Revision 0ee931c4e31a5efb134c76440405e9219f896e33 authored by Michal Hocko on 13 September 2017, 23:28:29 UTC, committed by Linus Torvalds on 14 September 2017, 01:53:16 UTC
GFP_TEMPORARY was introduced by commit e12ba74d8ff3 ("Group short-lived and reclaimable kernel allocations") along with __GFP_RECLAIMABLE. It's primary motivation was to allow users to tell that an allocation is short lived and so the allocator can try to place such allocations close together and prevent long term fragmentation. As much as this sounds like a reasonable semantic it becomes much less clear when to use the highlevel GFP_TEMPORARY allocation flag. How long is temporary? Can the context holding that memory sleep? Can it take locks? It seems there is no good answer for those questions. The current implementation of GFP_TEMPORARY is basically GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_RECLAIMABLE which in itself is tricky because basically none of the existing caller provide a way to reclaim the allocated memory. So this is rather misleading and hard to evaluate for any benefits. I have checked some random users and none of them has added the flag with a specific justification. I suspect most of them just copied from other existing users and others just thought it might be a good idea to use without any measuring. This suggests that GFP_TEMPORARY just motivates for cargo cult usage without any reasoning. I believe that our gfp flags are quite complex already and especially those with highlevel semantic should be clearly defined to prevent from confusion and abuse. Therefore I propose dropping GFP_TEMPORARY and replace all existing users to simply use GFP_KERNEL. Please note that SLAB users with shrinkers will still get __GFP_RECLAIMABLE heuristic and so they will be placed properly for memory fragmentation prevention. I can see reasons we might want some gfp flag to reflect shorterm allocations but I propose starting from a clear semantic definition and only then add users with proper justification. This was been brought up before LSF this year by Matthew [1] and it turned out that GFP_TEMPORARY really doesn't have a clear semantic. It seems to be a heuristic without any measured advantage for most (if not all) its current users. The follow up discussion has revealed that opinions on what might be temporary allocation differ a lot between developers. So rather than trying to tweak existing users into a semantic which they haven't expected I propose to simply remove the flag and start from scratch if we really need a semantic for short term allocations. [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170118054945.GD18349@bombadil.infradead.org [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix typo] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] [sfr@canb.auug.org.au: drm/i915: fix up] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170816144703.378d4f4d@canb.auug.org.au Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170728091904.14627-1-mhocko@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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tracepoint.c
/*
* Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Mathieu Desnoyers
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/jhash.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
#include <linux/sched/task.h>
#include <linux/static_key.h>
extern struct tracepoint * const __start___tracepoints_ptrs[];
extern struct tracepoint * const __stop___tracepoints_ptrs[];
/* Set to 1 to enable tracepoint debug output */
static const int tracepoint_debug;
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
/*
* Tracepoint module list mutex protects the local module list.
*/
static DEFINE_MUTEX(tracepoint_module_list_mutex);
/* Local list of struct tp_module */
static LIST_HEAD(tracepoint_module_list);
#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
/*
* tracepoints_mutex protects the builtin and module tracepoints.
* tracepoints_mutex nests inside tracepoint_module_list_mutex.
*/
static DEFINE_MUTEX(tracepoints_mutex);
/*
* Note about RCU :
* It is used to delay the free of multiple probes array until a quiescent
* state is reached.
