mmap MAP_NOSYNC regression in 10.x

Alan Cox alc at rice.edu
Sun Sep 7 00:17:40 UTC 2014


On 09/05/2014 07:38, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 01:56:40PM +0200, Pieter de Goeje wrote:
>> Thanks, works for me!
> I realized that the patch contains yet another bug. The oflags page
> flags update is protected by the exclusive vm object lock, which is only
> held in shared mode on the fast path. Below is the fixed patch, where
> I take the page lock around setting VPO_NOSYNC (exclusive lock owners
> cannot race with fast path since we own shared lock, and two parallel
> fast path execution would be handled by the page lock).


Suppose that the page is clean and two threads are executing this code
concurrently.  One's map entry has MAP_NOSYNC set, and the other's
doesn't.  Let's call these threads NOSYNC and SYNC, respectively.

Suppose that the thread SYNC is slightly ahead.  It has already
performed "m->oflags &= ~VPO_NOSYNC;" and now it's about to perform
"vm_page_dirty(fs.m);".  However, just before the thread SYNC calls
vm_page_dirty(), the thread NOSYNC evaluates "m->dirty == 0", which is
still true, and it performs "m->oflags |= VPO_NOSYNC; "

This can't happen on the slow path.  That is, a fault by a thread
without MAP_NOSYNC set on its map entry will reliably clear VPO_NOSYNC.

The best course of action may be to fall back to the slow path if you
actually need to change VPO_NOSYNC's state.  Usually, you won't need to.


> diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_fault.c b/sys/vm/vm_fault.c
> index 30b0456..f327ab0 100644
> --- a/sys/vm/vm_fault.c
> +++ b/sys/vm/vm_fault.c
> @@ -174,6 +174,54 @@ unlock_and_deallocate(struct faultstate *fs)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static void
> +vm_fault_dirty(vm_map_entry_t entry, vm_page_t m, vm_prot_t prot,
> +    vm_prot_t fault_type, int fault_flags, boolean_t set_wd)
> +{
> +
> +	if (((prot & VM_PROT_WRITE) != 0 ||
> +	    (fault_flags & VM_FAULT_DIRTY) != 0) &&
> +	    (m->oflags & VPO_UNMANAGED) == 0) {
> +		if (set_wd)
> +			vm_object_set_writeable_dirty(m->object);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * If this is a NOSYNC mmap we do not want to set VPO_NOSYNC
> +		 * if the page is already dirty to prevent data written with
> +		 * the expectation of being synced from not being synced.
> +		 * Likewise if this entry does not request NOSYNC then make
> +		 * sure the page isn't marked NOSYNC.  Applications sharing
> +		 * data should use the same flags to avoid ping ponging.
> +		 */
> +		if (entry->eflags & MAP_ENTRY_NOSYNC) {
> +			if (m->dirty == 0) {
> +				if (!set_wd)
> +					vm_page_lock(m);
> +				m->oflags |= VPO_NOSYNC;
> +				if (!set_wd)
> +					vm_page_unlock(m);
> +			}
> +		} else {
> +			m->oflags &= ~VPO_NOSYNC;
> +		}
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * If the fault is a write, we know that this page is being
> +		 * written NOW so dirty it explicitly to save on
> +		 * pmap_is_modified() calls later.
> +		 *
> +		 * Also tell the backing pager, if any, that it should remove
> +		 * any swap backing since the page is now dirty.
> +		 */
> +		if (((fault_type & VM_PROT_WRITE) != 0 &&
> +		    (fault_flags & VM_FAULT_CHANGE_WIRING) == 0) ||
> +		    (fault_flags & VM_FAULT_DIRTY) != 0) {
> +			vm_page_dirty(m);
> +			vm_pager_page_unswapped(m);
> +		}
> +	}
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * TRYPAGER - used by vm_fault to calculate whether the pager for the
>   *	      current object *might* contain the page.
> @@ -321,11 +369,8 @@ RetryFault:;
>  			vm_page_hold(m);
>  			vm_page_unlock(m);
>  		}
> -		if ((fault_type & VM_PROT_WRITE) != 0 &&
> -		    (m->oflags & VPO_UNMANAGED) == 0) {
> -			vm_page_dirty(m);
> -			vm_pager_page_unswapped(m);
> -		}
> +		vm_fault_dirty(fs.entry, m, prot, fault_type, fault_flags,
> +		    FALSE);
>  		VM_OBJECT_RUNLOCK(fs.first_object);
>  		if (!wired)
>  			vm_fault_prefault(&fs, vaddr, 0, 0);
> @@ -898,42 +943,7 @@ vnode_locked:
>  	if (hardfault)
>  		fs.entry->next_read = fs.pindex + faultcount - reqpage;
>  
> -	if (((prot & VM_PROT_WRITE) != 0 ||
> -	    (fault_flags & VM_FAULT_DIRTY) != 0) &&
> -	    (fs.m->oflags & VPO_UNMANAGED) == 0) {
> -		vm_object_set_writeable_dirty(fs.object);
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * If this is a NOSYNC mmap we do not want to set VPO_NOSYNC
> -		 * if the page is already dirty to prevent data written with
> -		 * the expectation of being synced from not being synced.
> -		 * Likewise if this entry does not request NOSYNC then make
> -		 * sure the page isn't marked NOSYNC.  Applications sharing
> -		 * data should use the same flags to avoid ping ponging.
> -		 */
> -		if (fs.entry->eflags & MAP_ENTRY_NOSYNC) {
> -			if (fs.m->dirty == 0)
> -				fs.m->oflags |= VPO_NOSYNC;
> -		} else {
> -			fs.m->oflags &= ~VPO_NOSYNC;
> -		}
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * If the fault is a write, we know that this page is being
> -		 * written NOW so dirty it explicitly to save on 
> -		 * pmap_is_modified() calls later.
> -		 *
> -		 * Also tell the backing pager, if any, that it should remove
> -		 * any swap backing since the page is now dirty.
> -		 */
> -		if (((fault_type & VM_PROT_WRITE) != 0 &&
> -		    (fault_flags & VM_FAULT_CHANGE_WIRING) == 0) ||
> -		    (fault_flags & VM_FAULT_DIRTY) != 0) {
> -			vm_page_dirty(fs.m);
> -			vm_pager_page_unswapped(fs.m);
> -		}
> -	}
> -
> +	vm_fault_dirty(fs.entry, fs.m, prot, fault_type, fault_flags, TRUE);
>  	vm_page_assert_xbusied(fs.m);
>  
>  	/*
> diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_page.h b/sys/vm/vm_page.h
> index f12b76c..a45648d 100644
> --- a/sys/vm/vm_page.h
> +++ b/sys/vm/vm_page.h
> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ struct vm_page {
>  	uint16_t hold_count;		/* page hold count (P) */
>  	uint16_t flags;			/* page PG_* flags (P) */
>  	uint8_t aflags;			/* access is atomic */
> -	uint8_t oflags;			/* page VPO_* flags (O) */
> +	uint8_t oflags;			/* page VPO_* flags (OM) */
>  	uint8_t	queue;			/* page queue index (P,Q) */
>  	int8_t psind;			/* pagesizes[] index (O) */
>  	int8_t segind;
> @@ -163,8 +163,9 @@ struct vm_page {
>  /*
>   * Page flags stored in oflags:
>   *
> - * Access to these page flags is synchronized by the lock on the object
> - * containing the page (O).
> + * Access to these page flags is synchronized by the exclusive lock on
> + * the object containing the page, or combination of shared object
> + * lock and the page lock (OM).
>   *
>   * Note: VPO_UNMANAGED (used by OBJT_DEVICE, OBJT_PHYS and OBJT_SG)
>   * 	 indicates that the page is not under PV management but



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