mm: pass mm to grab_swap_token
authorHugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:36:58 +0000 (12:36 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:50:05 +0000 (12:50 -0700)
If a kthread happens to use get_user_pages() on an mm (as KSM does),
there's a chance that it will end up trying to read in a swap page, then
oops in grab_swap_token() because the kthread has no mm: GUP passes down
the right mm, so grab_swap_token() ought to be using it.

We have not identified a stronger case than KSM's daemon (not yet in
mainline), but the issue must have come up before, since RHEL has included
a fix for this for years (though a different fix, they just back out of
grab_swap_token if current->mm is unset: which is what we first proposed,
but using the right mm here seems more correct).

Reported-by: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/swap.h
mm/memory.c
mm/thrash.c

index c88b366..7c15334 100644 (file)
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ extern int try_to_free_swap(struct page *);
 struct backing_dev_info;
 
 /* linux/mm/thrash.c */
-extern struct mm_struct * swap_token_mm;
-extern void grab_swap_token(void);
+extern struct mm_struct *swap_token_mm;
+extern void grab_swap_token(struct mm_struct *);
 extern void __put_swap_token(struct mm_struct *);
 
 static inline int has_swap_token(struct mm_struct *mm)
@@ -419,10 +419,10 @@ static inline swp_entry_t get_swap_page(void)
 }
 
 /* linux/mm/thrash.c */
-#define put_swap_token(x) do { } while(0)
-#define grab_swap_token()  do { } while(0)
-#define has_swap_token(x) 0
-#define disable_swap_token() do { } while(0)
+#define put_swap_token(mm)     do { } while (0)
+#define grab_swap_token(mm)    do { } while (0)
+#define has_swap_token(mm)     0
+#define disable_swap_token()   do { } while (0)
 
 static inline void
 mem_cgroup_uncharge_swapcache(struct page *page, swp_entry_t ent)
index 50da951..f46ac18 100644 (file)
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
        delayacct_set_flag(DELAYACCT_PF_SWAPIN);
        page = lookup_swap_cache(entry);
        if (!page) {
-               grab_swap_token(); /* Contend for token _before_ read-in */
+               grab_swap_token(mm); /* Contend for token _before_ read-in */
                page = swapin_readahead(entry,
                                        GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE, vma, address);
                if (!page) {
index c4c5205..2372d4e 100644 (file)
@@ -26,47 +26,45 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(swap_token_lock);
 struct mm_struct *swap_token_mm;
 static unsigned int global_faults;
 
-void grab_swap_token(void)
+void grab_swap_token(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
        int current_interval;
 
        global_faults++;
 
-       current_interval = global_faults - current->mm->faultstamp;
+       current_interval = global_faults - mm->faultstamp;
 
        if (!spin_trylock(&swap_token_lock))
                return;
 
        /* First come first served */
        if (swap_token_mm == NULL) {
-               current->mm->token_priority = current->mm->token_priority + 2;
-               swap_token_mm = current->mm;
+               mm->token_priority = mm->token_priority + 2;
+               swap_token_mm = mm;
                goto out;
        }
 
-       if (current->mm != swap_token_mm) {
-               if (current_interval < current->mm->last_interval)
-                       current->mm->token_priority++;
+       if (mm != swap_token_mm) {
+               if (current_interval < mm->last_interval)
+                       mm->token_priority++;
                else {
-                       if (likely(current->mm->token_priority > 0))
-                               current->mm->token_priority--;
+                       if (likely(mm->token_priority > 0))
+                               mm->token_priority--;
                }
                /* Check if we deserve the token */
-               if (current->mm->token_priority >
-                               swap_token_mm->token_priority) {
-                       current->mm->token_priority += 2;
-                       swap_token_mm = current->mm;
+               if (mm->token_priority > swap_token_mm->token_priority) {
+                       mm->token_priority += 2;
+                       swap_token_mm = mm;
                }
        } else {
                /* Token holder came in again! */
-               current->mm->token_priority += 2;
+               mm->token_priority += 2;
        }
 
 out:
-       current->mm->faultstamp = global_faults;
-       current->mm->last_interval = current_interval;
+       mm->faultstamp = global_faults;
+       mm->last_interval = current_interval;
        spin_unlock(&swap_token_lock);
-return;
 }
 
 /* Called on process exit. */