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1 files changed, 89 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 9ae6011a41f8..cf211c01ceac 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ static unsigned int ksm_thread_pages_to_scan = 100;
/* Milliseconds ksmd should sleep between batches */
static unsigned int ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs = 20;
+/* Checksum of an empty (zeroed) page */
+static unsigned int zero_checksum __read_mostly;
+
+/* Whether to merge empty (zeroed) pages with actual zero pages */
+static bool ksm_use_zero_pages __read_mostly;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
/* Zeroed when merging across nodes is not allowed */
static unsigned int ksm_merge_across_nodes = 1;
@@ -850,33 +856,36 @@ static int write_protect_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
pte_t *orig_pte)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
- unsigned long addr;
- pte_t *ptep;
- spinlock_t *ptl;
+ struct page_vma_mapped_walk pvmw = {
+ .page = page,
+ .vma = vma,
+ };
int swapped;
int err = -EFAULT;
unsigned long mmun_start; /* For mmu_notifiers */
unsigned long mmun_end; /* For mmu_notifiers */
- addr = page_address_in_vma(page, vma);
- if (addr == -EFAULT)
+ pvmw.address = page_address_in_vma(page, vma);
+ if (pvmw.address == -EFAULT)
goto out;
BUG_ON(PageTransCompound(page));
- mmun_start = addr;
- mmun_end = addr + PAGE_SIZE;
+ mmun_start = pvmw.address;
+ mmun_end = pvmw.address + PAGE_SIZE;
mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(mm, mmun_start, mmun_end);
- ptep = page_check_address(page, mm, addr, &ptl, 0);
- if (!ptep)
+ if (!page_vma_mapped_walk(&pvmw))
goto out_mn;
+ if (WARN_ONCE(!pvmw.pte, "Unexpected PMD mapping?"))
+ goto out_unlock;
- if (pte_write(*ptep) || pte_dirty(*ptep)) {
+ if (pte_write(*pvmw.pte) || pte_dirty(*pvmw.pte) ||
+ (pte_protnone(*pvmw.pte) && pte_savedwrite(*pvmw.pte))) {
pte_t entry;
swapped = PageSwapCache(page);
- flush_cache_page(vma, addr, page_to_pfn(page));
+ flush_cache_page(vma, pvmw.address, page_to_pfn(page));
/*
* Ok this is tricky, when get_user_pages_fast() run it doesn't
* take any lock, therefore the check that we are going to make
@@ -886,25 +895,29 @@ static int write_protect_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
* this assure us that no O_DIRECT can happen after the check
* or in the middle of the check.
*/
- entry = ptep_clear_flush_notify(vma, addr, ptep);
+ entry = ptep_clear_flush_notify(vma, pvmw.address, pvmw.pte);
/*
* Check that no O_DIRECT or similar I/O is in progress on the
* page
*/
if (page_mapcount(page) + 1 + swapped != page_count(page)) {
- set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, entry);
+ set_pte_at(mm, pvmw.address, pvmw.pte, entry);
goto out_unlock;
}
if (pte_dirty(entry))
set_page_dirty(page);
- entry = pte_mkclean(pte_wrprotect(entry));
- set_pte_at_notify(mm, addr, ptep, entry);
+
+ if (pte_protnone(entry))
+ entry = pte_mkclean(pte_clear_savedwrite(entry));
+ else
+ entry = pte_mkclean(pte_wrprotect(entry));
+ set_pte_at_notify(mm, pvmw.address, pvmw.pte, entry);
}
- *orig_pte = *ptep;
+ *orig_pte = *pvmw.pte;
err = 0;
out_unlock:
- pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
+ page_vma_mapped_walk_done(&pvmw);
out_mn:
mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, mmun_start, mmun_end);
out:
@@ -926,6 +939,7 @@ static int replace_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
pmd_t *pmd;
pte_t *ptep;
+ pte_t newpte;
spinlock_t *ptl;
unsigned long addr;
int err = -EFAULT;
@@ -950,12 +964,22 @@ static int replace_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
goto out_mn;
}
- get_page(kpage);
- page_add_anon_rmap(kpage, vma, addr, false);
+ /*
+ * No need to check ksm_use_zero_pages here: we can only have a
+ * zero_page here if ksm_use_zero_pages was enabled alreaady.
+ */
+ if (!is_zero_pfn(page_to_pfn(kpage))) {
+ get_page(kpage);
+ page_add_anon_rmap(kpage, vma, addr, false);
+ newpte = mk_pte(kpage, vma->vm_page_prot);
+ } else {
+ newpte = pte_mkspecial(pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(kpage),
+ vma->vm_page_prot));
+ }
flush_cache_page(vma, addr, pte_pfn(*ptep));
ptep_clear_flush_notify(vma, addr, ptep);
- set_pte_at_notify(mm, addr, ptep, mk_pte(kpage, vma->vm_page_prot));
+ set_pte_at_notify(mm, addr, ptep, newpte);
page_remove_rmap(page, false);
if (!page_mapped(page))
@@ -1467,6 +1491,23 @@ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
return;
}
+ /*
+ * Same checksum as an empty page. We attempt to merge it with the
+ * appropriate zero page if the user enabled this via sysfs.
+ */
+ if (ksm_use_zero_pages && (checksum == zero_checksum)) {
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+
+ vma = find_mergeable_vma(rmap_item->mm, rmap_item->address);
+ err = try_to_merge_one_page(vma, page,
+ ZERO_PAGE(rmap_item->address));
+ /*
+ * In case of failure, the page was not really empty, so we
+ * need to continue. Otherwise we're done.
+ */
+ if (!err)
+ return;
+ }
tree_rmap_item =
unstable_tree_search_insert(rmap_item, page, &tree_page);
if (tree_rmap_item) {
@@ -2233,6 +2274,28 @@ static ssize_t merge_across_nodes_store(struct kobject *kobj,
KSM_ATTR(merge_across_nodes);
#endif
+static ssize_t use_zero_pages_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", ksm_use_zero_pages);
+}
+static ssize_t use_zero_pages_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ int err;
+ bool value;
+
+ err = kstrtobool(buf, &value);
+ if (err)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ksm_use_zero_pages = value;
+
+ return count;
+}
+KSM_ATTR(use_zero_pages);
+
static ssize_t pages_shared_show(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
@@ -2290,6 +2353,7 @@ static struct attribute *ksm_attrs[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
&merge_across_nodes_attr.attr,
#endif
+ &use_zero_pages_attr.attr,
NULL,
};
@@ -2304,6 +2368,11 @@ static int __init ksm_init(void)
struct task_struct *ksm_thread;
int err;
+ /* The correct value depends on page size and endianness */
+ zero_checksum = calc_checksum(ZERO_PAGE(0));
+ /* Default to false for backwards compatibility */
+ ksm_use_zero_pages = false;
+
err = ksm_slab_init();
if (err)
goto out;