff, flags, orig_pte);
-}

/*
* Fault of a previously existing named mapping. Repopulate the pte
@@ -2349,17 +2341,19 @@ static int do_nonlinear_fault(struct mm_
* but allow concurrent faults), and pte mapped but not yet locked.
* We return with mmap_sem still held, but pte unmapped and unlocked.
*/
-static int do_file_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+static int do_nonlinear_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd,
int write_access, pte_t orig_pte)
{
+ unsigned int flags = FAULT_FLAG_NONLINEAR |
+ (write_access ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
pgoff_t pgoff;
- int err;

if (!pte_unmap_same(mm, pmd, page_table, orig_pte))
return VM_FAULT_MINOR;

- if (unlikely(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR))) {
+ if (unlikely(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR) ||
+ !(vma->vm_flags & VM_CAN_NONLINEAR))) {
/*
* Page table corrupted: show pte and kill process.
*/
@@ -2369,18 +2363,8 @@ static int do_file_page(struct mm_struct

pgoff = pte_to_pgoff(orig_pte);

- if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->fault)
- return do_nonlinear_fault(mm, vma, address, page_table, pmd,
- write_access, pgoff, orig_pte);
-
- /* We can then assume vm->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->populate */
- err = vma->vm_ops->populate(vma, address & PAGE_MASK, PAGE_SIZE,
- vma->vm_page_prot, pgoff, 0);
- if (err == -ENOMEM)
- return VM_FAULT_OOM;
- if (err)
- return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
- return VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
+ return __do_fault(mm, vma, address, page_table, pmd, pgoff,
+ flags, orig_pte);
}

/*
@@ -2416,7 +2400,7 @@ static inline int handle_pte_fault(struc
pte, pmd, write_access);
}
if (pte_file(entry))
- return do_file_page(mm, vma, address,
+ return do_nonlinear_fault(mm, vma, address,
pte, pmd, write_access, entry);
return do_swap_page(mm, vma, address,
pte, pmd, write_access, entry);
Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -203,26 +203,8 @@ Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>

---------------------------

-What: filemap_nopage, filemap_populate
-When: February 2007
-Why: These legacy interfaces no longer have any callers in the kernel and
- any functionality provided can be provided with filemap_fault. The
- removal schedule is short because they are a big maintainence burden
- and have some bugs.
-Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: vm_ops.populate, install_page
-When: February 2007
-Why: These legacy interfaces no longer have any callers in the kernel and
- any functionality provided can be provided with vm_ops.fault.
-Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
-
----------------------------
-
What: vm_ops.nopage
-When: October 2008, provided in-kernel callers have been converted
+When: October 2007, provided in-kernel callers have been converted
Why: This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around
forever, is used by a lot of drivers, and doesn't cost much to
maintain.
-
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