[kvm-devel] [PATCH 09 of 12] Convert the anon_vma spinlock to a rw semaphore. This allows concurrent

[Andrea A. <an...@qu...>]

# HG changeset patch
# User Andrea Arcangeli <an...@qu...>
# Date 1208872187 -7200
# Node ID bdb3d928a0ba91cdce2b61bd40a2f80bddbe4ff2
# Parent  6e04df1f4284689b1c46e57a67559abe49ecf292
Convert the anon_vma spinlock to a rw semaphore. This allows concurrent
traversal of reverse maps for try_to_unmap() and page_mkclean(). It also
allows the calling of sleeping functions from reverse map traversal as
needed for the notifier callbacks. It includes possible concurrency.

Rcu is used in some context to guarantee the presence of the anon_vma
(try_to_unmap) while we acquire the anon_vma lock. We cannot take a
semaphore within an rcu critical section. Add a refcount to the anon_vma
structure which allow us to give an existence guarantee for the anon_vma
structure independent of the spinlock or the list contents.

The refcount can then be taken within the RCU section. If it has been
taken successfully then the refcount guarantees the existence of the
anon_vma. The refcount in anon_vma also allows us to fix a nasty
issue in page migration where we fudged by using rcu for a long code
path to guarantee the existence of the anon_vma. I think this is a bug
because the anon_vma may become empty and get scheduled to be freed
but then we increase the refcount again when the migration entries are
removed.

The refcount in general allows a shortening of RCU critical sections since
we can do a rcu_unlock after taking the refcount. This is particularly
relevant if the anon_vma chains contain hundreds of entries.

However:
- Atomic overhead increases in situations where a new reference
  to the anon_vma has to be established or removed. Overhead also increases
  when a speculative reference is used (try_to_unmap,
  page_mkclean, page migration).
- There is the potential for more frequent processor change due to up_xxx
  letting waiting tasks run first. This results in f.e. the Aim9 brk
  performance test to got down by 10-15%.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cla...@sg...>

diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
--- a/include/linux/rmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
  * pointing to this anon_vma once its vma list is empty.
  */
 struct anon_vma {
-	spinlock_t lock;	/* Serialize access to vma list */
+	atomic_t refcount;	/* vmas on the list */
+	struct rw_semaphore sem;/* Serialize access to vma list */
 	struct list_head head;	/* List of private "related" vmas */
 };
 
@@ -43,18 +44,31 @@
 	kmem_cache_free(anon_vma_cachep, anon_vma);
 }
 
+struct anon_vma *grab_anon_vma(struct page *page);
+
+static inline void get_anon_vma(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&anon_vma->refcount);
+}
+
+static inline void put_anon_vma(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&anon_vma->refcount))
+		anon_vma_free(anon_vma);
+}
+
 static inline void anon_vma_lock(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
 	if (anon_vma)
-		spin_lock(&anon_vma->lock);
+		down_write(&anon_vma->sem);
 }
 
 static inline void anon_vma_unlock(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
 	if (anon_vma)
-		spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
+		up_write(&anon_vma->sem);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -235,15 +235,16 @@
 		return;
 
 	/*
-	 * We hold the mmap_sem lock. So no need to call page_lock_anon_vma.
+	 * We hold either the mmap_sem lock or a reference on the
+	 * anon_vma. So no need to call page_lock_anon_vma.
 	 */
 	anon_vma = (struct anon_vma *) (mapping - PAGE_MAPPING_ANON);
-	spin_lock(&anon_vma->lock);
+	down_read(&anon_vma->sem);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(vma, &anon_vma->head, anon_vma_node)
 		remove_migration_pte(vma, old, new);
 
-	spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
+	up_read(&anon_vma->sem);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -623,7 +624,7 @@
 	int rc = 0;
 	int *result = NULL;
 	struct page *newpage = get_new_page(page, private, &result);
-	int rcu_locked = 0;
+	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
 	int charge = 0;
 
 	if (!newpage)
@@ -647,16 +648,14 @@
 	}
 	/*
 	 * By try_to_unmap(), page->mapcount goes down to 0 here. In this case,
-	 * we cannot notice that anon_vma is freed while we migrates a page.
+	 * we cannot notice that anon_vma is freed while we migrate a page.
 	 * This rcu_read_lock() delays freeing anon_vma pointer until the end
 	 * of migration. File cache pages are no problem because of page_lock()
 	 * File Caches may use write_page() or lock_page() in migration, then,
 	 * just care Anon page here.
 	 */
-	if (PageAnon(page)) {
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		rcu_locked = 1;
-	}
+	if (PageAnon(page))
+		anon_vma = grab_anon_vma(page);
 
