talos-op-linux/mm/Kconfig, branch v4.4.4

mm: make compound_head() robust

2015-11-07T01:50:42+00:00

Hugh has pointed that compound_head() call can be unsafe in some context. There's one example: CPU0 CPU1 isolate_migratepages_block() page_count() compound_head() !!PageTail() == true put_page() tail->first_page = NULL head = tail->first_page alloc_pages(__GFP_COMP) prep_compound_page() tail->first_page = head __SetPageTail(p); !!PageTail() == true The race is pure theoretical. I don't it's possible to trigger it in practice. But who knows. We can fix the race by changing how encode PageTail() and compound_head() within struct page to be able to update them in one shot. The patch introduces page->compound_head into third double word block in front of compound_dtor and compound_order. Bit 0 encodes PageTail() and the rest bits are pointer to head page if bit zero is set. The patch moves page->pmd_huge_pte out of word, just in case if an architecture defines pgtable_t into something what can have the bit 0 set. hugetlb_cgroup uses page->lru.next in the second tail page to store pointer struct hugetlb_cgroup. The patch switch it to use page->private in the second tail page instead. The space is free since ->first_page is removed from the union. The patch also opens possibility to remove HUGETLB_CGROUP_MIN_ORDER limitation, since there's now space in first tail page to store struct hugetlb_cgroup pointer. But that's out of scope of the patch. That means page->compound_head shares storage space with: - page->lru.next; - page->next; - page->rcu_head.next; That's too long list to be absolutely sure, but looks like nobody uses bit 0 of the word. page->rcu_head.next guaranteed[1] to have bit 0 clean as long as we use call_rcu(), call_rcu_bh(), call_rcu_sched(), or call_srcu(). But future call_rcu_lazy() is not allowed as it makes use of the bit and we can get false positive PageTail(). [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20150827163634.GD4029@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov Acked-by: Michal Hocko Reviewed-by: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: David Rientjes Cc: Vlastimil Babka Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Christoph Lameter Cc: Joonsoo Kim Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge tag 'media/v4.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media

2015-09-11T23:42:39+00:00

Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: "A series of patches that move part of the code used to allocate memory from the media subsystem to the mm subsystem" [ The mm parts have been acked by VM people, and the series was apparently in -mm for a while - Linus ] * tag 'media/v4.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: [media] drm/exynos: Convert g2d_userptr_get_dma_addr() to use get_vaddr_frames() [media] media: vb2: Remove unused functions [media] media: vb2: Convert vb2_dc_get_userptr() to use frame vector [media] media: vb2: Convert vb2_vmalloc_get_userptr() to use frame vector [media] media: vb2: Convert vb2_dma_sg_get_userptr() to use frame vector [media] vb2: Provide helpers for mapping virtual addresses [media] media: omap_vout: Convert omap_vout_uservirt_to_phys() to use get_vaddr_pfns() [media] mm: Provide new get_vaddr_frames() helper [media] vb2: Push mmap_sem down to memops

mm: introduce idle page tracking

2015-09-10T20:29:01+00:00

Knowing the portion of memory that is not used by a certain application or memory cgroup (idle memory) can be useful for partitioning the system efficiently, e.g. by setting memory cgroup limits appropriately. Currently, the only means to estimate the amount of idle memory provided by the kernel is /proc/PID/{clear_refs,smaps}: the user can clear the access bit for all pages mapped to a particular process by writing 1 to clear_refs, wait for some time, and then count smaps:Referenced. However, this method has two serious shortcomings: - it does not count unmapped file pages - it affects the reclaimer logic To overcome these drawbacks, this patch introduces two new page flags, Idle and Young, and a new sysfs file, /sys/kernel/mm/page_idle/bitmap. A page's Idle flag can only be set from userspace by setting bit in /sys/kernel/mm/page_idle/bitmap at the offset corresponding to the page, and it is cleared whenever the page is accessed either through page tables (it is cleared in page_referenced() in this case) or using the read(2) system call (mark_page_accessed()). Thus by setting the Idle flag for pages of a particular workload, which can be found e.g. by reading /proc/PID/pagemap, waiting for some time to let the workload access its working set, and then reading the bitmap file, one can estimate the amount of pages that are not used by the workload. The Young page flag is used to avoid interference with the memory reclaimer. A page's Young flag is set whenever the Access bit of a page table entry pointing to the page is cleared by writing to the bitmap file. If page_referenced() is called on a Young page, it will add 1 to its return value, therefore concealing the fact that the Access bit was cleared. Note, since there is no room for extra page flags on 32 bit, this feature uses extended page flags when compiled on 32 bit. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: kpageidle requires an MMU] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: decouple from page-flags rework] Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov Reviewed-by: Andres Lagar-Cavilla Cc: Minchan Kim Cc: Raghavendra K T Cc: Johannes Weiner Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Greg Thelen Cc: Michel Lespinasse Cc: David Rientjes Cc: Pavel Emelyanov Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov Cc: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm

2015-09-08T21:35:59+00:00

Pull libnvdimm updates from Dan Williams: "This update has successfully completed a 0day-kbuild run and has appeared in a linux-next release. The changes outside of the typical drivers/nvdimm/ and drivers/acpi/nfit.[ch] paths are related to the removal of IORESOURCE_CACHEABLE, the introduction of memremap(), and the introduction of ZONE_DEVICE + devm_memremap_pages(). Summary: - Introduce ZONE_DEVICE and devm_memremap_pages() as a generic mechanism for adding device-driver-discovered memory regions to the kernel's direct map. This facility is used by the pmem driver to enable pfn_to_page() operations on the page frames returned by DAX ('direct_access' in 'struct block_device_operations'). For now, the 'memmap' allocation for these "device" pages comes from "System RAM". Support for allocating the memmap from device memory will arrive in a later kernel. - Introduce memremap() to replace usages of ioremap_cache() and ioremap_wt(). memremap() drops the __iomem annotation for these mappings to memory that do not have i/o side effects. The replacement of ioremap_cache() with memremap() is limited to the pmem driver to ease merging the api change in v4.3. Completion of the conversion is targeted for v4.4. - Similar to the usage of memcpy_to_pmem() + wmb_pmem() in the pmem driver, update the VFS DAX implementation and PMEM api to provide persistence guarantees for kernel operations on a DAX mapping. - Convert the ACPI NFIT 'BLK' driver to map the block apertures as cacheable to improve performance. - Miscellaneous updates and fixes to libnvdimm including support for issuing "address range scrub" commands, clarifying the optimal 'sector size' of pmem devices, a clarification of the usage of the ACPI '_STA' (status) property for DIMM devices, and other minor fixes" * tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm: (34 commits) libnvdimm, pmem: direct map legacy pmem by default libnvdimm, pmem: 'struct page' for pmem libnvdimm, pfn: 'struct page' provider infrastructure x86, pmem: clarify that ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API implies PMEM mapped WB add devm_memremap_pages mm: ZONE_DEVICE for "device memory" mm: move __phys_to_pfn and __pfn_to_phys to asm/generic/memory_model.h dax: drop size parameter to ->direct_access() nd_blk: change aperture mapping from WC to WB nvdimm: change to use generic kvfree() pmem, dax: have direct_access use __pmem annotation dax: update I/O path to do proper PMEM flushing pmem: add copy_from_iter_pmem() and clear_pmem() pmem, x86: clean up conditional pmem includes pmem: remove layer when calling arch_has_wmb_pmem() pmem, x86: move x86 PMEM API to new pmem.h header libnvdimm, e820: make CONFIG_X86_PMEM_LEGACY a tristate option pmem: switch to devm_ allocations devres: add devm_memremap libnvdimm, btt: write and validate parent_uuid ...

mm: ZONE_DEVICE for "device memory"

2015-08-27T23:40:58+00:00

While pmem is usable as a block device or via DAX mappings to userspace there are several usage scenarios that can not target pmem due to its lack of struct page coverage. In preparation for "hot plugging" pmem into the vmemmap add ZONE_DEVICE as a new zone to tag these pages separately from the ones that are subject to standard page allocations. Importantly "device memory" can be removed at will by userspace unbinding the driver of the device. Having a separate zone prevents allocation and otherwise marks these pages that are distinct from typical uniform memory. Device memory has different lifetime and performance characteristics than RAM. However, since we have run out of ZONES_SHIFT bits this functionality currently depends on sacrificing ZONE_DMA. Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: Rik van Riel Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Jerome Glisse [hch: various simplifications in the arch interface] Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Dan Williams

[media] mm: Provide new get_vaddr_frames() helper

2015-08-16T16:02:47+00:00

Provide new function get_vaddr_frames(). This function maps virtual addresses from given start and fills given array with page frame numbers of the corresponding pages. If given start belongs to a normal vma, the function grabs reference to each of the pages to pin them in memory. If start belongs to VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP vma, we don't touch page structures. Caller must make sure pfns aren't reused for anything else while he is using them. This function is created for various drivers to simplify handling of their buffers. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Acked-by: Mel Gorman Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka Acked-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab

mm/Kconfig: NEED_BOUNCE_POOL: clean-up condition

2015-07-23T18:59:41+00:00

commit 106542e7987c ("fs: Remove ext3 filesystem driver") removed ext3 and JBD, hence remove the superfluous condition. Signed-off-by: Valentin Rothberg Signed-off-by: Jan Kara

mm: meminit: initialise a subset of struct pages if CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT is set

2015-07-01T02:44:56+00:00

This patch initalises all low memory struct pages and 2G of the highest zone on each node during memory initialisation if CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT is set. That config option cannot be set but will be available in a later patch. Parallel initialisation of struct page depends on some features from memory hotplug and it is necessary to alter alter section annotations. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman Tested-by: Nate Zimmer Tested-by: Waiman Long Tested-by: Daniel J Blueman Acked-by: Pekka Enberg Cc: Robin Holt Cc: Nate Zimmer Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: Waiman Long Cc: Scott Norton Cc: "Luck, Tony" Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

tracing: add trace event for memory-failure

2015-06-25T00:49:43+00:00

RAS user space tools like rasdaemon which base on trace event, could receive mce error event, but no memory recovery result event. So, I want to add this event to make this scenario complete. This patch add a event at ras group for memory-failure. The output like below: # tracer: nop # # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 2/2 #P:24 # # _-----=> irqs-off # / _----=> need-resched # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq # || / _--=> preempt-depth # ||| / delay # TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION # | | | |||| | | mce-inject-13150 [001] .... 277.019359: memory_failure_event: pfn 0x19869: recovery action for free buddy page: Delayed [xiexiuqi@huawei.com: fix build error] Signed-off-by: Xie XiuQi Reviewed-by: Naoya Horiguchi Acked-by: Steven Rostedt Cc: Tony Luck Cc: Chen Gong Cc: Jim Davis Signed-off-by: Xie XiuQi Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

mm: cma: debugfs interface

2015-04-14T23:49:00+00:00

I've noticed that there is no interfaces exposed by CMA which would let me fuzz what's going on in there. This small patchset exposes some information out to userspace, plus adds the ability to trigger allocation and freeing from userspace. This patch (of 3): Implement a simple debugfs interface to expose information about CMA areas in the system. Useful for testing/sanity checks for CMA since it was impossible to previously retrieve this information in userspace. Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Acked-by: Joonsoo Kim Cc: Marek Szyprowski Cc: Laura Abbott Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds