Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-26 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 03:38:41PM +0800, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 02:06:08AM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:02:34AM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> > ...
> > > > > +  * page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
> > > > > +  */
> > > > > + else if (PageTransCompound(page) && !PageSlab(page))
> > > > >   u |= 1 << KPF_THP;
> > > > 
> > > > Good catch!
> > > > 
> > > > Will this report THP for the various drivers that do __GFP_COMP
> > > > page allocations?
> > > 
> > > I'm afraid it will. I think of checking PageLRU as an alternative,
> > > but it needs compound_head() to report tail pages correctly.
> > > In this context, pages are not pinned or locked, so it's unsafe to
> > > use compound_head() because it can return a dangling pointer.
> > > Maybe it's a thp's/hugetlbfs's (not kpageflags specific) problem,
> > > so going forward with compound_head() expecting that it will be
> > > fixed in the future work can be an option.
> > 
> > It seems that compound_trans_head() solves this problem, so I'll
> > simply use it.
> 
> Naoya, in fact I didn't quite catch your concerns. Why not just test
> 
> PageTransCompound(page) && PageLRU(page)

If we simply check PageLRU, tail pages in thp only show KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL
and we can't distinguish them from tail pages in non-huge compound pages.

Moreover this behavior is not consistent with that of hugetlbfs tail
pages where tail pages also have KPF_HUGE and are distinct from non-huge
compound pages. I show the output of page-types:

  offset  len flags
  ...
  2d400   1   ___U_lAMa_bH__t (thp head)
  2d401   1ff T__ (thp tail) # no KPF_THP
  ...
  77000   1   ___U___Ma__H_G_ (hugetlbfs head)
  77001   1ff TG_ (hugetlbfs tail)
  ...
  11fb50  1   ___H___ (compound head)
  11fb51  3   T__ (compound tail)
  ...
  11fb58  1   ___S___H___ (slab head)
  11fb59  7   T__ (slab tail)

H: KPF_COMPOUND_HEAD   T: KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL
G: KPF_HUGEt: KPF_THP

So I think it's better to set KPF_THP on thp tail pages.
  
> The whole page flag report thing is inherently racy and it's fine to
> report wrong values due to races. The "__GFP_COMP reported as THP",
> however, should be avoided because it will make consistent wrong
> reporting of page flags.

Yes, I agree with this point.

Thanks,
Naoya
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-26 Thread Fengguang Wu
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 02:06:08AM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:02:34AM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> ...
> > > > +* page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
> > > > +*/
> > > > +   else if (PageTransCompound(page) && !PageSlab(page))
> > > > u |= 1 << KPF_THP;
> > > 
> > > Good catch!
> > > 
> > > Will this report THP for the various drivers that do __GFP_COMP
> > > page allocations?
> > 
> > I'm afraid it will. I think of checking PageLRU as an alternative,
> > but it needs compound_head() to report tail pages correctly.
> > In this context, pages are not pinned or locked, so it's unsafe to
> > use compound_head() because it can return a dangling pointer.
> > Maybe it's a thp's/hugetlbfs's (not kpageflags specific) problem,
> > so going forward with compound_head() expecting that it will be
> > fixed in the future work can be an option.
> 
> It seems that compound_trans_head() solves this problem, so I'll
> simply use it.

Naoya, in fact I didn't quite catch your concerns. Why not just test

PageTransCompound(page) && PageLRU(page)

The whole page flag report thing is inherently racy and it's fine to
report wrong values due to races. The "__GFP_COMP reported as THP",
however, should be avoided because it will make consistent wrong
reporting of page flags.