 	/*
 	 * Corner case handling:
@@ -674,10 +673,7 @@
 		if (!PageAnon(page) && PagePrivate(page)) {
 			/*
 			 * Go direct to try_to_free_buffers() here because
-			 * a) that's what try_to_release_page() would do anyway
-			 * b) we may be under rcu_read_lock() here, so we can't
-			 *    use GFP_KERNEL which is what try_to_release_page()
-			 *    needs to be effective.
+			 * that's what try_to_release_page() would do anyway
 			 */
 			try_to_free_buffers(page);
 		}
@@ -698,8 +694,8 @@
 	} else if (charge)
  		mem_cgroup_end_migration(newpage);
 rcu_unlock:
-	if (rcu_locked)
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (anon_vma)
+		put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 
 unlock:
 
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@
 	if (vma->anon_vma)
 		anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
 	if (anon_vma) {
-		spin_lock(&anon_vma->lock);
+		down_write(&anon_vma->sem);
 		/*
 		 * Easily overlooked: when mprotect shifts the boundary,
 		 * make sure the expanding vma has anon_vma set if the
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (anon_vma)
-		spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
+		up_write(&anon_vma->sem);
 	if (mapping)
 		up_write(&mapping->i_mmap_sem);
 
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 		if (anon_vma) {
 			allocated = NULL;
 			locked = anon_vma;
-			spin_lock(&locked->lock);
+			down_write(&locked->sem);
 		} else {
 			anon_vma = anon_vma_alloc();
 			if (unlikely(!anon_vma))
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 		/* page_table_lock to protect against threads */
 		spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 		if (likely(!vma->anon_vma)) {
+			get_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 			vma->anon_vma = anon_vma;
 			list_add_tail(&vma->anon_vma_node, &anon_vma->head);
 			allocated = NULL;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@
 		spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 
 		if (locked)
-			spin_unlock(&locked->lock);
+			up_write(&locked->sem);
 		if (unlikely(allocated))
 			anon_vma_free(allocated);
 	}
@@ -99,14 +100,17 @@
 {
 	BUG_ON(vma->anon_vma != next->anon_vma);
 	list_del(&next->anon_vma_node);
+	put_anon_vma(vma->anon_vma);
 }
 
 void __anon_vma_link(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
 
-	if (anon_vma)
+	if (anon_vma) {
+		get_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 		list_add_tail(&vma->anon_vma_node, &anon_vma->head);
+	}
 }
 
 void anon_vma_link(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
@@ -114,36 +118,32 @@
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
 
 	if (anon_vma) {
-		spin_lock(&anon_vma->lock);
+		get_anon_vma(anon_vma);
+		down_write(&anon_vma->sem);
 		list_add_tail(&vma->anon_vma_node, &anon_vma->head);
-		spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
+		up_write(&anon_vma->sem);
 	}
 }
 
 void anon_vma_unlink(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
-	int empty;
 
 	if (!anon_vma)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock(&anon_vma->lock);
+	down_write(&anon_vma->sem);
 	list_del(&vma->anon_vma_node);
-
-	/* We must garbage collect the anon_vma if it's empty */
-	empty = list_empty(&anon_vma->head);
-	spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
-
-	if (empty)
-		anon_vma_free(anon_vma);
+	up_write(&anon_vma->sem);
+	put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 }
 
 static void anon_vma_ctor(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *data)
 {
 	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = data;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&anon_vma->lock);
+	init_rwsem(&anon_vma->sem);
+	atomic_set(&anon_vma->refcount, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&anon_vma->head);
 }
 
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@
  * Getting a lock on a stable anon_vma from a page off the LRU is
  * tricky: page_lock_anon_vma rely on RCU to guard against the races.
  */
-static struct anon_vma *page_lock_anon_vma(struct page *page)
+struct anon_vma *grab_anon_vma(struct page *page)
 {
-	struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
+	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
 	unsigned long anon_mapping;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
@@ -170,17 +170,26 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	anon_vma = (struct anon_vma *) (anon_mapping - PAGE_MAPPING_ANON);
-	spin_lock(&anon_vma->lock);
-	return anon_vma;
+	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&anon_vma->refcount))
+		anon_vma = NULL;
 out:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	return NULL;
+	return anon_vma;
+}
+
+static struct anon_vma *page_lock_anon_vma(struct page *page)
+{
+	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = grab_anon_vma(page);
+
+	if (anon_vma)
+		down_read(&anon_vma->sem);
+	return anon_vma;
 }
 
 static void page_unlock_anon_vma(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 {
-	spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	up_read(&anon_vma->sem);
+	put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 }
 
 /*