*/
struct tp_probes {
struct rcu_head rcu;
struct tracepoint_func probes[0];
};
static inline void *allocate_probes(int count)
{
struct tp_probes *p = kmalloc(count * sizeof(struct tracepoint_func)
+ sizeof(struct tp_probes), GFP_KERNEL);
return p == NULL ? NULL : p->probes;
}
static void rcu_free_old_probes(struct rcu_head *head)
{
kfree(container_of(head, struct tp_probes, rcu));
}
static inline void release_probes(struct tracepoint_func *old)
{
if (old) {
struct tp_probes *tp_probes = container_of(old,
struct tp_probes, probes[0]);
call_rcu_sched(&tp_probes->rcu, rcu_free_old_probes);
}
}
static void debug_print_probes(struct tracepoint_func *funcs)
{
int i;
if (!tracepoint_debug || !funcs)
return;
for (i = 0; funcs[i].func; i++)
printk(KERN_DEBUG "Probe %d : %p\n", i, funcs[i].func);
}
static struct tracepoint_func *
func_add(struct tracepoint_func **funcs, struct tracepoint_func *tp_func,
int prio)
{
struct tracepoint_func *old, *new;
int nr_probes = 0;
int pos = -1;
if (WARN_ON(!tp_func->func))
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
debug_print_probes(*funcs);
old = *funcs;
if (old) {
/* (N -> N+1), (N != 0, 1) probes */
for (nr_probes = 0; old[nr_probes].func; nr_probes++) {
/* Insert before probes of lower priority */
if (pos < 0 && old[nr_probes].prio < prio)
pos = nr_probes;
if (old[nr_probes].func == tp_func->func &&
old[nr_probes].data == tp_func->data)
return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
}
}
/* + 2 : one for new probe, one for NULL func */
new = allocate_probes(nr_probes + 2);
if (new == NULL)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
if (old) {
if (pos < 0) {
pos = nr_probes;
memcpy(new, old, nr_probes * sizeof(struct tracepoint_func));
} else {
/* Copy higher priority probes ahead of the new probe */
memcpy(new, old, pos * sizeof(struct tracepoint_func));
/* Copy the rest after it. */
memcpy(new + pos + 1, old + pos,
(nr_probes - pos) * sizeof(struct tracepoint_func));
}
} else
pos = 0;
new[pos] = *tp_func;
new[nr_probes + 1].func = NULL;
*funcs = new;
debug_print_probes(*funcs);
return old;
}
static void *func_remove(struct tracepoint_func **funcs,
struct tracepoint_func *tp_func)
{
int nr_probes = 0, nr_del = 0, i;
struct tracepoint_func *old, *new;
old = *funcs;
if (!old)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
debug_print_probes(*funcs);
/* (N -> M), (N > 1, M >= 0) probes */
if (tp_func->func) {
for (nr_probes = 0; old[nr_probes].func; nr_probes++) {
if (old[nr_probes].func == tp_func->func &&
old[nr_probes].data == tp_func->data)
nr_del++;
}
}
/*
* If probe is NULL, then nr_probes = nr_del = 0, and then the
* entire entry will be removed.
*/
if (nr_probes - nr_del == 0) {
/* N -> 0, (N > 1) */
*funcs = NULL;
debug_print_probes(*funcs);
return old;
} else {
int j = 0;
/* N -> M, (N > 1, M > 0) */
/* + 1 for NULL */
new = allocate_probes(nr_probes - nr_del + 1);
if (new == NULL)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
for (i = 0; old[i].func; i++)
if (old[i].func != tp_func->func
|| old[i].data != tp_func->data)
new[j++] = old[i];
new[nr_probes - nr_del].func = NULL;
*funcs = new;
}
debug_print_probes(*funcs);
return old;
}
/*
* Add the probe function to a tracepoint.
*/
static int tracepoint_add_func(struct tracepoint *tp,
struct tracepoint_func *func, int prio)
{
struct tracepoint_func *old, *tp_funcs;
int ret;
if (tp->regfunc && !static_key_enabled(&tp->key)) {
ret = tp->regfunc();
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
}
tp_funcs = rcu_dereference_protected(tp->funcs,
lockdep_is_held(&tracepoints_mutex));
old = func_add(&tp_funcs, func, prio);
if (IS_ERR(old)) {
WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
return PTR_ERR(old);
}
/*
* rcu_assign_pointer has a smp_wmb() which makes sure that the new
* probe callbacks array is consistent before setting a pointer to it.
* This array is referenced by __DO_TRACE from
* include/linux/tracepoints.h. A matching smp_read_barrier_depends()
* is used.
*/
rcu_assign_pointer(tp->funcs, tp_funcs);
if (!static_key_enabled(&tp->key))
static_key_slow_inc(&tp->key);
release_probes(old);
return 0;
}
/*
* Remove a probe function from a tracepoint.
* Note: only waiting an RCU period after setting elem->call to the empty
* function insures that the original callback is not used anymore. This insured
* by preempt_disable around the call site.