Thanks,
Fengguang
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-26 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:02:34AM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
...
> > > +  * page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
> > > +  */
> > > + else if (PageTransCompound(page) && !PageSlab(page))
> > >   u |= 1 << KPF_THP;
> > 
> > Good catch!
> > 
> > Will this report THP for the various drivers that do __GFP_COMP
> > page allocations?
> 
> I'm afraid it will. I think of checking PageLRU as an alternative,
> but it needs compound_head() to report tail pages correctly.
> In this context, pages are not pinned or locked, so it's unsafe to
> use compound_head() because it can return a dangling pointer.
> Maybe it's a thp's/hugetlbfs's (not kpageflags specific) problem,
> so going forward with compound_head() expecting that it will be
> fixed in the future work can be an option.

It seems that compound_trans_head() solves this problem, so I'll
simply use it.

Naoya
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-26 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:02:34AM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
...
   +  * page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
   +  */
   + else if (PageTransCompound(page)  !PageSlab(page))
 u |= 1  KPF_THP;
  
  Good catch!
  
  Will this report THP for the various drivers that do __GFP_COMP
  page allocations?
 
 I'm afraid it will. I think of checking PageLRU as an alternative,
 but it needs compound_head() to report tail pages correctly.
 In this context, pages are not pinned or locked, so it's unsafe to
 use compound_head() because it can return a dangling pointer.
 Maybe it's a thp's/hugetlbfs's (not kpageflags specific) problem,
 so going forward with compound_head() expecting that it will be
 fixed in the future work can be an option.

It seems that compound_trans_head() solves this problem, so I'll
simply use it.

Naoya
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-26 Thread Fengguang Wu
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 02:06:08AM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
 On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:02:34AM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
 ...
+* page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
+*/
+   else if (PageTransCompound(page)  !PageSlab(page))
u |= 1  KPF_THP;
   
   Good catch!
   
   Will this report THP for the various drivers that do __GFP_COMP
   page allocations?
  
  I'm afraid it will. I think of checking PageLRU as an alternative,
  but it needs compound_head() to report tail pages correctly.
  In this context, pages are not pinned or locked, so it's unsafe to
  use compound_head() because it can return a dangling pointer.
  Maybe it's a thp's/hugetlbfs's (not kpageflags specific) problem,
  so going forward with compound_head() expecting that it will be
  fixed in the future work can be an option.
 
 It seems that compound_trans_head() solves this problem, so I'll
 simply use it.

Naoya, in fact I didn't quite catch your concerns. Why not just test

PageTransCompound(page)  PageLRU(page)

The whole page flag report thing is inherently racy and it's fine to
report wrong values due to races. The __GFP_COMP reported as THP,
however, should be avoided because it will make consistent wrong
reporting of page flags.

Thanks,
Fengguang
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-26 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 03:38:41PM +0800, Fengguang Wu wrote:
 On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 02:06:08AM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
  On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:02:34AM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
  ...
 +  * page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
 +  */
 + else if (PageTransCompound(page)  !PageSlab(page))
   u |= 1  KPF_THP;

Good catch!

Will this report THP for the various drivers that do __GFP_COMP
page allocations?
   
   I'm afraid it will. I think of checking PageLRU as an alternative,
   but it needs compound_head() to report tail pages correctly.
   In this context, pages are not pinned or locked, so it's unsafe to
   use compound_head() because it can return a dangling pointer.
   Maybe it's a thp's/hugetlbfs's (not kpageflags specific) problem,
   so going forward with compound_head() expecting that it will be
   fixed in the future work can be an option.
  
  It seems that compound_trans_head() solves this problem, so I'll
  simply use it.
 
 Naoya, in fact I didn't quite catch your concerns. Why not just test
 
 PageTransCompound(page)  PageLRU(page)

If we simply check PageLRU, tail pages in thp only show KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL
and we can't distinguish them from tail pages in non-huge compound pages.

