| Message ID | 20161031100228.17917-3-lstoakes@gmail.com (mailing list archive) |
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On 31/10/2016 11:02, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > - * > - * get_user_pages should be phased out in favor of > - * get_user_pages_locked|unlocked or get_user_pages_fast. Nothing > - * should use get_user_pages because it cannot pass > - * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to handle_mm_fault. This comment should be preserved in some way. In addition, removing get_user_pages_locked() makes it harder (compared to a simple "git grep -w") to identify callers that lack allow-retry functionality). So I'm not sure about the benefits of these patches. If all callers were changed, then sure removing the _locked suffix would be a good idea. Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 12:45:36PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > On 31/10/2016 11:02, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > > - * > > - * get_user_pages should be phased out in favor of > > - * get_user_pages_locked|unlocked or get_user_pages_fast. Nothing > > - * should use get_user_pages because it cannot pass > > - * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to handle_mm_fault. > > This comment should be preserved in some way. In addition, removing Could you clarify what you think should be retained? The comment seems to me to be largely rendered redundant by this change - get_user_pages() now offers identical behaviour, and of course the latter part of the comment ('because it cannot pass FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY') is rendered incorrect by this change. It could be replaced with a recommendation to make use of VM_FAULT_RETRY logic if possible. Note that the line above retains the reference to 'get_user_pages_fast()' - 'See also get_user_pages_fast, for performance critical applications.' One important thing to note here is this is a comment on get_user_pages_remote() for which it was already incorrect syntactically (I'm guessing once get_user_pages_remote() was added it 'stole' get_user_pages()'s comment :) > get_user_pages_locked() makes it harder (compared to a simple "git grep > -w") to identify callers that lack allow-retry functionality). So I'm > not sure about the benefits of these patches. > That's a fair point, and certainly this cleanup series is less obviously helpful than previous ones. However, there are a few points in its favour: 1. get_user_pages_remote() was the mirror of get_user_pages() prior to adding an int *locked parameter to the former (necessary to allow for the unexport of __get_user_pages_unlocked()), differing only in task/mm being specified and FOLL_REMOTE being set. This patch series keeps these functions 'synchronised' in this respect. 2. There is currently only one caller of get_user_pages_locked() in mm/frame_vector.c which seems to suggest this function isn't widely used/known. 3. This change results in all slow-path get_user_pages*() functions having the ability to use VM_FAULT_RETRY logic rather than 'defaulting' to using get_user_pages() that doesn't let you do this even if you wanted to. 4. It's somewhat confusing/redundant having both get_user_pages_locked() and get_user_pages() functions which both require mmap_sem to be held (i.e. both are 'locked' versions.) > If all callers were changed, then sure removing the _locked suffix would > be a good idea. It seems many callers cannot release mmap_sem so VM_FAULT_RETRY logic couldn't happen anyway in this cases and in these cases we couldn't change the caller. Overall, an alternative here might be to remove get_user_pages() and update get_user_pages_locked() to add a 'vmas' parameter, however doing this renders get_user_pages_unlocked() asymmetric as it would lack an vmas parameter (adding one there would make no sense as VM_FAULT_RETRY logic invalidates VMAs) though perhaps not such a big issue as it makes sense as to why this is the case. get_user_pages_unlocked() definitely seems to be a useful helper and therefore makes sense to retain. Of course another alternative is to leave things be :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 396984e..4db3147 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -1278,8 +1278,6 @@ long get_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked); -long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, - unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked); long __get_user_pages_unlocked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, struct page **pages, unsigned int gup_flags); diff --git a/mm/frame_vector.c b/mm/frame_vector.c index db77dcb..c5ce1b1 100644 --- a/mm/frame_vector.c +++ b/mm/frame_vector.c @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ int get_vaddr_frames(unsigned long start, unsigned int nr_frames, if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP))) { vec->got_ref = true; vec->is_pfns = false; - ret = get_user_pages_locked(start, nr_frames, - gup_flags, (struct page **)(vec->ptrs), &locked); + ret = get_user_pages(start, nr_frames, + gup_flags, (struct page **)(vec->ptrs), NULL, &locked); goto out; } diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c index 6b5539e..6cec693 100644 --- a/mm/gup.c +++ b/mm/gup.c @@ -826,37 +826,6 @@ static __always_inline long __get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk, } /* - * We can leverage the VM_FAULT_RETRY functionality in the page fault - * paths better by using either get_user_pages_locked() or - * get_user_pages_unlocked(). - * - * get_user_pages_locked() is suitable to replace the form: - * - * down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); - * do_something() - * get_user_pages(tsk, mm, ..., pages, NULL, NULL); - * up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); - * - * to: - * - * int locked = 1; - * down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); - * do_something() - * get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, ..., pages, &locked); - * if (locked) - * up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); - */ -long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, - unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, - int *locked) -{ - return __get_user_pages_locked(current, current->mm, start, nr_pages, - pages, NULL, locked, true, - gup_flags | FOLL_TOUCH); -} -EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_locked); - -/* * Same as get_user_pages_unlocked(...., FOLL_TOUCH) but it allows to * pass additional gup_flags as last parameter (like FOLL_HWPOISON). * @@ -954,11 +923,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_unlocked); * use the correct cache flushing APIs. * * See also get_user_pages_fast, for performance critical applications. - * - * get_user_pages should be phased out in favor of - * get_user_pages_locked|unlocked or get_user_pages_fast. Nothing - * should use get_user_pages because it cannot pass - * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to handle_mm_fault. */ long get_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, @@ -976,6 +940,26 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_remote); * less-flexible calling convention where we assume that the task * and mm being operated on are the current task's. We also * obviously don't pass FOLL_REMOTE in here. + * + * We can leverage the VM_FAULT_RETRY functionality in the page fault + * paths better by using either get_user_pages()'s locked parameter or + * get_user_pages_unlocked(). + * + * get_user_pages()'s locked parameter is suitable to replace the form: + * + * down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); + * do_something() + * get_user_pages(tsk, mm, ..., pages, NULL, NULL); + * up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); + * + * to: + * + * int locked = 1; + * down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); + * do_something() + * get_user_pages(tsk, mm, ..., pages, NULL, &locked); + * if (locked) + * up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); */ long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c index 82aaa33..3d38d40 100644 --- a/mm/nommu.c +++ b/mm/nommu.c @@ -168,14 +168,6 @@ long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, } EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages); -long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, - unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, - int *locked) -{ - return get_user_pages(start, nr_pages, gup_flags, pages, NULL, NULL); -} -EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_locked); - long __get_user_pages_unlocked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, struct page **pages, unsigned int gup_flags)
get_user_pages() now has an int *locked parameter which renders get_user_pages_locked() redundant, so remove it. This patch should not introduce any functional changes. Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> --- include/linux/mm.h | 2 -- mm/frame_vector.c | 4 ++-- mm/gup.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------- mm/nommu.c | 8 -------- 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)