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SubjectRe: [PATCH] futex: bugfix for futex-key conflict when futex use hugepage


On Tue, 7 May 2013, Mel Gorman wrote:

> On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 08:23:48PM +0800, Zhang Yi wrote:
> > diff -uprN linux3.9-orig/kernel/futex.c linux3.9/kernel/futex.c
> > --- linux3.9-orig/kernel/futex.c 2013-04-15 00:45:16.000000000 +0000
> > +++ linux3.9/kernel/futex.c 2013-05-06 16:24:40.403525000 +0000
> > @@ -215,6 +215,22 @@ static void drop_futex_key_refs(union fu
> > }
> > }
> >
> > +/*
> > +* Get subpage index in compound page, and add it into futex_key.
> > +*/
> > +static void key_add_compound_idx(union futex_key *key,
> > + struct page *head_page, struct page *page)
> > +{
> > + int compound_idx;
> > +
> > + if (compound_order(head_page) >= MAX_ORDER)
> > + compound_idx = page_to_pfn(page) - page_to_pfn(head_page);
> > + else
> > + compound_idx = page - head_page;
> > +
> > + key->both.offset |= compound_idx << PAGE_SHIFT;
> > +}
> > +
>
> This implicitely assumies it is dealing with a hugetlbfs page. Today, it
> is the case that an inode-based futex with PageCompound is a hugetlbfs
> page but that could change in the future if THP ever backs files. This
> would then break again except it would be harder to fix because THP pages
> can be collapsed underneath you after the futex key has been generated.
>
> As this problem is hugetlbfs-specific should the fix be firmly in hugetlbfs
> land? Something like the following untested and only partial diff? Is the
> use of PageCompound in the futex path like this going to be problematic?

Why should it ?

> diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> index 16e4e9a..f9c33d3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> @@ -348,6 +348,17 @@ static inline int hstate_index(struct hstate *h)
> return h - hstates;
> }
>
> +pgoff_t __basepage_index(struct page *page);
> +
> +/* Return page->index in PAGE_SIZE units */
> +static inline pgoff_t basepage_index(struct page *page)
> +{
> + if (!PageCompound(page))
> + return page->index;
> +
> + return __basepage_index(page);
> +}
> +
> #else
> struct hstate {};
> #define alloc_huge_page_node(h, nid) NULL
> @@ -365,6 +376,10 @@ static inline unsigned int pages_per_huge_page(struct hstate *h)
> {
> return 1;
> }
> +static inline pgoff_t basepage_index(struct page *page)
> +{
> + return page->index;
> +}
> #define hstate_index_to_shift(index) 0
> #define hstate_index(h) 0
> #endif
> diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
> index b26dcfc..97beb5d 100644
> --- a/kernel/futex.c
> +++ b/kernel/futex.c
> @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
> #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
> #include <linux/ptrace.h>
> #include <linux/sched/rt.h>
> +#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
>
> #include <asm/futex.h>
>
> @@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ again:
> } else {
> key->both.offset |= FUT_OFF_INODE; /* inode-based key */
> key->shared.inode = page_head->mapping->host;
> - key->shared.pgoff = page_head->index;
> + key->shared.pgoff = basepage_index(page_head);

That want's to be basepage_index(page), right ?

> }
>
> get_futex_key_refs(key);
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 1a12f5b..ddbad35 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -690,6 +690,23 @@ int PageHuge(struct page *page)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(PageHuge);
>
> +pgoff_t __basepage_index(struct page *page)
> +{
> + struct page *page_head = compound_head(page);
> + pgoff_t index = page_index(page_head);
> + int compound_idx;
> +
> + if (!PageHuge(page_head))
> + return page_index(page);
> +
> + if (compound_order(page_head) >= MAX_ORDER)
> + compound_idx = page_to_pfn(page) - page_to_pfn(page_head);
> + else
> + compound_idx = page - head_page;
> +
> + return (index << page_hstate(page_head)->order) + compound_idx;
> +}
> +
> static struct page *alloc_fresh_huge_page_node(struct hstate *h, int nid)
> {
> struct page *page;
>


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