Moreover this behavior is not consistent with that of hugetlbfs tail
pages where tail pages also have KPF_HUGE and are distinct from non-huge
compound pages. I show the output of page-types:

  offset  len flags
  ...
  2d400   1   ___U_lAMa_bH__t (thp head)
  2d401   1ff T__ (thp tail) # no KPF_THP
  ...
  77000   1   ___U___Ma__H_G_ (hugetlbfs head)
  77001   1ff TG_ (hugetlbfs tail)
  ...
  11fb50  1   ___H___ (compound head)
  11fb51  3   T__ (compound tail)
  ...
  11fb58  1   ___S___H___ (slab head)
  11fb59  7   T__ (slab tail)

H: KPF_COMPOUND_HEAD   T: KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL
G: KPF_HUGEt: KPF_THP

So I think it's better to set KPF_THP on thp tail pages.
  
 The whole page flag report thing is inherently racy and it's fine to
 report wrong values due to races. The __GFP_COMP reported as THP,
 however, should be avoided because it will make consistent wrong
 reporting of page flags.

Yes, I agree with this point.

Thanks,
Naoya
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:47:54AM +0800, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:06:08PM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 05:20:48PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> > > 
> > > > KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
> > > > PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
> > > > and breaks user space applications which look for thp via 
> > > > /proc/kpageflags.
> > > > Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch 
> > > > makes
> > > > KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.
> > > > 
> > > > Changelog in v2:
> > > >   - add a comment in code
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi 
> > > 
> > > Wouldn't PageTransCompound(page) && !PageHuge(page) && !PageSlab(page) be 
> > > better for a future extension of thp support?
> > 
> > Yes, this saves us an additional change when thp starts handling pagecaches.
> > Andrew, can you replace the previous version in -mm tree with new one below?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Naoya
> > ---
> > From: Naoya Horiguchi 
> > Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:30:25 -0400
> > Subject: [PATCH v3] kpageflags: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages
> > 
> > KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
> > PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
> 
> s/sees/checks/
> 
> > and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
> > This patch rules out setting KPF_THP wrongly by additional PageSlab check.
> > 
> > Changelog in v3:
> >   - check PageSlab instead of PageAnon
> >   - fix patch subject
> > 
> > Changelog in v2:
> >   - add a comment in code
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi 
> > ---
> >  fs/proc/page.c | 7 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
> > index 7fcd0d6..e36d1f3 100644
> > --- a/fs/proc/page.c
> > +++ b/fs/proc/page.c
> > @@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
> > u |= 1 << KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
> > if (PageHuge(page))
> > u |= 1 << KPF_HUGE;
> > -   else if (PageTransCompound(page))
> > +   /*
> > +* PageTransCompound can be true for slab pages because it just sees
> 
> s/sees/checks/
> 
> > +* PG_head/PG_head, so we need to check PageSlab to make sure the given
> 
> PG_head/PG_head should be PG_head/PG_tail.

Ah, sorry for my carelessness.

> > +* page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
> > +*/
> > +   else if (PageTransCompound(page) && !PageSlab(page))
> > u |= 1 << KPF_THP;
> 
> Good catch!
> 
> Will this report THP for the various drivers that do __GFP_COMP
> page allocations?

I'm afraid it will. I think of checking PageLRU as an alternative,
but it needs compound_head() to report tail pages correctly.
In this context, pages are not pinned or locked, so it's unsafe to
use compound_head() because it can return a dangling pointer.
Maybe it's a thp's/hugetlbfs's (not kpageflags specific) problem,
so going forward with compound_head() expecting that it will be
fixed in the future work can be an option.

Thanks,
Naoya
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread Fengguang Wu
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:06:08PM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 05:20:48PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> > 
> > > KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
> > > PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
> > > and breaks user space applications which look for thp via 
> > > /proc/kpageflags.
> > > Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
> > > KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.
> > > 
> > > Changelog in v2:
> > >   - add a comment in code
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi 
> > 
> > Wouldn't PageTransCompound(page) && !PageHuge(page) && !PageSlab(page) be 
> > better for a future extension of thp support?
> 
> Yes, this saves us an additional change when thp starts handling pagecaches.
> Andrew, can you replace the previous version in -mm tree with new one below?
> 
> Thanks,
> Naoya
> ---
> From: Naoya Horiguchi 
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:30:25 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH v3] kpageflags: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages
> 
> KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
> PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug

