Impact: fix deadlock and allow atomic free
Percpu allocation always uses GFP_KERNEL and whole alloc/free paths
were protected by single mutex. All percpu allocations have been from
GFP_KERNEL-safe context and the original allocator had this assumption
too. However, by protecting both alloc and free paths with the same
mutex, the new allocator creates free -> alloc -> GFP_KERNEL
dependency which the original allocator didn't have. This can lead to
deadlock if free is called from FS or IO paths. Also, in general,
allocators are expected to allow free to be called from atomic
context.
This patch implements finer grained locking to break the deadlock and
allow atomic free. For details, please read the "Synchronization
rules" comment.
While at it, also add CONTEXT: to function comments to describe which
context they expect to be called from and what they do to it.
This problem was reported by Thomas Gleixner and Peter Zijlstra.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/802384
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Impact: code reorganization for later changes
Do fully free chunk reclamation using a work. This change is to
prepare for locking changes.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Impact: code reorganization for later changes
Separate out chunk area map extension into a separate function -
pcpu_extend_area_map() - and call it directly from pcpu_alloc() such
that pcpu_alloc_area() is guaranteed to have enough area map slots on
invocation.
With this change, pcpu_alloc_area() does only area allocation and the
only failure mode is when the chunk doens't have enough room, so
there's no need to distinguish it from memory allocation failures.
Make it return -1 on such cases instead of hacky -ENOSPC.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Impact: code reorganization for later changes
With static map handling moved to pcpu_split_block(), pcpu_realloc()
only clutters the code and it's also unsuitable for scheduled locking
changes. Implement and use pcpu_mem_alloc/free() instead.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Impact: add reserved allocation functionality and use it for module
percpu variables
This patch implements reserved allocation from the first chunk. When
setting up the first chunk, arch can ask to set aside certain number
of bytes right after the core static area which is available only
through a separate reserved allocator. This will be used primarily
for module static percpu variables on architectures with limited
relocation range to ensure that the module perpcu symbols are inside
the relocatable range.
If reserved area is requested, the first chunk becomes reserved and
isn't available for regular allocation. If the first chunk also
includes piggy-back dynamic allocation area, a separate chunk mapping
the same region is created to serve dynamic allocation. The first one
is called static first chunk and the second dynamic first chunk.
Although they share the page map, their different area map
initializations guarantee they serve disjoint areas according to their
purposes.
If arch doesn't setup reserved area, reserved allocation is handled
like any other allocation.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Impact: allow sharing page map, no functional difference yet
Make chunk->page access indirect by adding a pointer and renaming the
actual array to page_ar. This will be used by future changes.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Impact: argument semantic cleanup
In pcpu_setup_first_chunk(), zero @unit_size and @dyn_size meant
auto-sizing. It's okay for @unit_size as 0 doesn't make sense but 0
dynamic reserve size is valid. Alos, if arch @dyn_size is calculated
from other parameters, it might end up passing in 0 @dyn_size and
malfunction when the size is automatically adjusted.
This patch makes both @unit_size and @dyn_size ssize_t and use -1 for
auto sizing.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Impact: no functional change
When the first chunk is created, its initial area map is not allocated
because kmalloc isn't online yet. The map is allocated and
initialized on the first allocation request on the chunk. This works
fine but the scattering of initialization logic between the init
function and allocation path is a bit confusing.
This patch makes the first chunk initialize and use minimal statically
allocated map from pcpu_setpu_first_chunk(). The map resizing path
still needs to handle this specially but it's more straight-forward
and gives more latitude to the init path. This will ease future
changes.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Impact: cosmetic, preparation for future changes
Make the following renames in pcpur_setup_first_chunk() in preparation
for future changes.
* s/free_size/dyn_size/
* s/static_vm/first_vm/
* s/static_chunk/schunk/
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Impact: remove compile warning
Mark local variable map_end in pcpu_populate_chunk() with
uninitialized_var(). The variable is always used in tandem with
map_start and guaranteed to be initialized before use but gcc doesn't
understand that.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Most global variables in percpu allocator are initialized during boot
and read only from that point on. Add __read_mostly as per Rusty's
suggestion.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Impact: more latitude for first percpu chunk allocation
The first percpu chunk serves the kernel static percpu area and may or
may not contain extra room for further dynamic allocation.
Initialization of the first chunk needs to be done before normal
memory allocation service is up, so it has its own init path -
pcpu_setup_static().
It seems archs need more latitude while initializing the first chunk
for example to take advantage of large page mapping. This patch makes
the following changes to allow this.
* Define PERCPU_DYNAMIC_RESERVE to give arch hint about how much space
to reserve in the first chunk for further dynamic allocation.
* Rename pcpu_setup_static() to pcpu_setup_first_chunk().
* Make pcpu_setup_first_chunk() much more flexible by fetching page
pointer by callback and adding optional @unit_size, @free_size and
@base_addr arguments which allow archs to selectively part of chunk
initialization to their likings.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Impact: allow unit_size to be arbitrary multiple of PAGE_SIZE
In dynamic percpu allocator, there is no reason the unit size should
be power of two. Remove the restriction.
As non-power-of-two unit size means that empty chunks fall into the
same slot index as lightly occupied chunks which is bad for reclaming.
Reserve an extra slot for empty chunks.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Impact: allow larger alignment for early vmalloc area allocation
Some early vmalloc users might want larger alignment, for example, for
custom large page mapping. Add @align to vm_area_register_early().
While at it, drop docbook comment on non-existent @size.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Impact: fix short allocation leading to memory corruption
While dropping rvalue wrapping macros around global parameters,
pcpu_chunk_struct_size was set incorrectly resulting in shorter page
pointer array. Fix it.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Andrew was concerned about the unit of variables named or have suffix
size. Every usage in percpu allocator is in bytes but make it super
clear by adding comments.
While at it, make pcpu_depopulate_chunk() take int @off and @size like
everyone else.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Impact: new scalable dynamic percpu allocator which allows dynamic
percpu areas to be accessed the same way as static ones
Implement scalable dynamic percpu allocator which can be used for both
static and dynamic percpu areas. This will allow static and dynamic
areas to share faster direct access methods. This feature is optional
and enabled only when CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_PER_CPU_AREA is defined by
arch. Please read comment on top of mm/percpu.c for details.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Tejun Heo