*/
static int tracepoint_remove_func(struct tracepoint *tp,
struct tracepoint_func *func)
{
struct tracepoint_func *old, *tp_funcs;
tp_funcs = rcu_dereference_protected(tp->funcs,
lockdep_is_held(&tracepoints_mutex));
old = func_remove(&tp_funcs, func);
if (IS_ERR(old)) {
WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
return PTR_ERR(old);
}
if (!tp_funcs) {
/* Removed last function */
if (tp->unregfunc && static_key_enabled(&tp->key))
tp->unregfunc();
if (static_key_enabled(&tp->key))
static_key_slow_dec(&tp->key);
}
rcu_assign_pointer(tp->funcs, tp_funcs);
release_probes(old);
return 0;
}
/**
* tracepoint_probe_register - Connect a probe to a tracepoint
* @tp: tracepoint
* @probe: probe handler
* @data: tracepoint data
* @prio: priority of this function over other registered functions
*
* Returns 0 if ok, error value on error.
* Note: if @tp is within a module, the caller is responsible for
* unregistering the probe before the module is gone. This can be
* performed either with a tracepoint module going notifier, or from
* within module exit functions.
*/
int tracepoint_probe_register_prio(struct tracepoint *tp, void *probe,
void *data, int prio)
{
struct tracepoint_func tp_func;
int ret;
mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
tp_func.func = probe;
tp_func.data = data;
tp_func.prio = prio;
ret = tracepoint_add_func(tp, &tp_func, prio);
mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_probe_register_prio);
/**
* tracepoint_probe_register - Connect a probe to a tracepoint
* @tp: tracepoint
* @probe: probe handler
* @data: tracepoint data
* @prio: priority of this function over other registered functions
*
* Returns 0 if ok, error value on error.
* Note: if @tp is within a module, the caller is responsible for
* unregistering the probe before the module is gone. This can be
* performed either with a tracepoint module going notifier, or from
* within module exit functions.
*/
int tracepoint_probe_register(struct tracepoint *tp, void *probe, void *data)
{
return tracepoint_probe_register_prio(tp, probe, data, TRACEPOINT_DEFAULT_PRIO);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_probe_register);
/**
* tracepoint_probe_unregister - Disconnect a probe from a tracepoint
* @tp: tracepoint
* @probe: probe function pointer
* @data: tracepoint data
*
* Returns 0 if ok, error value on error.
*/
int tracepoint_probe_unregister(struct tracepoint *tp, void *probe, void *data)
{
struct tracepoint_func tp_func;
int ret;
mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
tp_func.func = probe;
tp_func.data = data;
ret = tracepoint_remove_func(tp, &tp_func);
mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_probe_unregister);
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
bool trace_module_has_bad_taint(struct module *mod)
{
return mod->taints & ~((1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE) | (1 << TAINT_CRAP) |
(1 << TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE));
}
static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(tracepoint_notify_list);
/**
* register_tracepoint_notifier - register tracepoint coming/going notifier
* @nb: notifier block
*
* Notifiers registered with this function are called on module
* coming/going with the tracepoint_module_list_mutex held.
* The notifier block callback should expect a "struct tp_module" data
* pointer.
*/
int register_tracepoint_module_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
{
struct tp_module *tp_mod;
int ret;
mutex_lock(&tracepoint_module_list_mutex);
ret = blocking_notifier_chain_register(&tracepoint_notify_list, nb);
if (ret)
goto end;
list_for_each_entry(tp_mod, &tracepoint_module_list, list)
(void) nb->notifier_call(nb, MODULE_STATE_COMING, tp_mod);
end:
mutex_unlock(&tracepoint_module_list_mutex);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_tracepoint_module_notifier);
/**
* unregister_tracepoint_notifier - unregister tracepoint coming/going notifier
* @nb: notifier block
*
* The notifier block callback should expect a "struct tp_module" data
* pointer.
*/
int unregister_tracepoint_module_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
{
struct tp_module *tp_mod;
int ret;
mutex_lock(&tracepoint_module_list_mutex);
ret = blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&tracepoint_notify_list, nb);
if (ret)
goto end;
list_for_each_entry(tp_mod, &tracepoint_module_list, list)
(void) nb->notifier_call(nb, MODULE_STATE_GOING, tp_mod);
end:
mutex_unlock(&tracepoint_module_list_mutex);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_tracepoint_module_notifier);
/*
* Ensure the tracer unregistered the module's probes before the module
* teardown is performed. Prevents leaks of probe and data pointers.