s/sees/checks/

> and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
> This patch rules out setting KPF_THP wrongly by additional PageSlab check.
> 
> Changelog in v3:
>   - check PageSlab instead of PageAnon
>   - fix patch subject
> 
> Changelog in v2:
>   - add a comment in code
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi 
> ---
>  fs/proc/page.c | 7 ++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
> index 7fcd0d6..e36d1f3 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/page.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/page.c
> @@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
>   u |= 1 << KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
>   if (PageHuge(page))
>   u |= 1 << KPF_HUGE;
> - else if (PageTransCompound(page))
> + /*
> +  * PageTransCompound can be true for slab pages because it just sees

s/sees/checks/

> +  * PG_head/PG_head, so we need to check PageSlab to make sure the given

PG_head/PG_head should be PG_head/PG_tail.

> +  * page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
> +  */
> + else if (PageTransCompound(page) && !PageSlab(page))
>   u |= 1 << KPF_THP;

Good catch!

Will this report THP for the various drivers that do __GFP_COMP
page allocations?

Thanks,
Fengguang
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread David Rientjes
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:

> KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
> PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
> and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
> This patch rules out setting KPF_THP wrongly by additional PageSlab check.
> 
> Changelog in v3:
>   - check PageSlab instead of PageAnon
>   - fix patch subject
> 
> Changelog in v2:
>   - add a comment in code
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi 

Acked-by: David Rientjes 
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 05:20:48PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> 
> > KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
> > PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
> > and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
> > Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
> > KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.
> > 
> > Changelog in v2:
> >   - add a comment in code
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi 
> 
> Wouldn't PageTransCompound(page) && !PageHuge(page) && !PageSlab(page) be 
> better for a future extension of thp support?

Yes, this saves us an additional change when thp starts handling pagecaches.
Andrew, can you replace the previous version in -mm tree with new one below?

Thanks,
Naoya
---
From: Naoya Horiguchi 
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:30:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH v3] kpageflags: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
This patch rules out setting KPF_THP wrongly by additional PageSlab check.

Changelog in v3:
  - check PageSlab instead of PageAnon
  - fix patch subject

Changelog in v2:
  - add a comment in code

Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi 
---
 fs/proc/page.c | 7 ++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
index 7fcd0d6..e36d1f3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/page.c
+++ b/fs/proc/page.c
@@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
u |= 1 << KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
if (PageHuge(page))
u |= 1 << KPF_HUGE;
-   else if (PageTransCompound(page))
+   /*
+* PageTransCompound can be true for slab pages because it just sees
+* PG_head/PG_head, so we need to check PageSlab to make sure the given
+* page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
+*/
+   else if (PageTransCompound(page) && !PageSlab(page))
u |= 1 << KPF_THP;
 
/*
-- 
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread David Rientjes
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:

> KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
> PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
> and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
> Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
> KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.
> 
> Changelog in v2:
>   - add a comment in code
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi 

Wouldn't PageTransCompound(page) && !PageHuge(page) && !PageSlab(page) be 
better for a future extension of thp support?
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread KOSAKI Motohiro
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Naoya Horiguchi
 wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 11:59:51AM -0400, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Naoya Horiguchi
>>  wrote:
>> > KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
>> > PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
>> > and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
>> > Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
>> > KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.
>>
>> Indeed. Please add some comment too.
>
> Sure. I send revised one.
>
> Thanks,
> Naoya
> ---
> From: Naoya Horiguchi 
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:28:30 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH v2] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages
>
> KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
> PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
> and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
> Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
> KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.
>
> Changelog in v2:
>   - add a comment in code
>
> Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi 
> ---
>  fs/proc/page.c | 7 ++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
> index 7fcd0d6..f7cd2f6c 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/page.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/page.c
> @@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
> u |= 1 << KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
> if (PageHuge(page))
> u |= 1 << KPF_HUGE;
> -   else if (PageTransCompound(page))
> +   /*
> +* Since THP is relevant only for anonymous pages so far, we check it
> +* explicitly with PageAnon. Otherwise thp is confounded with non-huge
> +* compound pages like slab pages.
> +*/
> +   else if (PageTransCompound(page) && PageAnon(page))
> u |= 1 << KPF_THP;

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: KOSAKI Motohiro 
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 11:59:51AM -0400, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Naoya Horiguchi
>  wrote:
> > KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
> > PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
> > and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
> > Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
> > KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.
> 
> Indeed. Please add some comment too.

