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Re: [PATCHv2 3/3] mm: Use updated pmdp_invalidate() inteface to track dirty/accessed bits

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On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 11:52:08AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> Hello Kirill,
> 
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 05:03:23PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 11:53:33PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > > Hi Andrea,
> > > 
> > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 04:27:20PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > > > Hello Minchan,
> > > > 
> > > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 10:52:09PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > > > > > > > @@ -1995,8 +1984,6 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
> > > > > > > >  			if (soft_dirty)
> > > > > > > >  				entry = pte_mksoft_dirty(entry);
> > > > > > > >  		}
> > > > > > > > -		if (dirty)
> > > > > > > > -			SetPageDirty(page + i);
> > > > > > > >  		pte = pte_offset_map(&_pmd, addr);
> > > > [..]
> > > > > 
> > > > > split_huge_page set PG_dirty to all subpages unconditionally?
> > > > > If it's true, yes, it doesn't break MADV_FREE. However, I didn't spot
> > > > > that piece of code. What I found one is just __split_huge_page_tail
> > > > > which set PG_dirty to subpage if head page is dirty. IOW, if the head
> > > > > page is not dirty, tail page will be clean, too.
> > > > > Could you point out what routine set PG_dirty to all subpages unconditionally?
> > 
> > When I wrote this code, I considered that we may want to track dirty
> > status on per-4k basis for file-backed THPs.
> > 
> > > > On a side note the snippet deleted above was useless, as long as
> > > > there's one left hugepmd to split, the physical page has to be still
> > > > compound and huge and as long as that's the case the tail pages
> > > > PG_dirty bit is meaningless (even if set, it's going to be clobbered
> > > > during the physical split).
> > > 
> > > I got it during reviewing this patch. That's why I didn't argue
> > > this patch would break MADV_FREE by deleting routine which propagate
> > > dirty to pte of subpages. However, although it's useless, I prefer
> > > not removing the transfer of dirty bit. Because it would help MADV_FREE
> > > users who want to use smaps to know how many of pages are not freeable
> > > (i.e, dirtied) since MADV_FREE although it is not 100% correct.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > In short PG_dirty is only meaningful in the head as long as it's
> > > > compound. The physical split in __split_huge_page_tail transfer the
> > > > head value to the tails like you mentioned, that's all as far as I can
> > > > tell.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the comment. Then, this patch is to fix MADV_FREE's bug
> > > which has lost dirty bit by transferring dirty bit too early.
> > 
> > Erghh. I've misread splitting code. Yes, it's not unconditional. So we fix
> > actual bug.
> > 
> > But I'm not sure it's subject for -stable. I haven't seen any bug reports
> > that can be attributed to the bug.
> 
> Okay, I'm not against but please rewrite changelog to indicate it fixes
> the problem. One more thing, as I mentioned, I don't want to remove
> pmd dirty bit -> PG_dirty propagate to subpage part because it would be
> helpful for MADV_FREE users.

Oops, I misread smap accouting code so no problem to remove useless
propagation part I added for MADV_FREE.

Thanks.

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Re: [PATCHv2 3/3] mm: Use updated pmdp_invalidate() inteface to  track dirty/accessed bits Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> - 2017-06-20 05:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCHv2 3/3] mm: Use updated pmdp_invalidate() inteface to  track dirty/accessed bits Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> - 2017-06-20 12:00 +0200

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