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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: add missing smp_wmb() before
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From:   Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
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Date:   Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:18:09 +0800
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To:     "Yin, Fengwei" <fengwei.yin@intel.com>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
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> On Aug 18, 2022, at 16:54, Yin, Fengwei <fengwei.yin@intel.com> wrote:
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> On 8/18/2022 4:40 PM, Muchun Song wrote:
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>>> On Aug 18, 2022, at 16:32, Yin, Fengwei <fengwei.yin@intel.com> =
wrote:
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>>> On 8/18/2022 3:59 PM, Muchun Song wrote:
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>>>>> On Aug 18, 2022, at 15:52, Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com> =
wrote:
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>>>>> On 2022/8/18 10:47, Muchun Song wrote:
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>>>>>>> On Aug 18, 2022, at 10:00, Yin, Fengwei <fengwei.yin@intel.com> =
wrote:
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>>>>>>> On 8/18/2022 9:55 AM, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 	/*
>>>>>>>>>>> 	 * The memory barrier inside __SetPageUptodate makes =
sure that
>>>>>>>>>>> 	 * preceding stores to the page contents become visible =
before
>>>>>>>>>>> 	 * the set_pte_at() write.
>>>>>>>>>>> 	 */
>>>>>>>>>>> 	__SetPageUptodate(page);
>>>>>>>>>> IIUC, the case here we should make sure others (CPUs) can see =
new page=E2=80=99s
>>>>>>>>>> contents after they have saw PG_uptodate is set. I think =
commit 0ed361dec369
>>>>>>>>>> can tell us more details.
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>>>>>>>>>> I also looked at commit 52f37629fd3c to see why we need a =
barrier before
>>>>>>>>>> set_pte_at(), but I didn=E2=80=99t find any info to explain =
why. I guess we want
>>>>>>>>>> to make sure the order between the page=E2=80=99s contents =
and subsequent memory
>>>>>>>>>> accesses using the corresponding virtual address, do you =
agree with this?
>>>>>>>>> This is my understanding also. Thanks.
>>>>>>>> That's also my understanding. Thanks both.
>>>>>>> I have an unclear thing (not related with this patch directly): =
Who is response
>>>>>>> for the read barrier in the read side in this case?
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> For SetPageUptodate, there are paring write/read memory barrier.
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> I have the same question. So I think the example proposed by =
Miaohe is a little
>>>>>> difference from the case (hugetlb_vmemmap) here.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Per my understanding, memory barrier in PageUptodate() is needed =
because user might access the
>>>>> page contents using page_address() (corresponding pagetable entry =
already exists) soon. But for
>>>>> the above proposed case, if user wants to access the page =
contents, the corresponding pagetable
>>>>> should be visible first or the page contents can't be accessed. So =
there should be a data dependency
>>>>> acting as memory barrier between pagetable entry is loaded and =
page contents is accessed.
>>>>> Or am I miss something?
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>>>> Yep, it is a data dependency. The difference between =
hugetlb_vmemmap and PageUptodate() is that
>>>> the page table (a pointer to the mapped page frame) is loaded by =
MMU while PageUptodate() is
>>>> loaded by CPU. Seems like the data dependency should be inserted =
between the MMU access and the CPU
>>>> access. Maybe it is hardware=E2=80=99s guarantee?
>>> I just found the comment in pmd_install() explained why most arch =
has no read
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>> I think pmd_install() is a little different as well. We should make =
sure the
>> page table walker (like GUP) see the correct PTE entry after they see =
the pmd
>> entry.
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> The difference I can see is that pmd/pte thing has both hardware page =
walker and
> software page walker (like GUP) as read side. While the case here only =
has hardware
> page walker as read side. But I suppose the memory barrier requirement =
still apply
> here.

I am not against this change. Just in order to make me get a better =
understanding of
hardware behavior.

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> Maybe we could do a test: add large delay between reset_struct_page() =
and set_pte_at?

Hi Miaohe,

Would you mind doing this test? One thread do vmemmap_restore_pte(), =
another thread
detect if it can see a tail page with PG_head after the previous thread =
has executed
set_pte_at().

Thanks.

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> Regards
> Yin, Fengwei=20
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>>> side memory barrier except alpha which has read side memory barrier.
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>> Right. Only alpha has data dependency barrier.
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>>> Regards
>>> Yin, Fengwei
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>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Miaohe Lin