Sure. I send revised one.

Thanks,
Naoya
---
From: Naoya Horiguchi 
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:28:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH v2] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.

Changelog in v2:
  - add a comment in code

Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi 
---
 fs/proc/page.c | 7 ++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
index 7fcd0d6..f7cd2f6c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/page.c
+++ b/fs/proc/page.c
@@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
u |= 1 << KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
if (PageHuge(page))
u |= 1 << KPF_HUGE;
-   else if (PageTransCompound(page))
+   /*
+* Since THP is relevant only for anonymous pages so far, we check it
+* explicitly with PageAnon. Otherwise thp is confounded with non-huge
+* compound pages like slab pages.
+*/
+   else if (PageTransCompound(page) && PageAnon(page))
u |= 1 << KPF_THP;
 
/*
-- 
1.7.11.4

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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread KOSAKI Motohiro
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Naoya Horiguchi
 wrote:
> KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
> PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
> and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
> Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
> KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.

Indeed. Please add some comment too.
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[PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.

Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi 
---
 fs/proc/page.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git v3.6-rc6.orig/fs/proc/page.c v3.6-rc6/fs/proc/page.c
index 7fcd0d6..613102d 100644
--- v3.6-rc6.orig/fs/proc/page.c
+++ v3.6-rc6/fs/proc/page.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
u |= 1 << KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
if (PageHuge(page))
u |= 1 << KPF_HUGE;
-   else if (PageTransCompound(page))
+   else if (PageTransCompound(page) && PageAnon(page))
u |= 1 << KPF_THP;
 
/*
-- 
1.7.11.4

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[PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.

Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
---
 fs/proc/page.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git v3.6-rc6.orig/fs/proc/page.c v3.6-rc6/fs/proc/page.c
index 7fcd0d6..613102d 100644
--- v3.6-rc6.orig/fs/proc/page.c
+++ v3.6-rc6/fs/proc/page.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
u |= 1  KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
if (PageHuge(page))
u |= 1  KPF_HUGE;
-   else if (PageTransCompound(page))
+   else if (PageTransCompound(page)  PageAnon(page))
u |= 1  KPF_THP;
 
/*
-- 
1.7.11.4

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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread KOSAKI Motohiro
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Naoya Horiguchi
n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com wrote:
 KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
 PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
 and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
 Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
 KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.

Indeed. Please add some comment too.
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 11:59:51AM -0400, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
 On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Naoya Horiguchi
 n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com wrote:
  KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
  PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
  and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
  Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
  KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.
 
 Indeed. Please add some comment too.

Sure. I send revised one.

Thanks,
Naoya
---
From: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:28:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH v2] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.

Changelog in v2:
  - add a comment in code

Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
---
 fs/proc/page.c | 7 ++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
index 7fcd0d6..f7cd2f6c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/page.c
+++ b/fs/proc/page.c
@@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
u |= 1  KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
if (PageHuge(page))
u |= 1  KPF_HUGE;
-   else if (PageTransCompound(page))
+   /*
+* Since THP is relevant only for anonymous pages so far, we check it
+* explicitly with PageAnon. Otherwise thp is confounded with non-huge
+* compound pages like slab pages.
+*/
+   else if (PageTransCompound(page)  PageAnon(page))
u |= 1  KPF_THP;
 
/*
-- 
1.7.11.4

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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread KOSAKI Motohiro
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Naoya Horiguchi
n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com wrote:
 On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 11:59:51AM -0400, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
 On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Naoya Horiguchi
 n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com wrote:
  KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
  PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
  and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
  Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
  KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.

