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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net: page_pool: fix refcounting issues with fragmented allocation
Hi Felix,

++cc Alexander and Yunsheng.

Thanks for the report

On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 at 14:43, Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> wrote:
>
> While testing fragmented page_pool allocation in the mt76 driver, I was able
> to reliably trigger page refcount underflow issues, which did not occur with
> full-page page_pool allocation.
> It appears to me, that handling refcounting in two separate counters
> (page->pp_frag_count and page refcount) is racy when page refcount gets
> incremented by code dealing with skb fragments directly, and
> page_pool_return_skb_page is called multiple times for the same fragment.
>
> Dropping page->pp_frag_count and relying entirely on the page refcount makes
> these underflow issues and crashes go away.
>

This has been discussed here [1]. TL;DR changing this to page
refcount might blow up in other colorful ways. Can we look closer and
figure out why the underflow happens?

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/1625903002-31619-4-git-send-email-linyunsheng@huawei.com/

Thanks
/Ilias

> Cc: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
> ---
> include/linux/mm_types.h | 17 +++++------------
> include/net/page_pool.h | 19 ++++---------------
> net/core/page_pool.c | 12 ++++--------
> 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> index 9757067c3053..96ec3b19a86d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> @@ -125,18 +125,11 @@ struct page {
> struct page_pool *pp;
> unsigned long _pp_mapping_pad;
> unsigned long dma_addr;
> - union {
> - /**
> - * dma_addr_upper: might require a 64-bit
> - * value on 32-bit architectures.
> - */
> - unsigned long dma_addr_upper;
> - /**
> - * For frag page support, not supported in
> - * 32-bit architectures with 64-bit DMA.
> - */
> - atomic_long_t pp_frag_count;
> - };
> + /**
> + * dma_addr_upper: might require a 64-bit
> + * value on 32-bit architectures.
> + */
> + unsigned long dma_addr_upper;
> };
> struct { /* Tail pages of compound page */
> unsigned long compound_head; /* Bit zero is set */
> diff --git a/include/net/page_pool.h b/include/net/page_pool.h
> index 813c93499f20..28e1fdbdcd53 100644
> --- a/include/net/page_pool.h
> +++ b/include/net/page_pool.h
> @@ -279,14 +279,14 @@ void page_pool_put_defragged_page(struct page_pool *pool, struct page *page,
>
> static inline void page_pool_fragment_page(struct page *page, long nr)
> {
> - atomic_long_set(&page->pp_frag_count, nr);
> + page_ref_add(page, nr);
> }
>
> static inline long page_pool_defrag_page(struct page *page, long nr)
> {
> long ret;
>
> - /* If nr == pp_frag_count then we have cleared all remaining
> + /* If nr == page_ref_count then we have cleared all remaining
> * references to the page. No need to actually overwrite it, instead
> * we can leave this to be overwritten by the calling function.
> *
> @@ -295,22 +295,14 @@ static inline long page_pool_defrag_page(struct page *page, long nr)
> * especially when dealing with a page that may be partitioned
> * into only 2 or 3 pieces.
> */
> - if (atomic_long_read(&page->pp_frag_count) == nr)
> + if (page_ref_count(page) == nr)
> return 0;
>
> - ret = atomic_long_sub_return(nr, &page->pp_frag_count);
> + ret = page_ref_sub_return(page, nr);
> WARN_ON(ret < 0);
> return ret;
> }
>
> -static inline bool page_pool_is_last_frag(struct page_pool *pool,
> - struct page *page)
> -{
> - /* If fragments aren't enabled or count is 0 we were the last user */
> - return !(pool->p.flags & PP_FLAG_PAGE_FRAG) ||
> - (page_pool_defrag_page(page, 1) == 0);
> -}
> -
> static inline void page_pool_put_page(struct page_pool *pool,
> struct page *page,
> unsigned int dma_sync_size,
> @@ -320,9 +312,6 @@ static inline void page_pool_put_page(struct page_pool *pool,
> * allow registering MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL, but shield linker.
> */
> #ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL
> - if (!page_pool_is_last_frag(pool, page))
> - return;
> -
> page_pool_put_defragged_page(pool, page, dma_sync_size, allow_direct);
> #endif
> }
> diff --git a/net/core/page_pool.c b/net/core/page_pool.c
> index 9b203d8660e4..0defcadae225 100644
> --- a/net/core/page_pool.c
> +++ b/net/core/page_pool.c
> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
> #define DEFER_TIME (msecs_to_jiffies(1000))
> #define DEFER_WARN_INTERVAL (60 * HZ)
>
> -#define BIAS_MAX LONG_MAX
> +#define BIAS_MAX(pool) (PAGE_SIZE << ((pool)->p.order))
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL_STATS
> /* alloc_stat_inc is intended to be used in softirq context */
> @@ -619,10 +619,6 @@ void page_pool_put_page_bulk(struct page_pool *pool, void **data,
> for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> struct page *page = virt_to_head_page(data[i]);
>
> - /* It is not the last user for the page frag case */
> - if (!page_pool_is_last_frag(pool, page))
> - continue;
> -
> page = __page_pool_put_page(pool, page, -1, false);
> /* Approved for bulk recycling in ptr_ring cache */
> if (page)
> @@ -659,7 +655,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_pool_put_page_bulk);
> static struct page *page_pool_drain_frag(struct page_pool *pool,
> struct page *page)
> {
> - long drain_count = BIAS_MAX - pool->frag_users;
> + long drain_count = BIAS_MAX(pool) - pool->frag_users;
>
> /* Some user is still using the page frag */
> if (likely(page_pool_defrag_page(page, drain_count)))
> @@ -678,7 +674,7 @@ static struct page *page_pool_drain_frag(struct page_pool *pool,
>
> static void page_pool_free_frag(struct page_pool *pool)
> {
> - long drain_count = BIAS_MAX - pool->frag_users;
> + long drain_count = BIAS_MAX(pool) - pool->frag_users;
> struct page *page = pool->frag_page;
>
> pool->frag_page = NULL;
> @@ -724,7 +720,7 @@ struct page *page_pool_alloc_frag(struct page_pool *pool,
> pool->frag_users = 1;
> *offset = 0;
> pool->frag_offset = size;
> - page_pool_fragment_page(page, BIAS_MAX);
> + page_pool_fragment_page(page, BIAS_MAX(pool));
> return page;
> }
>
> --
> 2.39.0
>

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