*/
static void tp_module_going_check_quiescent(struct tracepoint * const *begin,
struct tracepoint * const *end)
{
struct tracepoint * const *iter;
if (!begin)
return;
for (iter = begin; iter < end; iter++)
WARN_ON_ONCE((*iter)->funcs);
}
static int tracepoint_module_coming(struct module *mod)
{
struct tp_module *tp_mod;
int ret = 0;
if (!mod->num_tracepoints)
return 0;
/*
* We skip modules that taint the kernel, especially those with different
* module headers (for forced load), to make sure we don't cause a crash.
* Staging, out-of-tree, and unsigned GPL modules are fine.
*/
if (trace_module_has_bad_taint(mod))
return 0;
mutex_lock(&tracepoint_module_list_mutex);
tp_mod = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tp_module), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!tp_mod) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto end;
}
tp_mod->mod = mod;
list_add_tail(&tp_mod->list, &tracepoint_module_list);
blocking_notifier_call_chain(&tracepoint_notify_list,
MODULE_STATE_COMING, tp_mod);
end:
mutex_unlock(&tracepoint_module_list_mutex);
return ret;
}
static void tracepoint_module_going(struct module *mod)
{
struct tp_module *tp_mod;
if (!mod->num_tracepoints)
return;
mutex_lock(&tracepoint_module_list_mutex);
list_for_each_entry(tp_mod, &tracepoint_module_list, list) {
if (tp_mod->mod == mod) {
blocking_notifier_call_chain(&tracepoint_notify_list,
MODULE_STATE_GOING, tp_mod);
list_del(&tp_mod->list);
kfree(tp_mod);
/*
* Called the going notifier before checking for
* quiescence.
*/
tp_module_going_check_quiescent(mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
mod->tracepoints_ptrs + mod->num_tracepoints);
break;
}
}
/*
* In the case of modules that were tainted at "coming", we'll simply
* walk through the list without finding it. We cannot use the "tainted"
* flag on "going", in case a module taints the kernel only after being
* loaded.
*/
mutex_unlock(&tracepoint_module_list_mutex);
}
static int tracepoint_module_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
unsigned long val, void *data)
{
struct module *mod = data;
int ret = 0;
switch (val) {
case MODULE_STATE_COMING:
ret = tracepoint_module_coming(mod);
break;
case MODULE_STATE_LIVE:
break;
case MODULE_STATE_GOING:
tracepoint_module_going(mod);
break;
case MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED:
break;
}
return ret;
}
static struct notifier_block tracepoint_module_nb = {
.notifier_call = tracepoint_module_notify,
.priority = 0,
};
static __init int init_tracepoints(void)
{
int ret;
ret = register_module_notifier(&tracepoint_module_nb);
if (ret)
pr_warn("Failed to register tracepoint module enter notifier\n");
return ret;
}
__initcall(init_tracepoints);
#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
static void for_each_tracepoint_range(struct tracepoint * const *begin,
struct tracepoint * const *end,
void (*fct)(struct tracepoint *tp, void *priv),
void *priv)
{
struct tracepoint * const *iter;
if (!begin)
return;
for (iter = begin; iter < end; iter++)
fct(*iter, priv);
}
/**
* for_each_kernel_tracepoint - iteration on all kernel tracepoints
* @fct: callback
* @priv: private data
*/
void for_each_kernel_tracepoint(void (*fct)(struct tracepoint *tp, void *priv),
void *priv)
{
for_each_tracepoint_range(__start___tracepoints_ptrs,
__stop___tracepoints_ptrs, fct, priv);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(for_each_kernel_tracepoint);
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
/* NB: reg/unreg are called while guarded with the tracepoints_mutex */
static int sys_tracepoint_refcount;
int syscall_regfunc(void)
{
struct task_struct *p, *t;
if (!sys_tracepoint_refcount) {
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
for_each_process_thread(p, t) {
set_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT);
}
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
}
sys_tracepoint_refcount++;
return 0;
}
void syscall_unregfunc(void)
{
struct task_struct *p, *t;
sys_tracepoint_refcount--;
if (!sys_tracepoint_refcount) {
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
for_each_process_thread(p, t) {
clear_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT);
}
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
}
}
#endif
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