 Indeed. Please add some comment too.

 Sure. I send revised one.

 Thanks,
 Naoya
 ---
 From: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:28:30 -0400
 Subject: [PATCH v2] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

 KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
 PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
 and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
 Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
 KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.

 Changelog in v2:
   - add a comment in code

 Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
 ---
  fs/proc/page.c | 7 ++-
  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

 diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
 index 7fcd0d6..f7cd2f6c 100644
 --- a/fs/proc/page.c
 +++ b/fs/proc/page.c
 @@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
 u |= 1  KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
 if (PageHuge(page))
 u |= 1  KPF_HUGE;
 -   else if (PageTransCompound(page))
 +   /*
 +* Since THP is relevant only for anonymous pages so far, we check it
 +* explicitly with PageAnon. Otherwise thp is confounded with non-huge
 +* compound pages like slab pages.
 +*/
 +   else if (PageTransCompound(page)  PageAnon(page))
 u |= 1  KPF_THP;

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: KOSAKI Motohiro kosaki.motoh...@jp.fujitsu.com
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread David Rientjes
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:

 KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
 PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
 and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
 Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
 KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.
 
 Changelog in v2:
   - add a comment in code
 
 Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com

Wouldn't PageTransCompound(page)  !PageHuge(page)  !PageSlab(page) be 
better for a future extension of thp support?
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 05:20:48PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
 On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
 
  KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
  PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
  and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
  Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
  KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.
  
  Changelog in v2:
- add a comment in code
  
  Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
 
 Wouldn't PageTransCompound(page)  !PageHuge(page)  !PageSlab(page) be 
 better for a future extension of thp support?

Yes, this saves us an additional change when thp starts handling pagecaches.
Andrew, can you replace the previous version in -mm tree with new one below?

Thanks,
Naoya
---
From: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:30:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH v3] kpageflags: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
This patch rules out setting KPF_THP wrongly by additional PageSlab check.

Changelog in v3:
  - check PageSlab instead of PageAnon
  - fix patch subject

Changelog in v2:
  - add a comment in code

Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
---
 fs/proc/page.c | 7 ++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
index 7fcd0d6..e36d1f3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/page.c
+++ b/fs/proc/page.c
@@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
u |= 1  KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
if (PageHuge(page))
u |= 1  KPF_HUGE;
-   else if (PageTransCompound(page))
+   /*
+* PageTransCompound can be true for slab pages because it just sees
+* PG_head/PG_head, so we need to check PageSlab to make sure the given
+* page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
+*/
+   else if (PageTransCompound(page)  !PageSlab(page))
u |= 1  KPF_THP;
 
/*
-- 
1.7.11.4

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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread David Rientjes
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:

 KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
 PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
 and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
 This patch rules out setting KPF_THP wrongly by additional PageSlab check.
 
 Changelog in v3:
   - check PageSlab instead of PageAnon
   - fix patch subject
 
 Changelog in v2:
   - add a comment in code
 
 Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com

Acked-by: David Rientjes rient...@google.com
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread Fengguang Wu
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:06:08PM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
 On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 05:20:48PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
  On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
  
   KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
   PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
   and breaks user space applications which look for thp via 
   /proc/kpageflags.
   Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch makes
   KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.
   
   Changelog in v2:
 - add a comment in code
   
   Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
  
  Wouldn't PageTransCompound(page)  !PageHuge(page)  !PageSlab(page) be 
  better for a future extension of thp support?
 
 Yes, this saves us an additional change when thp starts handling pagecaches.
 Andrew, can you replace the previous version in -mm tree with new one below?
 
 Thanks,
 Naoya
 ---
 From: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
 Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:30:25 -0400
 Subject: [PATCH v3] kpageflags: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages
 
 KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
 PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug

s/sees/checks/

 and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
 This patch rules out setting KPF_THP wrongly by additional PageSlab check.
 
 Changelog in v3:
   - check PageSlab instead of PageAnon
   - fix patch subject
 
 Changelog in v2:
   - add a comment in code
 
 Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
 ---
  fs/proc/page.c | 7 ++-
  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
 index 7fcd0d6..e36d1f3 100644
 --- a/fs/proc/page.c
 +++ b/fs/proc/page.c
 @@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
   u |= 1  KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
   if (PageHuge(page))
   u |= 1  KPF_HUGE;
 - else if (PageTransCompound(page))
 + /*
 +  * PageTransCompound can be true for slab pages because it just sees

s/sees/checks/

 +  * PG_head/PG_head, so we need to check PageSlab to make sure the given

PG_head/PG_head should be PG_head/PG_tail.

 +  * page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
 +  */
 + else if (PageTransCompound(page)  !PageSlab(page))
   u |= 1  KPF_THP;

Good catch!

Will this report THP for the various drivers that do __GFP_COMP
page allocations?

Thanks,
Fengguang
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Re: [PATCH] pagemap: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages

2012-09-25 Thread Naoya Horiguchi
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:47:54AM +0800, Fengguang Wu wrote:
 On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:06:08PM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
  On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 05:20:48PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
   On Tue, 25 Sep 2012, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
   
KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
and breaks user space applications which look for thp via 
/proc/kpageflags.
Currently thp is constructed only on anonymous pages, so this patch 
makes
KPF_THP be set when both of PageAnon and PageTransCompound are true.

Changelog in v2:
  - add a comment in code

Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
   
   Wouldn't PageTransCompound(page)  !PageHuge(page)  !PageSlab(page) be 
   better for a future extension of thp support?
  
  Yes, this saves us an additional change when thp starts handling pagecaches.
  Andrew, can you replace the previous version in -mm tree with new one below?
  
  Thanks,
  Naoya
  ---
  From: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
  Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:30:25 -0400
  Subject: [PATCH v3] kpageflags: fix wrong KPF_THP on slab pages
  
  KPF_THP can be set on non-huge compound pages like slab pages, because
  PageTransCompound only sees PG_head and PG_tail. Obviously this is a bug
 
 s/sees/checks/
 
  and breaks user space applications which look for thp via /proc/kpageflags.
  This patch rules out setting KPF_THP wrongly by additional PageSlab check.
  
  Changelog in v3:
- check PageSlab instead of PageAnon
- fix patch subject
  
  Changelog in v2:
- add a comment in code
  
  Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi n-horigu...@ah.jp.nec.com
  ---
   fs/proc/page.c | 7 ++-
   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  
  diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
  index 7fcd0d6..e36d1f3 100644
  --- a/fs/proc/page.c
  +++ b/fs/proc/page.c
  @@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
  u |= 1  KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL;
  if (PageHuge(page))
  u |= 1  KPF_HUGE;
  -   else if (PageTransCompound(page))
  +   /*
  +* PageTransCompound can be true for slab pages because it just sees
 
 s/sees/checks/
 
  +* PG_head/PG_head, so we need to check PageSlab to make sure the given
 
 PG_head/PG_head should be PG_head/PG_tail.

Ah, sorry for my carelessness.

  +* page is a thp, not a non-huge compound page.
  +*/
  +   else if (PageTransCompound(page)  !PageSlab(page))
  u |= 1  KPF_THP;
 
 Good catch!
 
 Will this report THP for the various drivers that do __GFP_COMP
 page allocations?

I'm afraid it will. I think of checking PageLRU as an alternative,
but it needs compound_head() to report tail pages correctly.
In this context, pages are not pinned or locked, so it's unsafe to
use compound_head() because it can return a dangling pointer.
Maybe it's a thp's/hugetlbfs's (not kpageflags specific) problem,
so going forward with compound_head() expecting that it will be
fixed in the future work can be an option.

Thanks,
Naoya
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